[Ford-ferguson] Air cleaner problem - Ford 860

[Jon Roberts]

Mike,
Your tractor looks clean (what I can see not covered by the wind break).  Do 
you wash it off with a hose or powerwasher?  If water entered through the 
intake slats/screen, then it would be a straight shot down to the bowl. 
That's about the only way that I can imagine that amount of water getting in 
there.
Also the winter air might not be real clean.  Even if it is not snowing, I'm 
sure some is being stirred up when you move it.  Fortunately the air has to 
rise through the oily wire mesh in that air cleaner.  I would get the bowl 
cleaned out, filled (to the line) with oil & put back on.  I've run larger 
tractors with plastic bowl precleaners ahead of dry air filters and they 
(the precleaners) can quickly fill up with snow .
Jon, 860 plus several larger Fords & a Massey.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
To: "Ford-Ferguson mailing list" <ford-ferguson at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 5:04 PM
Subject: Re: [Ford-ferguson] Air cleaner problem - Ford 860


> When I say "covered" I mean one of those "portable garages" something
> like 10x20. I suppose you could be right - the tractor did spend a fair
> amount of time outdoors all Summer and Fall. But the air cleaner
> assembly is under the hood, and the bowl clips tightly to the rest of
> the housing.
>
> I may try to get some useful images of the arrangement tomorrow, if it
> doesn't snow, yet again.
>
> Mike
>
> On 1/28/2011 2:48 PM, Tom Herman wrote:
>> Mike,
>>
>> If it was covered wouldn't that imply the moisture had to be there
>> before you covered it?
>>
>> Tom NAA
>>
>>
>> On Jan 28, 2011, at 4:48 AM, Mike Sloane wrote:
>>
>
>>> After doing a little thinking and remembering, I removed the oil
>>> bath air cleaner bowl, and it was filled to the top with ice. With
>>> the bowl off, the engine started and ran just fine, and I was able
>>> to do a very nice job on the snow that that the truck plow missed
>>> and was able to push back the drifts along the side that I couldn't
>>> get to with the truck's narrower blade. Image of the tractor,
>>> decked out in its "winter clothes" can be seen at:
>>> <http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/other_machinery/fordcab2.html>
>>>
>>> So my question is: has anyone else had a problem like that with
>>> their tractors? And, if so, what do they do about it?
>>>
>>> This is the only tractor I have (with an oil bath air cleaner)
>>> that seems to fill up the bowl with water/ice. (This seems to
>>> happen to the 860 almost every winter.) The tractor sits outdoors
>>> but under a fabric shelter, so it isn't getting rain or snow on it,
>>> and there is no sign of moisture anywhere else. I don't mind
>>> running without an air cleaner cleaning snow - the air is
>>> completely clean. The easy solution is to just remove the bowl and
>>> keep it inside the barn until I am ready to use the tractor, but I
>>> would like to find something less awkward.
>>>
>>> Mike
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