or a starting fluid just use a propane cylinder and torch head used for soldering. You only need a very small amount of propane to blow the head off. Why reinvent something when starting fluid is cheap and easy to get?(quoted from post at 00:05:34 07/02/15) Yes, that is easy. Do you just hook up a hose to propane cylinder and put that into the mouth of the carb?
ecause you can run it as long as you need to for trouble shooting on propane, it is cleaner, safer, it won't leave liquid sitting in carb intake tract to burn in event of backfire, cheaper, probably more. No re-invention.(quoted from post at 11:21:38 07/01/15)or a starting fluid just use a propane cylinder and torch head used for soldering. You only need a very small amount of propane to blow the head off. Why reinvent something when starting fluid is cheap and easy to get?(quoted from post at 00:05:34 07/02/15) Yes, that is easy. Do you just hook up a hose to propane cylinder and put that into the mouth of the carb?
ell, Bob......you know, with propane having less energy & making less HP, even with a converted engine having a higher compression ratio, why wouldn't anyone expect it to "blow the head off"???? :twisted:(quoted from post at 11:27:44 07/01/15) "You only need a very small amount of propane to blow the head off."
Can you quote ONE verifiable example of this ever happening?
(quoted from post at 00:26:28 07/02/15)ecause you can run it as long as you need to for trouble shooting on propane, it is cleaner, safer, it won't leave liquid sitting in carb intake tract to burn in event of backfire, cheaper, probably more. No re-invention.(quoted from post at 11:21:38 07/01/15)or a starting fluid just use a propane cylinder and torch head used for soldering. You only need a very small amount of propane to blow the head off. Why reinvent something when starting fluid is cheap and easy to get?(quoted from post at 00:05:34 07/02/15) Yes, that is easy. Do you just hook up a hose to propane cylinder and put that into the mouth of the carb?
o, Ron, on that little red Tracker, the hose is just stuck into the air inlet, hood closed on it to hold it in place. Sorry. Head still in place, too.(quoted from post at 13:40:24 07/01/15)(quoted from post at 00:26:28 07/02/15)ecause you can run it as long as you need to for trouble shooting on propane, it is cleaner, safer, it won't leave liquid sitting in carb intake tract to burn in event of backfire, cheaper, probably more. No re-invention.(quoted from post at 11:21:38 07/01/15)or a starting fluid just use a propane cylinder and torch head used for soldering. You only need a very small amount of propane to blow the head off. Why reinvent something when starting fluid is cheap and easy to get?(quoted from post at 00:05:34 07/02/15) Yes, that is easy. Do you just hook up a hose to propane cylinder and put that into the mouth of the carb?
All true , but then you are running it on propane not just starting, and you would need to plumb it in somehow to run very long not jsut spray it in like starting fluid. Engines do run good on propane, but the post was on using it as starting fluid.
(quoted from post at 00:27:44 07/02/15) "You only need a very small amount of propane to blow the head off."
Can you quote ONE verifiable example of this ever happening?
(quoted from post at 02:43:03 07/02/15)o, Ron, on that little red Tracker, the hose is just stuck into the air inlet, hood closed on it to hold it in place. Sorry. Head still in place, too.(quoted from post at 13:40:24 07/01/15)(quoted from post at 00:26:28 07/02/15)ecause you can run it as long as you need to for trouble shooting on propane, it is cleaner, safer, it won't leave liquid sitting in carb intake tract to burn in event of backfire, cheaper, probably more. No re-invention.(quoted from post at 11:21:38 07/01/15)or a starting fluid just use a propane cylinder and torch head used for soldering. You only need a very small amount of propane to blow the head off. Why reinvent something when starting fluid is cheap and easy to get?(quoted from post at 00:05:34 07/02/15) Yes, that is easy. Do you just hook up a hose to propane cylinder and put that into the mouth of the carb?
All true , but then you are running it on propane not just starting, and you would need to plumb it in somehow to run very long not jsut spray it in like starting fluid. Engines do run good on propane, but the post was on using it as starting fluid.
O! NOT "waiting", there is fire in all four little cylinders.(quoted from post at 14:23:43 07/01/15)(quoted from post at 02:43:03 07/02/15)o, Ron, on that little red Tracker, the hose is just stuck into the air inlet, hood closed on it to hold it in place. Sorry. Head still in place, too.(quoted from post at 13:40:24 07/01/15)(quoted from post at 00:26:28 07/02/15)ecause you can run it as long as you need to for trouble shooting on propane, it is cleaner, safer, it won't leave liquid sitting in carb intake tract to burn in event of backfire, cheaper, probably more. No re-invention.(quoted from post at 11:21:38 07/01/15)or a starting fluid just use a propane cylinder and torch head used for soldering. You only need a very small amount of propane to blow the head off. Why reinvent something when starting fluid is cheap and easy to get?(quoted from post at 00:05:34 07/02/15) Yes, that is easy. Do you just hook up a hose to propane cylinder and put that into the mouth of the carb?
