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roger hall 02-22-2013 05:53:15 209.143.34.212 Report to Moderator	about what year was distilet fuel discontinuied---i picked up an h that had dis in it--smelled bad [Reply]   [No Email]
roger hall 02-22-2013 19:41:25 209.143.34.212 Report to Moderator	Re: distilet fuel in reply to roger hall, 02-22-2013 05:53:15   thanks everyone for your input!!!i like to think these old tractors have a personality of thier own----i"m going to keep the 40 dist/ker and go from there-----thanks tobaccoman just what i was looking for [Reply]  [No Email]
Tobaccoman 02-22-2013 12:06:28 72.4.13.14 Report to Moderator	Re: distilet fuel in reply to roger hall, 02-22-2013 05:53:15   I had a similar experience with a WR9 last fall. Tractor had starting tank, manifold heat shield, shutters w/ complete linkage, etc. Hadn't run in no telling when. After all new belts, hoses, tune up when I drained the big tank the few gallons in it had no smell I could detect. Now I know what old gas smells like. And no deposits in tank either as is common with old gas. Put fresh gas in a she fired right up, ran good. As unlikely as it seems I gotta wonder if what ran out of this tractor was distillate too. [Reply]  [No Email]
roger hall 02-22-2013 13:33:09 209.143.34.212 Report to Moderator	Re: distilet fuel in reply to Tobaccoman, 02-22-2013 12:06:28   tobaccoman---the tank is clean --the carb looked like it had been cleaned yesterday-but had not been apart----started right up on gas----guess what i realy wanted to know is how many years this has set and not run--[it doesn" look like it has been used much [Reply]  [No Email]
Tobaccoman 02-22-2013 17:33:22 72.4.13.14 Report to Moderator	Re: distilet fuel in reply to roger hall, 02-22-2013 13:33:09   Roger, to answer your original question, my best guess is that distillate disappeared no later than the late 1950s. I don't know for sure; I came along too late to use distillate fuel. My reasoning is based on the last IH tractors produced setup at the factory to use distillate was the 350-450 series in 1957-58 era. My fuel tank was clean also and the carb wasn't too bad either. The tractor also had the oldest style of Champion W14 spark plugs I have ever seen. When it ran last nobody knows. [Reply]  [No Email]
roger hall 02-22-2013 08:49:41 209.143.34.212 Report to Moderator	Re: distilet fuel in reply to roger hall, 02-22-2013 05:53:15   this tractor is 1940--does not apear to have been used that much--could be orig paint --all pedals are tight ( no wobble)--motor & chassie# match--distilet man with lift capibilites -- no belly pump -factory delete -cork driven in to the hyd holes--pretty sure it wasnt gas or ker --never smelled anything like it--i own 40 ih tractors [Reply]  [No Email]
CNKS 02-22-2013 06:38:51 216.144.104.128 Report to Moderator	Re: distilet fuel in reply to roger hall, 02-22-2013 05:53:15   Distillate has not been produced for a LONG time. What you smell is likely old kerosene, still available--IH made engines for both. [Reply]  [No Email]
Bob M 02-22-2013 07:02:12 74.67.191.60 Report to Moderator	Re: distilet fuel in reply to CNKS, 02-22-2013 06:38:51   Could also be old gas. Gas sitting in a partially filled tank gradually degrades into what is essentially a foul-smelling distillate. If the fuel is more than a year or so old, that's probably what you've got - along with gum, rust, etc on the bottom of the tank. [Reply]  [No Email]