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'40 Model Gas Tank

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Steve

07-22-2001 20:27:47




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The gas tank on my '40 Model A has some rust in the tank and its getting into the fuel line. What is a good method of cleaning it out? Also what is the other small tank (~1 gal.) for? It is disconnected on mine but there is a tubeline coming from it that was connected to the sediment bowl.




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Jack Yates

07-23-2001 09:53:48




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 Re: '40 Model Gas Tank in reply to Steve, 07-22-2001 20:27:47  
Cleaning a gas tank is not such a trick, really; you can empty it of fuel and remove the sediment bowl and shut-off. then wash it out with a garden hose (I'm not kidding here) and most of the rust will run out the hole where the sediment bowl and fuel shut-off screws in. It helps if the nose of the tractor is *slightly* elevated when you do this. when finished, put the shutoff valve back and dump in a couple cans of drygas or some methanol to absorb the water that's left in the tank. Fill the tank with gas and keep a close eye on the sediment bowl for water accumulation. All this is considering that the tank is sound and not rusted through somewhere, of course. If you can find a fuel shutoff that has a screen that projects an inch and a half or so into the tank, it will help keep the solids out of the shutoff valve itself, which can be a real pain when you're working and can't figure out where all the power went. Been there, done that; my 50 has a shutoff valve and sediment bowl for a Ford NAA fitted to it.

Regarding the small tank, you have an "all-fuel" tractor. The little tank was filled with gasoline and used to start the engine and warm it up, then the fuel valve was switched from the little tank to the big one full of "tractor fuel" , #1 fuel (kerosene) or #0 fuel (distillate) which had an octane rating somewhere betwen 35 and 50. Tractor fuel sold for about half the price of gasoline.

Hope this helps.

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