[AT] OOOPS - Do as I say not as I do

[Dean VP]

Ralph:

On all my gravity feed JD tractors, I have made it a requirement to shut off
the valve at the tank and run the tractor until it stops.  I never know how
long they are going to set unused and there is always a chance of a little
bit of dirt not allowing the needle and seat to have a perfect seal. 

Probably the most unused motor on the place is the back-up power generator.
I have also made a habit of shutting off the gas line on it too and letting
it run dry at the end of a session. I paid extra to have an electric start
version with battery. In retrospect that was a waste of money. Repeatedly,
after long periods of non-use, I will turn on the gas valve, wait a few
seconds and then on the first or worst case, the second pull, of the starter
cable it is running. Why am I using the manual start?  The battery went dead
after 6 years or so, even with a trickle charger on it. I haven't seen a
need to replace it.  Knock on wood.

Dean A. Van Peursem
Snohomish, WA 98290

I'm a walking storeroom of facts..... I've just lost the key to the
storeroom door 


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>I think what Dean is saying is if you leave your Air compressor with the 
>power on and a line starts leaking or burst the compressor will come on 
>while you are not around and run until you return and shut it off. Could be

>an hour or several days.

I never considered that possibility and I guess there is a chance of line 
failure on the compressor too. Although I turn off the air valve right at 
the tank.
On another related note, I wonder how many of you turn off the gas valve on 
the fuel tanks of your old tractors? I didn't always turn mine off but a few

episodes of a leaking float valve made it necessary to turn off the valve at

the tank. Gas is getting too expensive to let it soak into the dirt floor of

my shed. Not to mention the environmental damage.
Its even more important on the old JD two cylinder tractor as I found one 
day that my crankcase oil level was way high. After draining a half gallon 
or so of very thin oil that smelled of stale gas I realized what had 
happened and will shortly be draining the whole crankcase. Gas makes a poor 
lubricant but at least the crankcase should be clean now.

Ralph in Sask.
http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/ 

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