[AT] Modern Gasoline

[Howard Weeks]

If my experience is any indicator, your Super A did not have ethanol in it.

Otherwise, you would be trying to burn water.

Howard in GA

On 8/21/2016 8:16 PM, Al Jones wrote:
>  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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