[AT] Gas problem now diesel

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Mon May 6 13:46:32 PDT 2013


Ron,  That's hilarious.  Who would have ever thought it would run like that?
It's a good thing he didn't have any 2-4, 5 T to dump in there with it or he 
would
have been spraying Agent Orange out the exhaust pipe!

Charlie

-----Original Message----- 
From: Ron Cook
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 4:29 PM
To: Antique tractor email discussion group
Subject: Re: [AT] Gas problem now diesel

In the fifties, an uncle bought a new Cat D4.  It used more fuel than
the traded in D2.  After running low or maybe even out of fuel in the
field, a hired hand took two cans of fuel to the field and dumped it
in.  Fired up the Cat and disked the rest of the day. They later found
out that one of the cans was not diesel fuel, but was 2,4D.  Engine ran
fine and at least up to the time it was sold about 3 years ago the main
engine had never been worked on.  It also did not have any broadleaf
weeds growing in it that I know of.

Ron Cook
Salix, IA
On 5/6/2013 2:23 PM, charlie hill wrote:
> I've heard of doing that Ralph.   In fact, many years ago I had a friend
> who sold tractor trailer trucks for a living.  I went with him once to
> demonstrate a truck in a very rural area.  We were low on fuel and didn't
> have
> enough to get back to where there was a truck stop or another source of
> fuel.
> All we could find was a country store that had kerosene.  Mike knew what 
> to
> do.
> He had been told by his boss.  I forget the exact mix but for every so 
> many
> gallons
> of kerosene he added a quart of motor oil.  I want to say it was a quart 
> of
> oil to 10
> gallons of fuel.  The truck ran fine and if it damaged the engine I never
> heard about it.
>
> Charlie
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ralph Goff
> Sent: Monday, May 06, 2013 2:47 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Gas problem now diesel
>
> On 5/6/2013 11:12 AM, Mike wrote:
>> You beat me to it Ron, what are you guys with older diesels doing with
>> the ULSD that you have to buy now days? I have a circa 1974 Massey with
>> a perkins that I'm sure wasn't designed for the new diesel. I've heard
>> of guys adding 2 stroke oil to it but have not heard a ratio or
>> anything. Mike M
>>
> No problems with my old diesels yet but just in case, lately I have been
> dumping some oil in the tank when I fill up with fuel. No measure, just
> by guess and golly. It has certainly helped use up most of the odd left
> over containers of oil. I've used two stroke oil, type A transmission,
> motor oil, pretty much any clean oil I have on hand. Time will tell if
> it works I guess.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
>
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