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    Fuel Tank Rust Removal

    If it isn't leaking and you are willing to clean out the sediment bowl often for a while, take the extension pipe and filter going into the tank off and let the rust drain into the bowl. You might add an inline paper filter after the bowl just in case. If there are no chunks big enough to...
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    Motor Oil...

    5W-30 might work for the older models but the 2025 you want to be careful with. You need an oil to reduce engine deposits as it is likely direct injection (the F-150 might even be). Also, the twin turbo might need a different formulation. I would go with the recommended there. I'm a bit...
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    RACOONS IN THE BARN

    My experience with live traps is that if they can they will get the bait without going into the trap. You have to block the areas around the bait so they can't get their hands in and get it.
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    Picking up square bales

    My bad, the "hay-0-vator" was a conveyor to move bales. I guess I have forgotten the name of the machine that picked up bales. It was ground driven.
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    Memories of Years Gone By.

    We too, knew not to run like you said. Even if Dad had the switch in his hand and we knew what was coming, we didn't run.
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    Installing new 1020 fuel tank problems

    For my Ferguson I went to an auto parts store. Mine was double flared so I matched it up with a section of double flared brake line but examine it carefully as the bubble flare is very common now. You could just cut the line and splice in a section using ferrule type unions. I believe they...
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    T20 fergie,hard steering

    As far as transmission/hydraulic oil the operator's manual for my TE-20 (similar to the TO-20) says 90 weight mineral oil. While there are other fluids that work you have to be careful as it is my understanding that some of the newer oils attack bronze pieces in the transmission/differential...
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    Installing new 1020 fuel tank problems

    The replacement tank for my TE-20 had similar issues. The tank outlet was farther back so I added a piece of brake line and an inline filter (which I later removed). The tank was also a little taller and the hood came down on the gas cap, so I split the hood and put shims in between and...
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    Picking up square bales

    A lot of bales we hauled were round bales done by a Roto Baler. Small round bales. People complained about hauling and stacking them but I actually preferred them to the square bales. Once you had end racks on the wagon or trailer they were a cinch. Stacking in the barn took a bit more...
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    Missing catalytic converters on a Ford Ranger

    The first cars with catalytic converters didn't even have O2 sensors. My 77 Volare' was carbureted (not feedback) and had one catalytic converter and didn't seem to mind not having a computer-controlled fuel mixture.
  11. olddavid

    Missing catalytic converters on a Ford Ranger

    Since you said converters, I'm guessing there is a cat in each bank of exhausts and maybe another one downstream. When I changed my '85 5th Avenue (318) to carburetor and point ignition there were no problems with the cats. I just left them on. If you get a miss, though it will melt the cat's...
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    Briggs 13HP engine help.

    After trying to repair a rider carb and finding all the gunk that ethanol leaves, I have started using premium gas with no ethanol for my mowers. After sitting all winter with no fuel stabilizer they both fired right up this Spring. I use it in my TE-20, too.
  13. olddavid

    Picking up square bales

    Back in the 60s my two brothers and I hired out to a farmer to haul hay for 2 cents a bale each. Others paid us 3 cents but the bulk of it was for the first farmer. We were just a 3 man crew and we hauled over 20K bales that summer. No lifts we just picked them up in the field. No barn crew...
  14. olddavid

    Briggs 13HP engine help.

    It's the carburetor float valve. It doesn't seal and fills the crankcase with gas. I know from experience except mine happened over the winter and caused the crankshaft seal to fail as well and when I went to drain it there was almost nothing in it. Do what Old Ford Mechanic said and put a...
  15. olddavid

    Good gasket material for oil drain plug?

    A quick search didn't reveal one or even a drain bolt for the TE-20.
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