Re: Metal Fuel Line on A

Posted by Christopher S. Dunn on July 25, 2004 at 09:58:29 from (216.141.73.14):

In Reply to: Metal Fuel Line on A posted by Christopher S. Dunn on July 23, 2004 at 09:49:31:

Okay, thanks for the input. I have a fuel line with a rubber section in between the metal parts (like that when I got it, I put a new fuel hose section in it, though) and I gave that a healthy squeeze 2x and restarted. It ran for about 8 seconds and died. I repeated and she continued to run.

I idled her down, put her in gear (no PTO) and started for the house. Immediately she stuttered and "bucked" under load. By fits and starts, I got the tractor back to the house and let her run there and played with the idle speed a bit (idles too high right now.)

I let her run outside like that for about 20 minutes and no problems. The water temp seems okay, the tractor is running relatively smoothly. So I climb aboard, engage the PTO, put her in 2nd and take her for a big circle in the 'yard.' 2 seconds later and she's stuttering like before. I get her back to the place where I work on her and leave her in neutral and running. Still okay. Still running as I write this.

I do have a new sediment bowl and I placed the fitting into the tank about 1/2" high instead of the original 1/4" to eliminate crud going down the tube, though I get that is not a guaranty.

So, as I write this, I note the tractor is no longer running. I go out and try to start it and no go. I squeeze the line and then attempt again. I go, "Wonder if there is crud over the sediment bowl fitting into the tank?" I open the cap and put my lighter right over the hole... just kidding... I used my flashlight after I turned it on away from the tank (its a little `un) and I shined it down there over the hole. There was something there. From where I was standing, I decided to give the rubber fuel line section a squeeze to observe the goings on. Sure enough, the crud pops up out of the hole with some bubbles. I do it again and something else pops out, and then falls right back in. In the old line of work I was in, we'd call that a 'smoking gun.'

So I am leaning toward emptying the tank, pulling the lines and cleaning them out with a brush, air or both.

I have a job to complete and cannot afford to take several days to do the acetic/muriatic acid thing with the tank and let dry. Is there some other fluid (beyond gasoline) that I can flush the tank with, blow out, and then get started within a 24 hour period or should I just blow it out and not use a fluid of any kind?

NOTE: This tank method I propose is intended to see me through this job and then I can do more long term methods...

Thanks again for all your input (even when I don't like hearing it...) and I welcome further assistance in this matter. (my formal voice, sorry.)

Christopher

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