[AT] Modern Gasoline

[Al Jones]

 My Super A sat all winter and throughout the spring and most of the
summer.  A couple weeks ago I charged the battery, turned on the gas,
(It actually looked cloudy in the sediment bowl!) and hit the starter.
It cranked right up.  I am convinced that some of the horror stories
about new gas and ethanol are hooey.

Al

On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 6:47 PM, charlie hill
<charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
> Dick wouldn't this work as a replacement for the 5.5 vertical
> http://www.harborfreight.com/55-hp-173cc-ohv-vertical-shaft-gas-engine-carb-69731.html
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Day
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 11:20 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Modern Gasoline
>
> Several years ago, I converted our 15-year old Generac generator to LP. It
> always did start easy (electric start) but with LP I can connect it to our
> 500gallon LP tank if we ever got stranded by a blizzard.
>
> My other gas implements (push mower, 2 garden tractors, power washer,
> tiller) don't always start as easy even though I would let the gas run out
> in the fall.    My plan was to convert every gas engine we had.  I've also
> got a Troy Built sickle mower. That was next on my list to convert until I
> discovered that there are no engines I can buy to replace the vertical
> 5.5hp Briggs that's on there.  I don't think that converting it to LP would
> necessarily hurt the engine but decided not to take a chance and never got
> around to the other engines. I retire next spring. Once that happens, I'll
> get back on my LP conversion project.
>
>
>
> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> I just pulled out my power washer and realized it has not been run since
>> March 2015.  Half a tank of fuel still sloshing around.  On the upside, I
>> am always careful to turn off the gas and run the carb dry.  I am also
>> careful to add Sta-Bil as soon as I purchase gas.  We have ethanol in our
>> gas around here like in most places in the USA.
>>
>> It started on the first pull.  Literally.
>>
>> Engine is a 9HP Honda GX270 (I think).  I suppose there might be qualities
>> of the engine (strong spark, strong fuel vaporization in the carb,
>> whatever...) that help it run on crappy old gas.  Or something.  I'm still
>> shaking my head in amazement.
>>
>> SO
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