I think the idea of an easy-to-service tractor (or other equipment) is much more appealing and important than that it have zero electronics. The article does not focus at all on the "zero electronics" angle, rather on the serviceability of the engine and tractor.
I guess the decision to put "zero electronics" in the title was made by some headline editor who thought it made for more clicks.
A note on the 12 valve is that for many years it had NO emmisions equipment as it was so efficient that it met emmisions of the day, "in cylinder", and when tuned properly you can watch the exhaust and it's nothing but heat comming out the stack.
also the standard set up will burn almost anything in hard times, and as one pirate I encountered fueling up a p pumped motor with used resuraunt oil said "it will chew through anything including the chicken bones"
this is the kind of reliability that gets smaller scale farms through hard times, especialy where they dont have the excess managerial capacity to navigate the complex systems of government and banking financial "incentives"
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[ 2.9 ms ] story [ 19.8 ms ] threadI guess the decision to put "zero electronics" in the title was made by some headline editor who thought it made for more clicks.
this is the kind of reliability that gets smaller scale farms through hard times, especialy where they dont have the excess managerial capacity to navigate the complex systems of government and banking financial "incentives"