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Hello.. been reading thro the posts for a while now. and just signed up. We are farmers in Southern Ontario, near Sarnia ont. Cash crop only now. husband works out installing overhead doors, and I play in the dirt.

Just started restoring a '44 A that my uncle bought when it was about 10 yrs. old..We all used it till about 4 yrs. ago when it was parked in our shed, needed a rad. and electrical work.
Will be asking questions as this proceeds.

jude
 
Welcome, we try to be as helpful as we can.
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Farmall A, '44
Questioning what is the best to use to clean out the gas tank, that has mild rust in it. Also.. I see a partition in it, about 1/2 way back from the filler hole.. is that just a baffle ? I also want to take off the cultivator levers, etc.. they are a pita to work around.
Also on the air cleaner, does the screen come out or should it just be soaked and blown out to clean.
[i:c21f80c8c1](sorry for the seemingly simple questions, but I am a "getting long in the tooth" old gal who loves doing this kind of thing)[/i:c21f80c8c1]
 
Use muriatic acid in the tank; search below for instructions on how to use. The air cleaner should just be soaked in parts cleaner or equal and let it drip dry.
Suggest that a service manual & parts manual will be your best friend.
I enclosed a link to the on-line parts lookup.
My son, (Eastsider) can offer assistance; he totally rebuilt his model A recently.
IH parts lookup
 
I used muriatic acid to clean a tank once and it will do the job, BUT, wear your rubber gloves and safety goggles and keep your nose away from that tank opening. I used RED KOTE to seal the tank after cleaning.
 
(quoted from post at 03:24:44 12/12/13) I used muriatic acid to clean a tank once and it will do the job, BUT, wear your rubber gloves and safety goggles and keep your nose away from that tank opening. I used RED KOTE to seal the tank after cleaning.
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If you use the acid to clean the tank, get a peice of small chain and thread some small bolts with nuts through a few links of the chain. Insert into the tank with the acid and slosh away. Do this for a good while, take a break, and do it about 3 more times. Rinse the tank thoroughly, and use Red Kote to seal the inside of the tank and clean the outside of it well and prime it. If you don't seal and prime the tank, the rust is possible to come back and the acid deposits could make it rust worse. Follow those steps to a nice, trouble free tank.

As for the air cleaner it is good to soak in parts cleaner or diesel fuel then blow out from both ends. I also wash mine out (flush out) with the hot water pressure washer with a slight "fan" spray, not high pressure. It's amazing that what comes out of there!

I would definitely unbolt and remove any and all implements and lift assemblies on the tractor. Put it on jackstands and remove all wheels also . Before you know it, you'll have it apart and restored!

I've re-done about 12-14 or so of those tractors within the last 4 years, so feel free to ask away!!
 

If you need ANY parts for the "A", feel free to let me know because I have one that I am parting out. I think it is the same year as yours too!

ihfarmall(rtr)(at)[gmail].(com)

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