Re: Cause of Tractor Fire?

Posted by Gramps544 on November 30, 2003 at 19:30:10 from (65.178.129.248):

In Reply to: Cause of Tractor Fire? posted by Gramps544 on November 30, 2003 at 11:42:22:

I do try to do all the checks that have been listed before I operate my machine. I only put 50 hrs or so on it a year, so time between operation are weeks apart.

I was lucky with my wiring problem as it only burned thru a few nearby wires.

I do keep my engine clean, but gas does drip out off the weep hole in the bottom of my carb when not running. It is parked on dirt in a 3 sided shed so I am not to concerned about the small trace of gas that is lost.

For the guy who has to remove his muffer to park his tractor in the garage, I to have to do this. I have found that after I park my tractor in the shed I place the muffer back on it due to its heat. My building is 3 side so the muffer would cool the same on the tractor as on the ground. I am in the process of modifing my exhaust to run the muffer parallel to the hood to eliminate this problem.

I am going to start keeping a fire extinguisher on the my tractor while I am operating it. It is stored in a non heated area so the fire ext. can not be perminatly mounted to it.

As for fueling, my user manual in bold letters states to only fill the gas tank when cool. I follow this suggestion everytime. One thing of concern, my gas tank has a fitting on the filler tube that is basically a small tube with a hole thru it. If the tank is overfilled gas would go out this tube. The fitting is only about 1/2" long. I wonder if a plastic tube is supposed to be run from this fitting to discharge this fuel under the tractor and onto the ground?

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