Re: all fuel?

Posted by Russel on June 26, 2005 at 11:21:40 from (67.136.113.47):

In Reply to: all fuel? posted by New Farmer on June 26, 2005 at 07:36:41:

Start on the little tank using gasoline. Engine temp doesn't matter, the exhaust/intake manifold being hot does. Look closely at the manifolds and see if it still has the "vaporizer" manifold on it. It may have been changed if this tractor was used in to the fifties when the tractor fuel disappeared. The reason the manifolds were changed over for gasoline is gasoline gave less power if it was ran thru the vaporizer manifold.

The old farmall regulars were easy to tell which manifold they had, I don't know about JD'rs.

I found a mix of 10 gallon modern kerosene and 5 gallon of gasoline worked well. Except for smelling like a kerosene lamp you really can't tell the difference unless you are working them hard.

IF you use a mix in the big tank remember to shut the fuel off and burn it out of the lines and carb before killing the engine. They will not start cold of a heavy mix. Course if it is running of a magneto just shut the fuel off and go in for supper.

Often when there is a hot restart problem with an old tractor it is because a vaporizer manifold is being used with this modern light gasoline we now have.

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