All true , but then you are running it on propane not just starting, and you would need to plumb it in somehow to run very long not jsut spray it in like starting fluid. Engines do run good on propane, but the post was on using it as starting fluid.
fire waiting to happen!
(quoted from post at 03:29:18 07/02/15)O! NOT "waiting", there is fire in all four little cylinders.(quoted from post at 14:23:43 07/01/15)(quoted from post at 02:43:03 07/02/15)o, Ron, on that little red Tracker, the hose is just stuck into the air inlet, hood closed on it to hold it in place. Sorry. Head still in place, too.(quoted from post at 13:40:24 07/01/15)(quoted from post at 00:26:28 07/02/15)ecause you can run it as long as you need to for trouble shooting on propane, it is cleaner, safer, it won't leave liquid sitting in carb intake tract to burn in event of backfire, cheaper, probably more. No re-invention.(quoted from post at 11:21:38 07/01/15)or a starting fluid just use a propane cylinder and torch head used for soldering. You only need a very small amount of propane to blow the head off. Why reinvent something when starting fluid is cheap and easy to get?(quoted from post at 00:05:34 07/02/15) Yes, that is easy. Do you just hook up a hose to propane cylinder and put that into the mouth of the carb?
All true , but then you are running it on propane not just starting, and you would need to plumb it in somehow to run very long not jsut spray it in like starting fluid. Engines do run good on propane, but the post was on using it as starting fluid.
fire waiting to happen!
Seriously, there is a less likely hood of setting one on fire with propane than with gasoline or starting fluid. With those two, the fire burns until all the liquid is consumed, but with propane there is only the fraction of a second flash until the gaseous mix is gone.
minute ago it was plumbing. Now it is laying of hose. Ron , do you have any experience starting on propane or... Are you just talking?(quoted from post at 14:51:50 07/01/15)(quoted from post at 03:29:18 07/02/15)O! NOT "waiting", there is fire in all four little cylinders.(quoted from post at 14:23:43 07/01/15)(quoted from post at 02:43:03 07/02/15)o, Ron, on that little red Tracker, the hose is just stuck into the air inlet, hood closed on it to hold it in place. Sorry. Head still in place, too.(quoted from post at 13:40:24 07/01/15)(quoted from post at 00:26:28 07/02/15)ecause you can run it as long as you need to for trouble shooting on propane, it is cleaner, safer, it won't leave liquid sitting in carb intake tract to burn in event of backfire, cheaper, probably more. No re-invention.(quoted from post at 11:21:38 07/01/15)or a starting fluid just use a propane cylinder and torch head used for soldering. You only need a very small amount of propane to blow the head off. Why reinvent something when starting fluid is cheap and easy to get?(quoted from post at 00:05:34 07/02/15) Yes, that is easy. Do you just hook up a hose to propane cylinder and put that into the mouth of the carb?
All true , but then you are running it on propane not just starting, and you would need to plumb it in somehow to run very long not jsut spray it in like starting fluid. Engines do run good on propane, but the post was on using it as starting fluid.
fire waiting to happen!
Seriously, there is a less likely hood of setting one on fire with propane than with gasoline or starting fluid. With those two, the fire burns until all the liquid is consumed, but with propane there is only the fraction of a second flash until the gaseous mix is gone.
It is the laying of the hose in the inlet of carb that I question the wisdom of. In a fractor of a second the hood would be gone.
guess, that means no experience with it. I never said it was safe to drive around with a propane tank in the passenger compartment, nor did I advise it, even though you chose to move away from 'starting ' with propane, however, I will say that if you never ventured away from "safe" in you life, you must have had a boring life.(quoted from post at 16:13:06 07/01/15) If you feel it is safe then just do it, but I would not advise someone else to do so. Using it a starting fluid is one thing but running a truck like your picture shows I think is just plain unsafe and I would not do it at all. Will say no more on this subject.
utane plays out around freezing, propane works colder.(quoted from post at 18:01:21 07/01/15) JMOR,
In the early 70's after the gas embargo, gas shortages, I knew a man who had a F250.
