ford 2000 3cyl gas (no gas)

kenbob

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A friend has a 2000 3cyl ford gas that he can not seem to get to stay running due to past rust in the gas. I realize there is a fuel pump in front with small screens. I am guessing this is the problem as he blows the line out with air from carb back and it is good for a while. The question is, do folks ever simplify things and convert them to gravity flow which was quite fine for tractors for decades. It looks like the tank is high enough. He has a new tank on it.
 
Mine has been like that for years. FIL got it in non-running state from a horse farm that owed him for hay. Like all the old-timers he thought why does it need a fuel pump? so he bypassed it with homemade lines. Works fine on gravity feed. Mine used to cut out occasionally. Sometimes would restart and work, sometimes keep cutting out. I finally took the sediment bowl off and found a tiny piece of dry leaf in the passage. It never quit again.
 
When I first got my 2000, about 15 years ago, I had trouble with the screen being plugged in the lift pump. I mentioned on this forum that I had to remove the cowl and radiator to get to it to clean the screen. I was thoroughly castigated by some guys who said that they could remove the top of the pump and clean the screen without removing any other parts. I'm sure they were right, but that thing is buried so deep on the front of the engine, that if I ever need to clean the screen again, I'm going to remove the cowl and radiator again.

If you're clever, you can probably get to the screen without removing anything else. I'm not that clever.

Tom in TN
 
The original fuel system on those tractors was well built. It had rather circuitous routing but it worked fine.
There are 3 sometimes 4 filters in that system.
First is a screen on top of the shut off valve in the tank. Second is a screen on the top of the fuel pump on the timing cover.
Next is a post screen in the sediment bowl behind the carb and last but not always, there is a scintered brass screen in the fitting where the fuel line enters the carb.
Remind your friend that all tractors need periodic maintenance and that fuel system does require a bit of attention too - say every 30 or 40 years. Tell him it's time to go through it piece by piece and it's worth doing right and keeping it original.
Remove the generator completely from the ractor to access the fuel pump.
Then toss the pump and put a new one on.
Then go through the rest of the filters. It's not a hard job. Just takes a bit of time.
 
I considered going to gravity feed on my 4000 gas for the same apparent restricted fuel supply issues. However, upon further inspection, my problem was with the small metal filter in the sediment bowl (behind carb). I unscrewed that, and replaced sediment bowl without it. Tractor has run fine since. Intended to clean, and re-install, but never did.
 
Ford 2000; 3 cyl.; 4/1 trans.....I had a gas flow problem and figured it was the in-tank filter because I could see the filter laying in the bottom of the tank. Replaced the fuel cut-off valve/filter and have had no problems since. Since the filter had fallen off, the valve got clogged with debris to the point the tractor would crank but would not run but for a few seconds and would then cut off. Replacing that cut off valve/filter was an easy and cheap fix.
 

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