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    15W-40 Synthetic with Lucas Synthetic Oil Stabilizer on

    Ok Guys...Thanks... Staying with Conventional Oil no Additive...
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    15W-40 Synthetic with Lucas Synthetic Oil Stabilizer on

    Hi all, I've been thinking of using Shell Rotella T6 15W-40 Synthetic & Lucas Pure Synthetic Oil Stabilizer on my 1949 IH H, But I'm still in the middle of the fence on doing it. I've been doing some online searching and got no where it's around 50/50 on do it and don't do it. So I figured...
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    Trying to get a Gas Cap for my 1949 IH Farmall H

    Got it, just a typo on my part...
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    Trying to get a Gas Cap for my 1949 IH Farmall H

    Ok Guys, Sounds like a plan. When I get the tractor to the house I'll go gascap.com and get a new free fuel cap on the way back to me, hope there is not a long wait on it, I saw a message on the site that said (Due to the high demand on gas caps that it could a few weeks for the gas cap to get...
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    Trying to get a Gas Cap for my 1949 IH Farmall H

    Thanks for the comeback guys, I saw the website earlier today but I do not have the serial number at this time. I would still have to drive 120 miles to get it. But I guess I'll hold off a bit on the gas cap. I'm going to trailer the tractor back to the house to work on it. I know what has to be...
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    Trying to get a Gas Cap for my 1949 IH Farmall H

    Hi All, Looking to get a Gas Cap for my 1949 IH Farmall H online. My tractor is 60 miles away, no way to measure neck ID or OD... I sent an email to customer service here and got this reply: (I would need to know some dimensions of the cap your replacing or the part number. I have no way of...
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    Carburator fuel bowl dain plug size on a farmall H

    Yes 1/8 brass drain cock fit most carb drains Thanks Oldiron... Ok then, were good to go... :D
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    Carburator fuel bowl dain plug size on a farmall H

    I'm fixing to order some stuff online and thought of adding a "Drain Cock" to my 1949 farmall H's carburetor fuel bowl drain but the tractor is 60 miles away, So I figured someone here would know the correct size of the drain plug. I'm thinking it's 1/8 pipe tread but I'm not sure...Thanks
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    Gasoline turning into varnish after a few weeks in tank

    Hey Guys, I found this video last night. Looks interesting but I don't know if I should try it or not. Let me know what your take is on how the tank was cleaned... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u4LaHYGxVRE
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    Gasoline turning into varnish after a few weeks in tank

    Thanks everyone for all the input on my post... I will try the additive that you all mentioned and we have an airport here in Corpus Christi and there is a small airport in Alice I go right by it when I go to the ranch (I'll see if I can buy some fuel at one of them). I also found a place that...
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    Gasoline turning into varnish after a few weeks in tank

    Pete Posted "I'm in the process of cleaning carburetors and draining my three tractors, but I expected it as they sat in the barn since last fall. We had a extremely hot summer and it is the heat that gets them. Evaporates the lighter ends of the gasoline plus the ethanol makes for a lot of...
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    Gasoline turning into varnish after a few weeks in tank

    "I am putting in non ethanol now in the tractors" Hi Pete, I live is South Texas, It gets pretty hot down here in the summer months. I'm going to see if I find some Non Ethanol gasoline in the area. I have never had a problem with fuel in the tractor before. But in the last few months it has...
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    Gasoline turning into varnish after a few weeks in tank

    Well, if dumping the fuel after I'm done working is the only solution, then I guess it will have to be done...
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    Gasoline turning into varnish after a few weeks in tank

    Hi,Red MN... Yes I removed the tank, pressured washed it, I also used some rust removal products that I found online (On a post on how to remove rust from gas tank) ,then pressured washed it again, when I got done the inside of the tank was very clean. It had no rust at all. I'm going to have...
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    Gasoline turning into varnish after a few weeks in tank

    Hi All, I got a 1949 H Farmall. The gasoline keeps messing up all my fuel system. It's degrading into varnish in a few weeks, It's also creating a bunch of rust in the gas tank. It happened around 5 months ago, had to clean the tank, overhauled carb, replace fuel shot off assembly and replaced...
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