[AT] oil for old engines

[Francis Robinson]

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>> Ralph I wouldn't get to excited about it, all that junk in your oil 
>> didn't
>> do much to help it anyway. The modern stuff can run on the new stuff with
>> there very tight tolerances then our old stuff shouldn't have any trouble
>> at all. sometimes I think some people just have to much time on their
>> hands and have to dream up these things to drive us nuts.
>> J.
>
> I really hope you are right about that. Maybe it will be the same as the
> unleaded fuel debate of a few years ago. When we were warned of the valve
> seat recession that would occur in the older engines if we burned unleaded
> gas. For a while I used to add "valve safe" to all my older engines fuel
> tanks but eventually quit. I have yet to see any problems with the valves 
> on
> engines new or old.
>
> Ralph in Sask.


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    That is especially true of all those old tractors that only run long 
enough each year to make a trek from the tool shed to the trailer to go to a 
show...   :-)   Those of us that have worked many of these old tractors from 
the time they were new usually take such warnings with a huge grain of salt.

    This thread reminded me of a fellow that we rented a farm across the 
road from in the 1950's. We furnished almost all of the equipment but since 
we made all of the hay for his beef herd (and a lot of other little 
considerations) he furnished a combine (Deere 12-A) and one tractor for 
using on both farms. The first was a Deere MC which was traded for a 40-C 
which was replaced by a IHC 300-U. He was still living in Indy then and 
coming to the farm to play on weekends (he had plenty of money). He would 
back the tractor out of the barn and change the oil and filter and grease 
it. He did that week after week for years. The funny part was that many 
weeks the tractor had not even been started that week...   :-)  After 
several years my father finally convinced him to use the hour meter for lube 
changes.


--
"farmer"

When you reach the end of your rope
 tie a knot and hang on...

Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
robinson at svs.net