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dan

11-25-2000 08:35:31




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Please pardon my ignorance,could someone please explain what "all fuel" means on a tractor with all fuel. Thankyou gentlemen.




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gary

11-25-2000 20:09:06




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 Re: All Fuel in reply to dan, 11-25-2000 08:35:31  
Dan,

I agree with the others but have one more thing to add:
The all fuels had shutters over the radiator that were operated by a lever on the steering column that looked like another throttle lever. When you started the tractor on gas, the shutters were closed. When the water temperature reached 190 degrees, you could switch to the distillate, or tractor fuel. As long as you could keep the operating temperture at or above 190, you could burn the alternative fuel.
I imagine the novelty of this wore off pretty quick, especially if you stalled the tractor while running on distillate.
Anyway, just wanted to give you a little more info.

Gary

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Stan

11-25-2000 13:47:45




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 Re: All Fuel in reply to dan, 11-25-2000 08:35:31  
Dan,

That's not ignorance, it's just youth. Bill's answer is correct, for sure. Other names we called the "low-cost" fuel were "Distillate", "Power Fuel", "That danged stuff that won't give much power" and others that I can't put on a family type board.

The bottom line was that gasoline (for starting) was probably around 20 cents per gallon and the Power Fuel/Distillate/Whatever was about 9 cents a gallon.

Stan

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Bill {Antique Acres}

11-25-2000 08:47:58




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 Re: All Fuel in reply to dan, 11-25-2000 08:35:31  
Older tractors were designed for All Fuel. Which means they were started on gas "small Tank", and after warmed up they were switched over to the "large Tank" which could have gas, kerosene, diesel, ethanol, or a homemade brew. Gas was expensive in those days so it was not easily afforded by most farmers to burn all the time. It was practically impossible to start a cold gas engine on all fuel of your choice, because of the low octane "ignition point", so they would have a small tank of gas which was higher in octane and easier to start, then after the tractor was warm it was switched over and then it could burn the all fuel. All though you always needed to run the carb dry or switch it back over to gas before shutting it off so you could start it again next time. Hope this helps. Bill {Antique Acres}

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G Taylor octane?

11-25-2000 09:28:37




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 Re: Re: All Fuel in reply to Bill {Antique Acres}, 11-25-2000 08:47:58  
Octane,cetane and flamability are different terms. Octane rating for gasoline means the higher the octane rating the higher the air/fuel mixture has to be before burning begins. Cetane is for diesels and the higher the number the easier it is/the lower the temperature when the air/fule mixture burns. Flamability is how readily the liquid fuel will turn to vapour,mix with air in a ratio that will ignite. Leave three identical pails in the sun, one full of #2 diesel,2nd summer gasoline and the 3rd winter gasoline. Notice the various pail levels after a few hours. Gasoline is used for starting because of it's vapour characteristics and wide flamable ratio range. At low temperatures and with a minimum of turbulance more liquid gasoline will turn into flamable vapour than most other readily avalable fuels.

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