[AJD] Revisit to an old topic...FUEL TANK CLEANING.

Mitchell Daly md31043 at msn.com
Tue Aug 24 16:13:49 PDT 2010


The stuff I've used comes in a kit from The Shop. They advertise in Greem Magazine every other month or so. It's easy to use. 

Mitch - md31043 at msn.com



> From: gdombaugh at 1kms.com
> To: antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com
> Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:42:52 -0500
> Subject: [AJD] Revisit to an old topic...FUEL TANK CLEANING.
> 
> Mitch:
> Speaking or sealer, what is your recommendation there??
> Thanks,
> Garrell
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]
> On Behalf Of Mitchell Daly
> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 4:25 PM
> To: Antique John Deere mailing list
> Subject: Re: [AJD] Revisit to an old topic...FUEL TANK
> CLEANING.
> 
> 
> Remember that you are working in a metal tank and anything
> like nuts and bolts will be very difficult to get out with a
> magnet. Trust me. I know. I've found that a piece of chain
> works like a charm. It's easy to roll around in the tank and
> it's also quite easy to retrieve. I also made up a little
> drop light that I could lower into the tank and look around
> at the job. Didn't have any trouble with the tank etcher or
> the sealer. 
> 
> Mitch Daly - md31043 at msn.com
> 
> 
> 
> > From: dledford at classicnet.net
> > To: antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > Date: Tue, 24 Aug 2010 15:30:51 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [AJD] Revisit to an old topic...FUEL TANK
> CLEANING.
> > 
> > If you are going to put something in the tank to rattle
> around in it to 
> > break up the rust, use something you can take out of the
> tank with a magnet. 
> > I bought a half finished project tractor from a guy one
> time, a '37 A, and 
> > he had put several handfulls of rocks into the tank to
> clean it out. I was 
> > several days trying to pick those rocks out. The baffle at
> the neck of the 
> > tank prevented the rocks from shaking out. I could get a
> few to fall out by 
> > shaking the tank, but not near all. I got quite the upper
> body workout, 
> > that's for sure. I finally found a very LONG pair of
> mechanic's tweezers and 
> > picked the rocks out one by one. I can only imagine how
> fun it would be to 
> > pick out something slick and round like marbles. My vote
> would be a length 
> > or two of chain or a couple of handfulls of nuts and
> bolts. It will save you 
> > a lot of aggrivation.
> > 
> > My two cents worth
> > 
> > Duane
> > 
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Mark Johnson" <mark.s.johnson at pixius.net>
> > To: "Antique John Deere mailing list" 
> > <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 10:18 AM
> > Subject: Re: [AJD] Revisit to an old topic...FUEL TANK
> CLEANING.
> > 
> > 
> > > arrell:
> > >
> > > There are probably as many methods out there as there
> are individuals. One 
> > > I
> > > have
> > > heard of (Spencer Yost recommends it) is to remove the
> tank and put a few
> > > handfuls
> > > of clean river gravel in it, then put it in something
> like a rock tumbler
> > > for a time, to
> > > knock all the rust and so forth out of it. I have to
> admit I've never 
> > > tried
> > > it - it does
> > > seem like you'd run the risk of knocking holes in spots
> that were merely
> > > weak spots
> > > before you started. [Having gone through patching a gas
> tank recently, I'm
> > > sensitive
> > > to that...]
> > >
> > > The carb. cleaner method will probably help a lot too,
> but it will only do 
> > > a
> > > really good
> > > job on the bottom of the tank unless you turn it on its
> sides and upside
> > > down, too - again
> > > requiring removal from the tractor. I'm fairly certain
> that a good 
> > > cleaning
> > > solvent will
> > > do way more to remove deposits from old gasoline than
> will clean fuel - 
> > > but
> > > a post-flush
> > > certainly won't hurt.
> > >
> > > Mark J
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > > From: <gdombaugh at 1kms.com>
> > > To: "'Antique John Deere mailing list'"
> > > <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > > Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 9:38 AM
> > > Subject: [AJD] Revisit to an old topic...FUEL TANK
> CLEANING.
> > >
> > >
> > >> Good morning Gentleman:
> > >> I for the most part have been a silent observer of this
> list
> > >> for many years and have learned much in the process.
> Thanks
> > >> to you all...
> > >>
> > >> I have also read many opinions and preferences to the
> > >> problem
> > >> I am about to attack of cleaning the sludge and varnish
> like
> > >> crap out of my fuel tank on my 1944 JD "A".
> Unfortunately
> > >> I can not find those old emails now that I need them.
> My
> > >> first inclination was to drain all the old fuel and
> pour
> > >> about one gallon of carburetor cleaner in the bottom of
> the
> > >> tank and let it set for a day or two.... followed by a
> good
> > >> flushing with clean gasoline. Is there a better opinion
> out
> > >> there that you would suggest ???
> > >>
> > >> Thanks in advance,
> > >>
> > >> Garrell Dombaugh
> > >> Andover, KS
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> -----Original Message-----
