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Kerosene vs Distillate

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Roger Mills

11-18-2006 08:20:58




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I was looking over the pix of an A that will arrive soon and I think it is either kerosene or distillate and I am now curious as to the difference. It has 2 caps behind the air cleaner and breather pipes. I assume that by 'distillate' they mean ethanol or moonshine. What is the difference between the two mechanically?




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Roger Mills

11-18-2006 16:09:32




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 Re: Kerosene vs Distillate in reply to Roger Mills, 11-18-2006 08:20:58  
Shucks, and I thought I might have a ligitamate reason to make corn likker.



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Janicholson

11-18-2006 16:56:28




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 Re: Kerosene vs Distillate in reply to Roger Mills, 11-18-2006 16:09:32  
YOu may still have. THough a license may be needed. As we use more ethenol in gasoline, the demand goes up. The infernal revernewers will get their share. JimN



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Janicholson

11-18-2006 08:45:33




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 Re: Kerosene vs Distillate in reply to Roger Mills, 11-18-2006 08:20:58  
The distillate is just what commonlly refered to as tractor fuel. It was a poor grade of kerosene with less filtering and less careful cracking at the refinery. Kerosene and distillate will not burn the same in the tractor, Kerosene being cleaner. The tractors were started on gasoline from fuel in the small tank (small cap) and then switched to distillate after warming up. There were/are shutters on the radiator to help it get and stay warm enough to run on fuel that is basically oil. They also had lower compression heads and a heat concentrating intake manifold to provide thermal energy to the vaporization of the fuel prior to entering the combustion chamber.
They are normally run on straight gasoline today and have no issues with it. They produce less power than the higher compression engines designed for gasoline only. They also can be run on todays kerosine, but it is smelly, and only done to provide entertainment at a show or hobby festival. Many are converted to gasoline heads and manifolds to increase their utility and efficiency when rebuilt. (abandoning the components used for the distillate operation. (there were some differences between tractors designed to run on Kero rather than distillate, but mot many. I hope this helps, JimN

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Nebraska Cowman

11-18-2006 09:32:35




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 Re: Kerosene vs Distillate in reply to Janicholson, 11-18-2006 08:45:33  
"Smelly"? I want you to know jim that I prefer the smell of kerosene.



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Janicholson

11-18-2006 09:36:02




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 Re: Kerosene vs Distillate in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 11-18-2006 09:32:35  
To what? JimN



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Nebraska Cowman

11-18-2006 09:41:19




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 Re: Kerosene vs Distillate in reply to Janicholson, 11-18-2006 09:36:02  
That stinking unleaded gas :(



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Janicholson

11-18-2006 15:37:05




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 Re: Kerosene vs Distillate in reply to Nebraska Cowman, 11-18-2006 09:41:19  
Ahhh a connoisseur of fine hydrocarbons;-)
Jim



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Nebraska Cowman

11-18-2006 08:41:33




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 Re: Kerosene vs Distillate in reply to Roger Mills, 11-18-2006 08:20:58  
No no no, distilate was a blend of all fuel grades, ending up something like light fuel oil or heavy gasoline. They changed the refining process and it is no longer. Kerosene is a close substitute. These heavier fuels will burn well in a spark combustion engine as long as it is hot enough to volitalise the fuel. The engines were low compression to reduce knocking.
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