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Paul in Mich
12-13-2004 15:59:20
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Re: Kerosene option for the H in reply to PA Steve, 12-13-2004 14:24:32
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Kerosene became a practical fuel during WWII when gasolent became scarce and tightly rationed. Most tractors produced during those years were indeed Kerosene or Distilate (power fuel). After the war, when gasolene rations ended, and became more available, it also became more desirable to burn gasolene as it created a couple more HP from the same engine, at a cost much less than going to a larger tractor. Some farmers, however continued using Kerosene and distilate fuel, and in fact some of the new models built after the war were equipped for Kero and Dist, but in far fewer numbers than during the war. I"m not sure when dual fuel was discontinued, but if memory serves me correctly, it continued to some degree throughout the entire letter series run. Someone else may contradict me, and if so, ok, because I"d like to be enlightened. As to shutters, all Kerosene and distilate tractors were equipped with shutters as it was necessary to control the temperature of the engine so as to allow for better combustion of the low grade fuels. It was also necessary to have a small auxillary tank for gasolene for which to start the tractor as it was nearly impossible to start on Kerosent or Distilate. If your tractor was such a tractor, it would have had shutters, and the small tank. Many of these items were stripped and discarded when gasolent became the fuel being ran. If you look at the plate containing the kill switch and pulley control lever, you may have a small crank which seems to go nowhere. This would have been the shutter control. The coil seat, as Cowman said, would have been a replacement as the factory seat was the type which had the curved frame and small tool box attached. Monroe came out with the coil spring seat much similar to the ones available as options from the factory on the later post war models, except the old monroe seat had the shock absorber behind the seat rather than the mid mount on the later models.
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