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Getting away from diesel fumes

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I'm new to anything bigger than garden tractor. I bought a small Ford 1500 last year. It had a vertical exhaust that was rusted off right above the muffler at face level. As a temporary fix I put a rain cap on it. Never did fix it as I didn't use it much but when I did the exhaust fumes were horrible because it was right in my face.

This summer I sold the Ford and bought a Massey 135. It has a hoizontal exhaust under and out the back. I would have thought this would end the exhaust fumes but they seem to be almost as bad. I'm assuming because they rise. I am considering putting a vertical exhaust on not only to try and avoid exhaust fumes but also I hear the low horizontal exhaust is a fire hazard.

Any opinions on how to set up the vertical exhaust? How high, angle tip, etc.? The fumes get to me pretty quickly.
 
Two main choices: 1) Put a U shaped connector on the existing down pipe and run it up beside the engine with a fabricated bracket to hold it as it passes the hood. The bracket must be rigid in front to back, and side to side forces, and made from 3/16 to 1/4" thick strap 1 inch wide. The U pipe must stay 2 inches away from the hood. I would also screw a stainless steel plate .060" thick and covering the area close to the pipe. The muffler should exit the exhaust 6 to 8 inches above your head. A rain cap facing sideways will also deflect fumes away.
2) find the exhaust manifold from a through the hood exhaust. Use a sheet metal hole punch set to create a smooth hole 1/2" bigger in radius than the pipe. (rent it) or have it cut, no tinsnips or plasma torch on this. Same height and cap. Jim
 
Glad to know I am not the only one that cannot stand that exhaust, I also cannot stand to use the gas pumps on the same island as the diesel pump because of the fumes from the spilled fuel.
 
here's a before n after pic of how I changed mine
I pieced it together with prebent exaust elbows n st8 pipe
a TSC universal muffler and a ting ting
added a 1/8 drain hole at the lowest point just in case
its not the prettiest but parts are all off the shelf
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(quoted from post at 19:25:13 10/05/16) Two main choices: 1) Put a U shaped connector on the existing down pipe and run it up beside the engine with a fabricated bracket to hold it as it passes the hood. The bracket must be rigid in front to back, and side to side forces, and made from 3/16 to 1/4" thick strap 1 inch wide. The U pipe must stay 2 inches away from the hood. I would also screw a stainless steel plate .060" thick and covering the area close to the pipe. The muffler should exit the exhaust 6 to 8 inches above your head. A rain cap facing sideways will also deflect fumes away.
2) find the exhaust manifold from a through the hood exhaust. Use a sheet metal hole punch set to create a smooth hole 1/2" bigger in radius than the pipe. (rent it) or have it cut, no tinsnips or plasma torch on this. Same height and cap. Jim
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The exhaust on a 135 does not go thru the hood...so it would just be a matter of finding the correct manifold. which there should be a few out there in junk yards. I probably have one from an Allis 160 that would bolt right on.
 
Just ad an up pipe right where the end is now. They will be behind you as you move. You can make it as tall as you want to get them away from you.
 
I've seen quite a few with Janicholson's option #1
The guy I worked for as a kid got all of his smaller tractors with the exhaust out the back - I hated it. We had the ford 3600 diesel on the blower filling the small silo, and those three cylinders loved to smoke. He sent me up to level the last couple of loads - darn near killed me - the blower sucked up all the exhaust fumes and blew them right up into the silo
 
Tip height should be well above your head. Make sure you always have a rain cap or something to cover it. Getting rain inside the cylinders is a quick way to blow a head gasket.
 
Here is my plan. My exhaust manifold currently is facing downward with a 3 bolt flange. I am going to buy the setup in the following link, which has a 3 bolt flange and does a 180 degree bend to get vertical. It looks like it has a bar to keep the muffler stable without making a bracket. Correct?

http://www.yesterdaystractors.com/Massey-Ferguson-135_Muffler_MF3410.html

I'm then going to take it to the shop and have them take the pipe 18" above my head and bend the tip outwards. I will then put a rain cap on it. Anything more than 18" is going to get close to door height.

Does this sound like a good plan to help get the fumes away from me?
 
(quoted from post at 07:53:20 10/06/16) I've put a downward pointing 45* ell on my 3 under hung exhausts (2 gas 1 diesel) and it has pretty much eliminated that issue.
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Just to clarify, you have a horizontal exhaust run to the back on the underneath of the tractor and you put a 45 degree pointing the exhaust towards the dirt?
 
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