Tractor smells

plow hand · Feb 19, 2010

Do different brands of old tractors smell different from each other?..After all things in this world that look different do not smell the same....

Zube Stumbo · Feb 19, 2010

Our old F-20 smelled. Right after I stood it up pulling a drag.............

CLTX · Feb 19, 2010

ROFL .... BTDT C.L.

Vito · Feb 19, 2010

wimens?

Vito

cadet trooper · Feb 19, 2010

Kind of a strange question :-O but I"ll offer my two cents, I"m not sure how old you are but automotive catalysts were started in the early 70s and about the same time unleaded gasoline was discontinued later came fuel injection vs carburation which took on many forms until todays EMPI with total fuel control. Most gas type tractors were exempt from most EPA rules. Back to the original question most older tractors burned leaded fuel to lubricate valve guides and that was remedied in the mid 70s and it used to be you wanted the exhaust pipe stack to burn to leave a gray to white deposit on the inside which meant you had things set right if not it was a gray charcoal color which meant it was either set rich or just needed a heavy load to clean it out so to speak. The smell really had to do with a combination of the air and fuel screws and heat so if it bothered some you would need to make constant adjustments which wasted a lot of time and with gas being cheap in those days it wasn"t an issue knowing that later in the year the old girl would be on the plow or some hard pulling tool to do the cleanout. IMHO

JMOR · Feb 19, 2010

(quoted from post at 18:36:12 02/19/10) Do different brands of old tractors smell different from each other?..After all things in this world that look different do not smell the same....

Have 3 different brands & depending when last used &/or how long sitting in barn, they all smell about the same.....oil/gas/diesel or if not used in awhile the pleasant(?!) aroma of rat P & S.

fixerupper · Feb 19, 2010

Depends on the body reacts to the deodorant.

Anonymous-0 · Feb 19, 2010

Nothing runs like a Deere and nothing smells like a John....

BushogPapa · Feb 19, 2010

You can tell pretty quick if a tractor came off a Dairy farm...!!

Same for a Swine farm...I doubt it has anything to do with the "Color" of the tractor...!!!

Ron..

Anonymous-0 · Feb 19, 2010

I think the old 2 bangers kind a stink.

Anonymous-0 · Feb 20, 2010

Absolutely. In the 60"s I could tell which diesel engine was running by the smell. My favorite diesel smell from that era? Perkins

Bob seND · Feb 20, 2010

I've never smelled anything since that equals the smell of a 4010 pulling 4-14's through patches of slough weed. I think the 4010s and 4020s had their own pleasant diesel smoke smell when pulling
hard. Also the A JD has a completely different smell than my 70 (gas). Both running normally.

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