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Re: Starving for fuel 644
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:31 pm
by Spike188
This method of tank cleaning is the reason I enjoy CCI tractors and this website. The ingenious ways many of you approach repairs is what makes me a better mechanic. In spite of having over 50 years experience in machine maintenance the little GT's still throw curve balls at me when they decide to go AWAL.
Re: Starving for fuel 644
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:53 pm
by Eugen
JSinMO wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:24 pm
LOL, well it beats doing it by hand! How does the tank look?
Not finished yet. Decided to give it a little acid bath too. Split one gallon of vinegar between the two tanks, added some muriartic acid for good measure, and filled them with water. Let it sit for about 20 minutes then rinsed. Then I gave them a swish with a little krud kutter, similar to what you call ospho but weaker concentration of phosphoric acid. Then I was called to kids duty so I'll give'em a good rinse tonight and then I'll try to take some pics of the inside. Would be nice to be able to dry them quickly but can't think of a way.
Re: Starving for fuel 644
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 9:42 pm
by JSinMO
Eugen wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 8:53 pm
JSinMO wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 7:24 pm
LOL, well it beats doing it by hand! How does the tank look?
Not finished yet. Decided to give it a little acid bath too. Split one gallon of vinegar between the two tanks, added some muriartic acid for good measure, and filled them with water. Let it sit for about 20 minutes then rinsed. Then I gave them a swish with a little krud kutter, similar to what you call ospho but weaker concentration of phosphoric acid. Then I was called to kids duty so I'll give'em a good rinse tonight and then I'll try to take some pics of the inside. Would be nice to be able to dry them quickly but can't think of a way.
As long as your not rinsing them with something flammable, if you have a halogen work light to shine on them they put out some heat. Or maybe a hairdryer blow some warm air inside. Or you could go the safest route and just let them air dry till the tomorrow!
Re: Starving for fuel 644
Posted: Mon Sep 19, 2022 10:27 pm
by Eugen
JSinMO wrote: ↑Mon Sep 19, 2022 9:42 pm
As long as your not rinsing them with something flammable, if you have a halogen work light to shine on them they put out some heat. Or maybe a hairdryer blow some warm air inside. Or you could go the safest route and just let them air dry till the tomorrow!
Ahm, wouldn't flammable dry up much faster?!
Re: Starving for fuel 644
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 10:54 am
by Harry
The 444-gas tank was very rusty inside and the fuel filter in the tank was missing. I found a fuel filter at a local ACE hardware store and inserted a bunch of marbles that I removed from rattle cans. Shook it very hard for a while until my arms got tired then removed the marbles. I used this etching product from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00J5 ... UTF8&psc=1, then I followed up with a sealer
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B3 ... UTF8&psc=1
I was lucky to find no pin holes in the tank. It's been working well ever since. A time-consuming process but it's worth the extra time and effort to do so.
Keep the Peace
Hary
Re: Starving for fuel 644
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:16 pm
by Eugen
Thank you
@Harry, I will order the one pint can of POR15 sealer, so I won't have this problem again in my life time. I cannot find a suitable mesh filter replacement like the one that's in there now.
Note to anyone doing this in the future, if you get to read this: the little mesh filter is inserted in the nylon elbow fitting. If you don't take this out of the tank before doing marbels/nuts and bolts/gravel shaking the filter will get damaged or lost.
No pin holes in either of the two tanks too, thank God!
Re: Starving for fuel 644
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:30 pm
by Chad
I agree with Spike, thanks for all the great info and ideas. Will be coming back to this thread when I dig into the fuel tank of the 155 (which sat outside with fuel from 20 years ago). It's since been drained but pretty bad inside.
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Re: Starving for fuel 644
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:14 pm
by JSinMO
Eugen wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 12:16 pm
Thank you @Harry, I will order the one pint can of POR15 sealer, so I won't have this problem again in my life time. I cannot find a suitable mesh filter replacement like the one that's in there now.
Note to anyone doing this in the future, if you get to read this: the little mesh filter is inserted in the nylon elbow fitting. If you don't take this out of the tank before doing marbels/nuts and bolts/gravel shaking the filter will get damaged or lost.
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No pin holes in either of the two tanks too, thank God!
Would this style fit your tank?
This one happens to be for a Case VA. Here’s the link.
https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/9N95 ... _30013.htm
Or maybe this further down the same link page.
Here’s one for a Farmall Cub.
And the link
https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/Farm ... 27R91.html
If you look around at different tractors models on that site there may be more. Hope it helps!
Re: Starving for fuel 644
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 8:41 am
by Harry
Re: Starving for fuel 644
Posted: Wed Sep 21, 2022 2:39 pm
by Eugen
thank you guys, it appears to be 1/8 NPT male thread so at least one of the ones you @JSinMO pointed to should fit. @Harry , that one fits the honda engines and is metric.
I also did some searches and found some I could get, but I'm not sure if I will, as this one although old, doesn't seem to be damaged. If I could find one decently priced locally I would, just so that I put something new there. Will update on what I'll end up doing.