[Ford-ferguson] Air cleaner problem - Ford 860

[Mike Sloane]

On 1/28/2011 9:08 PM, Jon Roberts wrote:
> 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.
Power wash? It would be so fortunate - I don't wash tractors unless I am 
going to paint one. No, water getting in from washing is definitely not 
a likely source of the problem. :-) The air intake for the air cleaner 
is on the side of the hood, and I suppose that it is possible that, when 
the tractor was outdoors during the Summer, rain coming off the hood 
found its way into the air intake. I may have to think about keeping 
that area covered when the tractor is left outdoors.

> 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 intend to put it back on as soon as it thaws out and I can pour out 
the oil and water. The snow I was dealing with wasn't going anywhere - 
it was heavy and wet after sitting for a day in the sun.

>  I've run larger
> tractors with plastic bowl precleaners ahead of dry air filters and they
> (the precleaners) can quickly fill up with snow .
I guess that would depend on conditions. I do 95% of my plowing with a 
truck and only use the tractor to clean up later (when things have 
quieted down, and I don't have snow/sleet/rain dripping down my neck, 
etc. (been there, done that). I can back up to the barn and garage doors 
and pull the snow away very nicely. And the blade sticks out about 6" 
from the rear tires, so I can scrape back the drifts left by the truck's 
relatively narrow blade.

Thanks for responding,

Mike
> 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