[Ford-ferguson] Air cleaner problem - Ford 860

[Ron Cook]

Mike,
     My two John Deere A tractors will both get water in the air cleaner 
oil cup.  They sit outside most of the time and I finally learned to 
cover the air stack with a can or bucket.  Your Ford doesn't have an air 
stack, but I bet the air intake is letting the water in during rain like 
you say.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA

On 1/29/2011 8:37 AM, Mike Sloane wrote:
>
> 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.
>