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HELP How Do I Remove My Gas Tank

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Ron J

12-01-2007 07:12:10




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Hi, Please Help Me I have a Problem with my 8N it"ll run fine for a little while and then it acts like it runs out of gas. Then I can get off and take a Rubber Mallet and tap around the pitcock and it cranks right back up so I there has to be rust in the tank. I took off everything from the pitcock including the pitcock all the way to the Carburetor and even took it all apart and Cleaned everything up real good I Blowed out the gas line and filters. Now I need to know How Do I Remove My Gas Tank so I can give it a good cleaning? And How Hard Will It Be? Waiting on a reply Thanks. Please e-mail me unseenstorm@wmconnect.com

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bilviv

12-20-2007 14:02:01




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 Re: HELP How Do I Remove My Gas Tank in reply to Ron J, 12-01-2007 07:12:10  
It is a piece of cake to take off the tank, first remove the hood, you don't have totake off the steering wheel, then remove the four bolts on the tank and take off the sediment bowl and clean it very well then throw a fews sheeting nails in it and rattle it around to loposen the rust then flush it out and use your air gun to finish if there is anything left then check the fuel line and clean it andd it will start.

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Kent in KC

12-19-2007 06:23:38




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 Re: HELP How Do I Remove My Gas Tank in reply to Ron J, 12-01-2007 07:12:10  
Ron,

After you get the tank off and clean it real good (I suggest about five pounds of deck screws sloshing around for about three or four hours), dry it thoroughly, at least a day, then coat the inside with Red Coat. You can get it at CarQuest and O'Reilly.

Don't just slosh the Red Coat around, slosh it then flip the tank 180 degrees (top to bottom) so the gunk drips from one side of the tank onto the other. Blow out your fuel line and clean the filters and carb.

That should take care of your rust problem permanently. If you have a fuel gauge sending unit, make sure you clean and coat it too before reinstalling it. Look at the gas cap too.

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Ole/Mn

12-02-2007 09:39:35




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 Re: HELP How Do I Remove My Gas Tank in reply to Ron J, 12-01-2007 07:12:10  
Did you happen to buy this tractor from a guy in Minnesota ? I fixed one for my boss several years ago, it had SEVEN plastic sandwich bags in it ( I repeat SEVEN ). He lost the gas cap so replaced it with a sandwich bag and rubber-band around the neck. No vent , don't work. Sucked that bag inside the tank seven times. When it started giving him trouble he brought it to town for us to use around the plant . One semester of common-sense would be a real blessing for some folks.
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rrlund

12-01-2007 09:20:36




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 Re: HELP How Do I Remove My Gas Tank in reply to Ron J, 12-01-2007 07:12:10  
Let's back up to the filters part. An 8N didn't have any filters,only a sediment bowl. If you have one of those in line filters,that's why it acts like it runs out of gas. Those aren't made for a gravity flow system. Take it out and splice the line together without it and see what happens. Kinda sure that will solve the problem.



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old

12-01-2007 10:24:55




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 Re: HELP How Do I Remove My Gas Tank in reply to rrlund, 12-01-2007 09:20:36  
To be correct an 8N has 3 filters in the system if all is as it should be. #1 is a screen on the sediment bowl assembly, #2 is a screen in the sediment bowl and #3 is a screen in the elbow at the carb. Yep they call them filters.



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Ron J

12-01-2007 09:54:44




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 Re: HELP How Do I Remove My Gas Tank in reply to rrlund, 12-01-2007 09:20:36  
Well, there is a Screen on top of the pitcock when you unscrew it out of the tank and where the Gas line runs into the carburetor their is a screen there on the end of the gas line. That's what I'm calling filters. The screen that is on top of the pitcock had a lot of rust down inside of it.



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old

12-01-2007 10:27:40




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 Re: HELP How Do I Remove My Gas Tank in reply to Ron J, 12-01-2007 09:54:44  
To remove the gas tank you have to first pull the hood. Take the bolts loose at the dash and the dog legs up front. then with help you lift it up and back. Then you turn the hood up side down and unbolt the tank form the hood. You also have to have the radiator cap off and the fuel line off the sediment bowl

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Bob From Paradise

12-02-2007 08:32:17




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 Re: HELP How Do I Remove My Gas Tank in reply to old, 12-01-2007 10:27:40  
Don't forget the steering wheel removal if you can get it off.

While not 100% required to remove the Hood it helps.

I attempted to take mine off but couldn't within the amount of time I had allotted to remove the Hood.



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old

12-02-2007 12:45:14




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 Re: HELP How Do I Remove My Gas Tank in reply to Bob From Paradise, 12-02-2007 08:32:17  
WHY, pull the steering wheel. I have taken off all my N series tractor hoods and NEVER took the steering wheel off any of them. Most of the time I do it by my self to boot, but ya its tight but no big deal to remove the hood with the steering wheel in place



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