Dear All,As before thanks for your replies to my (newbie) questions - they have helped me get and keep my old Fergie running well, despite my complete lack of skill or experience in mechanics (let alone tractors). Some follow-up questions: 1) I have a petrol leak around the cap thread, where the thread goes into the metal petrol tank (as opposed to between cap and thread itself). I have tried silicon (dissolved by petrol), 2 part epoxy (didn"t deal well enough and chipped off), some orange gasket seal gunk (which I thought would be oil and petrol resistant but wasn"t) and some 2-part solid stuff (that you mix and it looks like Blu-Tac then goes rock solid) which worked the best but it still leaks a bit. Any ideas on how I can seal it? I don"t know how to weld and don"t want to learn on a petrol tank (the thread and tank are different metals anyway which might be hard to weld). 2) Valve Seat Protection when using standard ULP (RON = 91 to 93) - I have read of people using 2-stroke oil to protect against VSR (Valve Seat Recession) does this work well? Or were they protecting against something other than VSR & I mis-understood? I am currently using a valvemaster additive (20ml per 20L) but it"s expensive. 3) The engine is really, really loud. I am sure it is "normal" but too loud for me. I have to wear ear muffs and my ears are ringing a bit even with them after an hour or 2 of tractor operation. Is there anything I can do to quieten the engine? Preferably cheap options? Perhaps a different and better 2H muffler to replace the one on Fergie already? Thanks in advance!
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