Tom: I remember an old guy, used to put one of those old fashion hot plates under his Farmall C. He had a thin steel plate over the burner to run off any liquid that might drip from the tractor. Not sure we'd want to try that today with all the carb leaks we have. Rather amusing I think, those old Farmalls never leaked back when the carbs were new and we were burning leaded gas. I had a friend buy a new carb and within a year it was leaking. I can't believe anything else other than this new gas has additives not very user friendly in these carbs.
I only have 3 tractors, however at any given time one of them always seem to be leaking gas. I watch discussion, seeing guys going for electronic ign., 12 volt batteries and alternator, etc. Yes, I'll go along with alternator any day, but I'm not going to change voltage to achive it. I just wish someone could develop a carb that would run more than 9 months without leaking. Electronic fuel injection is what I need on my tractors, because I spend a lot more time messing with carb leaks than I do on points, condenser, coil, plugs, wires, rotors, caps, etc. combined.
I have a friend with a fleet of a dozen old Cockshutts, same carbs. He claims he goes through a jerry can of gas per week, even if he never starts a tractor. With all that gas leaking, my major concern is fire. This modern gas also smells every bit as bad as diesel. Absolutely no need of one's shop smelling that bad.
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