Red Gas Caps

Rmt1944 · Mar 11, 2013

What year did John Deere start painting the gas caps red on their tractors? Thanks

tadd r · Mar 11, 2013

1934 when they come out with the all fuel modal A

tadd r · Mar 11, 2013

if it it newer than that and it is gas only,the cap should be red

Rmt1944 · Mar 11, 2013

Thank you very much for the great information. Rmt1944

jdeere70 · Mar 12, 2013

John Deere may have painted the fuel caps red but I own these tractors now not Deere &Co. I hate the red caps so mine are black correct or not. Just because Deere does something doesn t mean you have to. Besides everything Deere does is not necessarily correct.

tim s · Mar 12, 2013

Your right to each their own,,I like them Red,,I was never sure what color they were out of the factory..

Mike Aylward · Mar 12, 2013

I am not sure when Deere first painted the gasoline tank caps on all-fuel tractors red but they were for many years. As far as anyone can tell, for a gasoline-only tractor the red caps first appeared either on a late numbered series tractor (possibly with the front fill fuel tank) or the 20 series tractors. They were green before that. That's the best information I have. Mike

Texasmark1 · Mar 13, 2013

I posted this related subject before. As I recall my current radiator cap was black, surely wasn't red or I wouldn't have gone trough the following:

Went to the dealer for a new cap. The guy put it on the counter while doing the PW. While waiting I opened the box and saw a RED cap.

I said that I wasn't putting a red cap on my green tractor. He said that I would if I wanted one from him.

I bought it and in getting home pulled out my IT manual and lo and behold there on the front glossy cover was the picture of a 3020 in pristeen new condition supporting it's red fuel cap.

Apparently JD put them on the tractors to distinguish fuel from radiator fluid. With the fuel tank preceeding the radiator, being contrary to most radiators being at the front of the equipment, on the thousand series at least, apparently they had a problem with guys putting the wrong fluid in the tanks. Seems like a great idea in retrospect.

Mark

tim s · Mar 13, 2013

Keeping the radiator/fuel tank from getting mixed up by using a Red cap is a good line of thought,,and making them more visible when you lay them down to re-fuel is another..

FactoryFarmer · Mar 13, 2013

Mine are all green, red or black clashes with that nice paint job

jdeere70 · Mar 14, 2013

Tim I would love to take a spin on that crawler some day! Any chance of you bringing that to Greenville,Ohio for our show July 11-14 2013?

tim s · Mar 14, 2013

You would be welcome too,,I'm not sure about where all I can make it to show,,Rantual for sure, I have been invited to show it in the main tent with the Friends Of John Deere Club, I will be plowing out there too, with a strong possibility of running a #30 combine with it also..so it will be there for some Fun pictures...

jdeere70 · Mar 14, 2013

I can t wait to see those pics and videos too!(hopefully) If you get the chance we ll be at The Darke County Fairgrounds in Greenville,Ohio July 11-14 2013. I ll even save you a spot on the beach if ya can make it!

tim s · Mar 14, 2013

Mail me some contact info, and I'll see how things shake out...

jdeere70 · Mar 16, 2013

Use the Email I left here Tim. We ll go from there!

tim s · Mar 16, 2013

I"m still not seeing a way to mail you,,give me a call 740-743-1085

jdeere70 · Mar 16, 2013

I will give you a call soon. To send Email just click on where it says send Email or [email protected]

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