[Ford-ferguson] Air cleaner problem - Ford 860

[Howard Fleming]

Just a thought, any chance of it being snow that has drifted in to the 
air intake during a snow storm?

I have not had any troubles with the 8N we have here, but then again, 
that is the only machine that is kept in the garage.....

Howard


On 01/29/2011 09:37 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.
>
>> 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
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