He had a large propane tank in bed and 2 gas tanks on truck. He pulled a 28 ft trailer
to Rockport, Tx in the winter, then back to Indiana in spring. He said in winter he
had to start on gas. After truck warmed up he could switch over to propane.
That said, I wonder how well propane would work in winter? Perhaps the man needed hot
water in truck to convert propane form a liquid state to a gas state.
Why couldn't you use a small propane torch for a source of propane gas? Personally I
just carry a can of either in truck, one on each generator. I like my hair too much.
Some of the things I have done in my life would probably scare the heck out of you, but I still don't like red neck engineering.(quoted from post at 05:21:45 07/02/15)guess, that means no experience with it. I never said it was safe to drive around with a propane tank in the passenger compartment, nor did I advise it, even though you chose to move away from 'starting ' with propane, however, I will say that if you never ventured away from "safe" in you life, you must have had a boring life.(quoted from post at 16:13:06 07/01/15) If you feel it is safe then just do it, but I would not advise someone else to do so. Using it a starting fluid is one thing but running a truck like your picture shows I think is just plain unsafe and I would not do it at all. Will say no more on this subject.
on't like. Don't do. Free country. But why try to beat me up?(quoted from post at 18:57:30 07/01/15)Some of the things I have done in my life would probably scare the heck out of you, but I still don't like red neck engineering.(quoted from post at 05:21:45 07/02/15)guess, that means no experience with it. I never said it was safe to drive around with a propane tank in the passenger compartment, nor did I advise it, even though you chose to move away from 'starting ' with propane, however, I will say that if you never ventured away from "safe" in you life, you must have had a boring life.(quoted from post at 16:13:06 07/01/15) If you feel it is safe then just do it, but I would not advise someone else to do so. Using it a starting fluid is one thing but running a truck like your picture shows I think is just plain unsafe and I would not do it at all. Will say no more on this subject.
(quoted from post at 08:16:47 07/02/15)on't like. Don't do. Free country. But why try to beat me up?(quoted from post at 18:57:30 07/01/15)Some of the things I have done in my life would probably scare the heck out of you, but I still don't like red neck engineering.(quoted from post at 05:21:45 07/02/15)guess, that means no experience with it. I never said it was safe to drive around with a propane tank in the passenger compartment, nor did I advise it, even though you chose to move away from 'starting ' with propane, however, I will say that if you never ventured away from "safe" in you life, you must have had a boring life.(quoted from post at 16:13:06 07/01/15) If you feel it is safe then just do it, but I would not advise someone else to do so. Using it a starting fluid is one thing but running a truck like your picture shows I think is just plain unsafe and I would not do it at all. Will say no more on this subject.
ave a good evening.(quoted from post at 19:26:38 07/01/15)(quoted from post at 08:16:47 07/02/15)on't like. Don't do. Free country. But why try to beat me up?(quoted from post at 18:57:30 07/01/15)Some of the things I have done in my life would probably scare the heck out of you, but I still don't like red neck engineering.(quoted from post at 05:21:45 07/02/15)guess, that means no experience with it. I never said it was safe to drive around with a propane tank in the passenger compartment, nor did I advise it, even though you chose to move away from 'starting ' with propane, however, I will say that if you never ventured away from "safe" in you life, you must have had a boring life.(quoted from post at 16:13:06 07/01/15) If you feel it is safe then just do it, but I would not advise someone else to do so. Using it a starting fluid is one thing but running a truck like your picture shows I think is just plain unsafe and I would not do it at all. Will say no more on this subject.
Was not trying to beat you up at all, but when you posted the pictures it looked unsafe and i was just pointing that out.
I think your advice on this forum is some of the best and like reading what you have to say.
Have a good day.
(quoted from post at 23:40:24 07/01/15)(quoted from post at 00:26:28 07/02/15)ecause you can run it as long as you need to for trouble shooting on propane, it is cleaner, safer, it won't leave liquid sitting in carb intake tract to burn in event of backfire, cheaper, probably more. No re-invention.(quoted from post at 11:21:38 07/01/15)or a starting fluid just use a propane cylinder and torch head used for soldering. You only need a very small amount of propane to blow the head off. Why reinvent something when starting fluid is cheap and easy to get?(quoted from post at 00:05:34 07/02/15) Yes, that is easy. Do you just hook up a hose to propane cylinder and put that into the mouth of the carb?
All true , but then you are running it on propane not just starting, and you would need to plumb it in somehow to run very long not jsut spray it in like starting fluid. Engines do run good on propane, but the post was on using it as starting fluid.
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