Charlie; First off, ship that rain cap off to the scrap yard. I've seen those things stand up in a storm and funnel water down the pipe by the gallon.
If the exhaust pipe if real loose water will run along the hood and follow the pipe down. In fact I've seen that put more water down a stack than any other cause. Probably 30% of what hood catches will run to the pipe.
Another bad habit a lot of folks have is parking tractors near higher buildings or near big trees. Those will deflect a lot of water down on a tractor. Leave it 200' from any higher objects, you'll have a lot less trouble. I once left Farmalls 560D and 300 in the middle of a 100 acre field, nothing over the stacks. Over night we had a 9" rain fall. When we started them they hardly blew black soot. You may ask why, or how? A tractor parked alone on a open field will actually create it's own updraft, and very little water will go down a tight stack. I never worry about covering a stack over night. More than 2-3 days and they are always covered by a tight fittin soup can. I have one in every tool box.
Deflections, my friend are what puts water down a stack. You go down a new tractor line up at a dealer in 2008, gone is the rain cap
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