[Farmall] Gas in crankcase

[Jerry Bossard]

Thanks for the tip Mark!

Jerry

On Friday, March 28, 2014, Mark Weinheimer <mrw601 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I had the problem, years ago on a Super A, before I rebuilt it.  I
> suspected that the rings were so bad that it was leaking by on the
> compression stroke.  It never ran for a long time, so it wouldn't evaporate
> because the motor never got real warm.  It went away after I rebuilt the
> motor.
>
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Barney Van De Weert <bbvande at yahoo.com<javascript:;>
> >wrote:
>
> > The only place this could happen is through the carb, leaking needle and
> > seat- however by the time it got high enough you would have gas leaking
> out
> > of the drain in the carb. You can see whats going on by unhooking the air
> > tube going into the carb and watch it. When I was in college our Prof
> > recommended that we leave the air pipe off the carb and turn the gas on
> for
> > a day or so to make sure the needle and seat were not leaking.
> >
> > Also would it be possible that someone put it in there by mistake?
> >
> > Barney Van De Weert
> > On Friday, March 28, 2014 5:17 PM, Jerry Bossard <
> jerry.bossard at gmail.com <javascript:;>>
> > wrote:
> >
> > Hello Fellow Farmall fans and experts!
> >
> > Can anyone tell me how gas would get into the crankcase of a '42 H?  Is
> it
> > possible to get in from the governor/throttle control?
> >
> > I went to check the oil level on the crankcase and when I opened the
> > test cock l found oily gas coming out.  I know it's gas because it smells
> > like gas, doesn't separate like water and oil, and the oily gas ignites.
>  I
> > used a paper towel to clean a spot off the floor of the mixture and lit
> the
> > towel on fire to confirm gas.
> >
> > Any thoughts are appreciated. Tractor seems to run ok.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Jerry
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