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Ron Corkum

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1952 farmall C . what should I be looking for to cure a gas flow problem.
The tractor runs fine for a short while if I remove the gas tank cover blow pressure into the tank until gas drips from the carburetor bleeder.I close the bledder start the tractor and procede the flow is too slow for the engine usage and after a short time it begins to cut out and eventually stops.I repeat the process and off I go for another stint.
The gas bowl pit cock is turned straight up,is this ok? Could their be a blockage at the tank /bowl connection,and finally could there be a losse connection allowing air into the line?
How should I approach this problem?
 
Pull your lines and filter and check for a blockage. If that doesn"t work try blowing some air back through the fuel line into the fuel tank. Eventually you might have to pull the tank entirely and clean out the 60 year old rust inside. This happened to me once on my M.
 
Ron, make sure your gas cap is venting and also the shut off is opened all the way not just pointing in a certain direction.
 
The suggestions from the others are all worth checking. Two other related, more specific things come to mind.

There is a very fine, last-chance screen on the carb end of the elbow where the fuel line comes in. It will plug up quickly if any crud got past the screen in the sediment bowl. Take the line off the compression fitting from the fuel line and thread that elbow out to have a look at the screen. If it is plugged, have a look at the screen in your bowl, replace itif thre is any sign of a hole, and consider draining and cleaning your tank. The original gas caps had "Buy Clean Fuel and Keep It Clean" stamped right into them for a reason.

The other has to do with larger debris in the tank that will sometimes float across the top of the outlet to the sediment bulb and plug it.
apart from those it's likely a clogged line or plugged up vent.
 
Have you or someone installed one of those line filters? On a gravity system, they have too much restriction. Ask me how I know.......
I took it back off of my 41' B and it has not cut out since.
 
Take the sediment bowl off, get a piece of tubing about an inch high that will fit down into the inlet and will stick up into the tank. Put"er back on and see what happens.
 
I'm betting on scottHOMEy's suggestion. My Super C was behaving exactly as you describe and that was the problem.
 
Thank you evryone for your suggestions, I feel confident that I can resolve my fuel problem by following your valued advice.
 
What everyone is saying is more than valid.

Same thing happened with my Super C. In the end, the best solution is to remove the tank and treat it with something like KREEM or Red Cote. Maybe a new sediment bowl with fittings too if you go that route?

(BTW-of all my tractors, if I could only have one, it would be the Super C.)
 
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