> > >> From:
> antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > >>
> [mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com]
> > >> On Behalf Of Mark Johnson
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 8:59 AM
> > >> To: Antique John Deere mailing list
> > >> Subject: Re: [AJD] New addition's
> > >>
> > >> Well, you have to start somewhere. I wouldn't worry too
> much
> > >> about the MF
> > >> magneto -
> > >> unless that's the reason it's only hitting on one
> cylinder.
> > >> With the
> > >> multi-piece radiator shell,
> > >> cooling system leaks aren't unusual; as long as none of
> the
> > >> pieces are
> > >> warped you should be
> > >> able to put it right.
> > >>
> > >> On your A with the hand-stamped s/n: can you tell for
> > >> certain whether the
> > >> overstamped
> > >> number is the same as the original? From the picture,
> I'm
> > >> not sure that it
> > >> is - I see what
> > >> looks like '8 2 3' underlying the '3 4 8' that is
> > >> hand-stamped.
> > >>
> > >> Mark J
> > >> '40 H
> > >>
> > >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >> From: "Eric Walter" <eric at facspro.com>
> > >> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
> > >> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 12:47 AM
> > >> Subject: Re: [AJD] New addition's
> > >>
> > >>
> > >>> Mark,
> > >>>
> > >>> Thanks--
> > >>> Not running very well right now. Seems to be firing on
> one
> > >> cylinder only
> > >>> also possibly a stuck valve. Need to fix some cooling
> > >> system leaks. And
> > >>> its
> > >>> got a massey ferguson Mag on it.
> > >>>
> > >>> Added some more pictures to the site--
> > >>> Also my project tractor
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> Eric
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >>> From: "Mark Johnson" <mark.s.johnson at pixius.net>
> > >>> To: "Antique John Deere mailing list"
> > >>> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > >>> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 1:29 PM
> > >>> Subject: Re: [AJD] New addition's
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>>> Eric:
> > >>>>
> > >>>> That is a pretty nice looking unstyled B. Someone has
> > >> already put a good
> > >>>> deal of work into it.
> > >>>> I trust that it is running...
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Mark J
> > >>>> Wichita, KS
> > >>>> '40 H (_not_ running)
> > >>>>
> > >>>> Maybe I will get some time to work on my H this
> fall...my
> > >> school schedule
> > >>>> is
> > >>>> rather more limited
> > >>>> than it has been, and I still haven't found a
> > >> cotton-picking (or any
> > >>>> other
> > >>>> kind of) job. Since summer
> > >>>> school ended, it has been too hot to even think about
> > >> going out to the
> > >>>> tractor shed after about 7:30
> > >>>> in the morning - average high temp 97.5 degrees in
> > >> August, worst day 108.
> > >>>> Normal average high
> > >>>> is about 91 for August.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> > >>>> From: "Eric Walter" <eric at facspro.com>
> > >>>> To: "Antique John Deere list"
> > >>>> <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > >>>> Sent: Monday, August 23, 2010 11:05 AM
> > >>>> Subject: [AJD] New addition's
> > >>>>
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Jacob and I had another fun (long but short) weekend
> > >> together!!!
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> We started by heading to Benkelman Ne for and
> auction
> > >> Saturday they had
> > >>>>> a
> > >>>>> 28 D listed in the sale bill so we had to check that
> one
> > >> out. Jacob
> > >>>>> wants
> > >>>>> to add a D to the new collection. We got there and I
> > >> immediately knew it
> > >>>>> was a typo -- should have been listed as a '48 --
> big
> > >> difference.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Prices were all over the place -- Jacob didn't get a
> > >> good bid that day.
> > >>>>> I
> > >>>>> was screwing around and ended up with a Hand Start A
> > >> from an unknown
> > >>>>> year
> > >>>>> due to what appears to be a hand stamped serial over
> the
> > >> original for a
> > >>>>> hundred bucks.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Sunday was a different story--- to the other end of
> the
> > >> state at Waverly
> > >>>>> NE -- no D's but a few B's and an A on steel or
> partial
> > >> steel. Also a
> > >>>>> wanted addition to the Barn. So the barn got a
> little
> > >> more crowded this
> > >>>>> weekend with the addition of my A and Jacob's 1937
> > >> Unstyled B with rear
> > >>>>> steel
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> I've rearranged the website that I've created for
> our
> > >> "Green" since the
> > >>>>> last post but you should be able to find your way.
> > >>>>> Of course there will be more pictures later from the
> > >> unloading and
> > >>>>> moving
> > >>>>> to the farm.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> http://www.ponyexpressinn.com/jacob.htm
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Have a look.
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> Eric - ? A
> > >>>>> Jacob - 43 B
> > >>>>> 37 B
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