[AT] Different TO-20

[Dave Merchant]

We've only fueled it once so far, used a long tin flex funnel
+ wedged it in place like you described.
Still spilled some gas on the paint.

Going to keep looking for a good cheap transfer pump.

Dave Merchant


At 09:42 PM 9/15/2009, you wrote:



> >
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Different TO-20
> >
> >
> >
> > We are still working on how to fuel the new Wagner loader 8N
> > without spilling gas all over the nice paint. The loader frame
> > has a crossbrace that keeps the fuel door from opening all the way.
> > Looked at transfer pumps at TSC, but only the real expensive ones
> > are listed for gasoline.
> >
> > Dave Merchant
>
>Dave:  My Ford has a piece of wire on the loader cross piece, bent with a 
>hook shape.  When the fuel door is opened as far as it can, the wire can 
>be hooked over the door to keep it up.  For a number of years, I kept a 
>one gallon Clorox jug with the bottom cut out for a funnel.  When the jug 
>neck was in the tank filler hole, I can flip  the door latch down over the 
>upper edge of the jug and hold it in place.  No tip, no spill, pretty 
>much.  Very crude, but it always worked.  More recently, I have used one 
>of the funnels with a handle and about a 15 inch flexible spout. The spout 
>reached into the tank with the handle hooked over the filler door (door 
>still held up by the same wire that was on the tractor when I bought it 
>about 39 years ago).
>
>Charlie V.
>
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