Re: Fuel for vintage tractors

Posted by Jon Hagen on March 30, 2007 at 10:18:56 from (75.104.56.247):

In Reply to: Re: Fuel for vintage tractors posted by Howard H. on March 30, 2007 at 10:00:46:

Sounds like that old farmer ruined his "reserve tank" When growing up, we had several old JD "distilate" tractors that we only ran on gasoline. The trick was to run only on the main tank,with the starting tank kept in reserve for when the main tank ran dry.
That 1/2-1 gal ? tank was enough to get you back to the fuel tank if you ran the main tank dry. Saved me many a walking trip and time wasted bringing fuel to the tractor.

Distilate was an oil lighter than #1 fuel or even kerosene I am told. Dilution of the crankcase oil by unburned distilate must have been pretty bad as many/most operator manuals recommended draining part of the crankcase oil and replaceing it with fresh oil every day to keep the dilution from getting too bad. Adjust your intake manifold to the "cold" setting and run it on gasoline for least hassle/problems.

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• Re: Fuel for vintage tractors Gene Davis (GA) 20:45:49 03/30/07 (0)

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