Posted by Hugh MacKay on January 01, 2008 at 16:51:32 from (216.208.58.115):
In Reply to: Rain in the exhaust posted by AndrewFromNS on January 01, 2008 at 10:08:49:
Andrew: If the exhaust is tight, and tractor is away from higher objects such as trees and buildings, you will not get enough water down the stack to harm anything in a 6" rain fall. In an open field 90% of the rain blows right over the stack. It requires a deflection to put any amount of water down a stack.
One of the most common deflections is one of those stack flap covers, wind blows it up and in turn it deflects water down the stack. Park the tractor well away from high buildings or trees and most important keep the exhaust system tight.
If your parking it outside long term, put a tight soup can over the stack, and again make sure you exhaust is tight. I've been running tractors for over 50 years, 9 of them at one time during the 70s and 80s. I never covered a stack overnight, and the only time I ever saw excessive water was a Farmall 300 with exhaust pipe loose in manifold. In a 2" rain fall, enough water ran along the hood, followed the pipe, filled one cylinder and manifold to the top. We took out the plugs, cranked it a few revs, put the plugs back and started it.
The same 300 and a 560D, nothing over stacks, in middle of an open field in a 9" rain fall in 24 hours. Nothing blew out the stacks when we started them. The difference tight exhaust and no deflections.
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