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Tobaccoman 02-22-2013 12:06:28 72.4.13.14 Report to Moderator	I had a similar experience with a WR9 last fall. Tractor had starting tank, manifold heat shield, shutters w/ complete linkage, etc. Hadn't run in no telling when. After all new belts, hoses, tune up when I drained the big tank the few gallons in it had no smell I could detect. Now I know what old gas smells like. And no deposits in tank either as is common with old gas. Put fresh gas in a she fired right up, ran good. As unlikely as it seems I gotta wonder if what ran out of this tractor was distillate too. [Reply]   [No Email]
roger hall 02-22-2013 13:33:09 209.143.34.212 Report to Moderator	Re: distilet fuel in reply to Tobaccoman, 02-22-2013 12:06:28   tobaccoman---the tank is clean --the carb looked like it had been cleaned yesterday-but had not been apart----started right up on gas----guess what i realy wanted to know is how many years this has set and not run--[it doesn" look like it has been used much [Reply]  [No Email]
Tobaccoman 02-22-2013 17:33:22 72.4.13.14 Report to Moderator	Re: distilet fuel in reply to roger hall, 02-22-2013 13:33:09   Roger, to answer your original question, my best guess is that distillate disappeared no later than the late 1950s. I don't know for sure; I came along too late to use distillate fuel. My reasoning is based on the last IH tractors produced setup at the factory to use distillate was the 350-450 series in 1957-58 era. My fuel tank was clean also and the carb wasn't too bad either. The tractor also had the oldest style of Champion W14 spark plugs I have ever seen. When it ran last nobody knows. [Reply]  [No Email]