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F-20 gas tank with 3 outlets

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Scott Rukke

01-18-2008 15:51:32




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Got a replacement tank for my F-20 today and it has 2 outlets on the base but my existing tank only has one. What is the extra outlet for?




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Dave Allgire

01-19-2008 07:32:40




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 Re: F-20 gas tank with 3 outlets in reply to Scott Rukke, 01-18-2008 15:51:32  
To add a little confusion to this discussion; I have a 1938 F-14, gas only, single tank with the "extra" drain hole in it. The tank has recently been boiled out and lined. From what I can see this is a factory original tank with no modifications like removing the smaller tank and welding in a new end plate. Maybe this additional drain hole was a standard starting in 19??



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Farmallgray

01-20-2008 06:17:10




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 Re: F-20 gas tank with 3 outlets in reply to Dave Allgire, 01-19-2008 07:32:40  
That is correct. I have all the documents packed away right now, but if I were to dig, I could probably tell you the serial #s and dates that it was added. My F-20 was built in Nov '38 and it has it. So it was before that.



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Farmallgray

01-19-2008 05:45:35




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 Re: F-20 gas tank with 3 outlets in reply to Scott Rukke, 01-18-2008 15:51:32  
Cowman is right. The third hole is a drain. This was used on the later models. I'm not sure exactly when they added it.
ALL F-20s were built to run on kerosene and should all have the two compartment tank. There is no gasoline only tank for F-20s. The F-12 and F-20 tanks are the same size. If you ever run accross an F-20 with a single compartment tank, It came from a gasoline F-12.



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Nebraska Cowman

01-19-2008 05:16:08




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 Re: F-20 gas tank with 3 outlets in reply to Scott Rukke, 01-18-2008 15:51:32  
I always thought it was a drain hole. It's not the first one I've seen that way. In fact I thought they all had that extra hole. It takes a 3/8 pipe plug.



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Andy Motteberg

01-18-2008 21:30:00




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 Re: F-20 gas tank with 3 outlets in reply to Scott Rukke, 01-18-2008 15:51:32  
You must have a "all fuel" gas tank. An all fuel gas tank has a 1 gallon tank and the large tank. Gasoline models (tractors than run on Gasoline ONLY) used a single tank with one filler neck. All Fuel models (Tractors that burned distillate or kerosene) used a tank with 2 tanks. There is a 1 gallon tank inside the large tank. With a all fuel tractor, you put 1 gallon of gasoline in the small tank, and Distillate fuel or Kerosene in the large tank. The tractors started hard on distillate/kerosene, so you would start it on Gasoline and when the engine warms up, you switch it over to distillate or kerosene. Distillate or Kerosene was cheaper back when the tractors were new so that is why that used them that way. Your F-20 is a 1938, so the correct tank might be the single tank like it had before. My 38 has the dual fuel tank on it.

Andy.

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Scott Rukke

01-18-2008 22:59:54




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 Re: F-20 gas tank with 3 outlets in reply to Andy Motteberg, 01-18-2008 21:30:00  
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I'm confused. Both tanks have two filler necks and are identical in appearance. The original tank has the 2 outlets, rear and bottom where the bowl is, and the new tank has the same outlets plus one next to the bottom outlet. Doesn't make sense to me. I see no difference between the two tanks except the extra outlet on the bottom. Both bottom outlets are factory appearing although the photo might not show this.

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Bob Kerr

01-18-2008 20:22:41




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 Re: F-20 gas tank with 3 outlets in reply to Scott Rukke, 01-18-2008 15:51:32  
Not totally sure, but there may have been two different tanks. One outlet for Kerosene with a separate gas starting tank, and one tank that has the gas starting tank built into the kero tank like the F-12s. I know the early 15-30s had a water tank that was part of the fuel tanks and they had 3 outlets and 3 caps where the 10-20s had only one outlet and one cap. The water was to keep the engine from pinging when under heavy load. Not sure if the F-30s used water or not. It may be possible you had a tank from a regular on your tractor, they used a separtate starting tank. I will be curious to see what the F-20 gurus say.

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Scott Rukke

01-18-2008 21:09:12




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 Re: F-20 gas tank with 3 outlets in reply to Bob Kerr, 01-18-2008 20:22:41  
The original tank, which was rusted out, has 2 outlets, one on the bottom where the bowl is and one on the back end. The one I just got has the outlet on the back end and two side by side outlets on the bottom. Bought it from the Cowman so I'm sure he knows what it's for. I emailed him too. The tank has the same 2 gas caps like the original. Beats the heck out of me why there would be the extra bung on the bottom.

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