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Farmall M Distillate Fuel Tank

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I purchased a farmall M with this distillate fuel tank that is not hooked up right now. They crimped the line off at the fuel bowl becasue the bottom of the tank rusted out. However i am fixing the tank and restoring the tractor. Can anyone give me a little background information about this small fuel tank? What went in it, when they used it. Any information would be great!
 
The little tank was filled with gasoline, and was used when starting the tractor. When the engine got warmed up to operating temp., you"d shut the valve on the gas tank and switch over to the big tank of distillate or kerosene. There was also a switch on the manifold, I believe.
 
Distillate goes in the main tank, the small tank is for gasoline. The tractor would be started on gas and warmed up. Once it was warm enough to vaporize the heavy fuel you switched it over and ran on distillate. You need to have a working distillate manifold to use it.
 
If its an early enough M, the sediment bowl was mounted under the small tank, not he big one. Not sure when it was changed, but I was told it was changed because the belts on the bely pulley would sometimes slip off and hit the sediment bowl. My early 1940 origianlly was like that, and still had the remenants of an old brass cuttoff and housing in it.
 
If its an early enough M, the sediment bowl was mounted under the small tank, not he big one. Not sure when it was changed, but I was told it was changed because the belts on the bely pulley would sometimes slip off and hit the sediment bowl. My early 1940 origianlly was like that, and still had the remenants of an old brass cuttoff and housing in it.
 
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