[AJD] Lead Additive

Tommy twilson17 at comcast.net
Fri Feb 4 08:16:01 PST 2005


I've always heard that the old engines were not built to "require" lead, 
they were built to "tolerate" lead in the gas....Tommy

At 09:45 AM 2/4/05 -0600, you wrote:
>I've commented on this often. When I was running my fully "built" Ford 429 
>Super
>CobraJet years ago, the no-lead fuel debate was raging full blown. I heard 
>both sides
>of no-lead in gas engines and finally decided it wasn't an immediate 
>problem. To be
>safe, I would add a bottle of lead additive as well as octane boost about 
>every third
>tank in the Torino Cobra. Since it was a 429 and I was young the 3rd tank 
>came around
>pretty darn often! Never had a single problem. Never did in my 429 Mustang 
>either.
>At our dealership, we have never found a single problem in any tractor, 
>farm or lawn
>& garden, resulting from no-lead fuel. In fact, we have more problems with 
>today's
>fuel and it's additives as it tends to eat or soften fuel lines, 
>especially in weed
>eaters.
>Just my input
>Greg
>
>
>Greg Stephen
>The Old Tractor Company
>Stephen Equipment Company
>PO Box 709
>Franktown, CO 80116
>303-663-5246
>303-468-0377 FAX<<--GREAT WAY TO REACH ME!
>
>On Thu Feb  3 23:35 , 'wb5cys' <wb5cys at sbcglobal.net> sent:
>
> >I was talking to a local "old timer" the other day about my model 40 and he
> >told me I should always put lead additive in the gas I use in my tractor.
> >
> >Is this true?  Does it really do any good?  More importantly, can it do any
> >harm?
> >
> >Thanks!
> >
> >Cal Barton
> >Nacogdoches, Texas
> >
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Tommy Wilson
Hattiesburg, MS
1950 IH H
1951 JD B
1952 IH SC





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