Re: rusty gas engine dying

Posted by ltf in nc on July 15, 1999 at 19:07:04 from (206.228.213.85):

In Reply to: rusty gas engine dying posted by adam cathers on July 15, 1999 at 10:00:58:

Had the same problem on a 574 Int. Tried lots of fixes other than buying a new hundreds of dollars saddle tank. The best fix was to take the fitting that screws into the tank out. Get a brass barbed hose fitting and cut the barbed section from the fitting. Drill the fitting that you took out of the tank only on the tank end so that you can slip the barbed section inside the fitting a 1/4 inch or so. Solder the joint. Get a piece of gas line(hose) that will slip over the barbed section that is sticking out of the tank fitting.The diameter of the barbed fitting and gas line must not excede the diameter of the threaded hole in the bottom of the gas tank. This line needs to be long enough to extend through the gas tank and out through the gas fill opening on top of the tank. Slide the hose through the bottom opening in the gas tank and install the modified tank fitting. With a wire, fish the hose out the filler hole and install the largest inline gas filter that will pass through the filler hole. Drop all this back into the tank. The filter will rest on the bottom of the tank but the inlet is an inch or so off the bottom. When the tractor starts loosing power, just fish the filter out and replace. Tractor looks original and the complete supply line to the carb. is filtered.

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