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

Tue Aug 24 18:37:34 PDT 2010

Garrell,

I'm a lurker too!  I had great success with a solvent called Hydro Seal II
made by Gunk.  I found it at the auto parts store in a gallon can.  It is
fairly inexpensive and did a fine job of cutting through the dried gas in my
430T that had turned to tar.  As I recall it isn't real volatile but will
ruin paint.  I took the tank off the tractor and found a bolt with Teflon
tape to seal up the fuel line port.  I put about a quart in the tank with a
small piece of chain, put the gas cap back on and over a few days came back
every so often and swished it around inside the tank.  Not real hard but
just enough to make sure the entire inside of the tank was being coated and
receiving a swipe from the chain.  The Hydro Seal dissolved all of the old
gas with nearly no effort on my part.  I'd recommend it.

Bill Maki
Waynesboro, VA

-----Original Message-----
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gdombaugh at 1kms.com
Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2010 10:39 AM
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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

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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>
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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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