Posted by Texasmark1 on March 15, 2017 at 06:36:43 from (75.106.106.91):
In Reply to: Using LP tractors posted by notjustair on March 14, 2017 at 19:38:17:
My first JD was an LP 4020 for which I paid $5k with worn paint and rubber, thrilled (I thought) at the opportunity. Unknown to me at the time, was the reason for, and were these 6 little holes along the middle of the block with several of them leaking fluid. I later found out that these were "weep" holes deliberately manufactured in the block to tell you when your wet sleeve seals were leaking. The fluid told you if your cooling or oil seal was shot. The problem on this tractor was that it had been overhauled previously and the lame duck doing the job didn't know that the orange seal went one place (water end of the wet sleeve as I recall) and the black one, Neoprene probably, went on the oil end.
Fueling, starting, operating, and fuel efficiency were all problems. I overhauled the engine. I installed a new fuel regulator. I sought technical assistance. I this and that trying to find a steady diet where it would consistently start. Trying to start it hot was a bummer. I sold the !@#$%^&*()_ thing at my first opportunity!
I bought a 100 gallon "nurse" tank that you could roll to the field (had auto/truck tires on it) to "nurse" it through it's day. Usually I used a good part of the tank to get through one day of hard plowing. Sitting behind it was a bear in the summer. You couldn't refuel it in 100F weather. It drank LP. I hated it.
So it doesn't qualify as "using today" because I learned better, but I did have one and that's "The Rest of the Story", Paul Harvey!
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