[AT] [External] Re: Spark Plug Fouling Ferguson TO20

[Indiana Robinson]

I know exactly where that bin is... It's "over there someplace".

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On Mon, Jun 24, 2019, 11:00 AM Gunnells, Brad R <brad-gunnells at uiowa.edu
wrote:

> My old ’46 Allis WC likes to foul #4. Of course it doesn’t get much work
> so running it good and hard at operating temperature doesn’t happen all
> that frequently. Since it only acts up once in a while I keep an old pill
> bottle with Simple Green in it. I just leave the fouled plug in there to
> soak until the one in it decides to foul. Blow it out with the compressor
> and put it in. It’s saved me from digging around and trying to find another
> plug in that “I’ll put it in this bin so I know where it is dilemma” (since
> I then forget where that magical bin is).
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> Brad
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> *From: *AT <at-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com> on behalf of John Hall <
> jtchall at nc.rr.com>
> *Reply-To: *Antique group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> *Date: *Sunday, June 23, 2019 at 11:10 PM
> *To: *Antique group <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> *Subject: *[External] Re: [AT] Spark Plug Fouling Ferguson TO20
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> Going by your annual useage, you get 3/4 of the year before you foul the
> plug. I would just change it and be done with it, they are less than $3 at
> NAPA.  FWIW, if you could run the splitter with something else it may
> help--engines that are in poor shape run better under heavier load, not
> piddling.
>
> John Hall
>
> On 6/23/2019 6:29 PM, Szakaluk wrote:
>
> Request advice or suggestions on what I can do to reduce fouling on #4
> spark plug on my 1951 Ferguson TO-20, here or to me direct.
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> I've had it since 1990, only use it 8 or 10 hours a year.  Field mowing,
> snow removal, wood splitting (auger).
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> Using 10W30 oil, Champion D21 plugs, which I understand is a hot plug for
> this application.
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> At first, I could go twenty or 25 hours between plug fouling/cleaning.
> Only #4 is a problem, others are fine. Using very little oil.
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> Now I need to clean #4 every six or seven hours.
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> Appreciate your suggestions on how I can reduce this issue.  I know
> someday the engine should be worked on, but with this limited annual use I
> can't justify tearing it down.
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> Heavier oil?
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> Different plugs?  If so, on all cylinders, or just #4?
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> Oil additives?
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> Other thoughts?
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> Thanks in advance
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> Steve Zakaluk
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> szakaluk at aol.com
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> Falcon, CO
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