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Found this in my gas tank! #8398192 05/05/25 02:15 PM 05/05/25 02:15 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson OP trapper
Gary Benson OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska	Bought an old tractor out in a pasture. Was eager to get it running so didn't do all the necessaries. Got it running and it started dying. Ended up pulling the tank off and rinsed numerous times and this is what came out. There's also the shaft of a screwdriver in there someone must have dropped trying to check the gas level. It's still in there. It runs much better now. Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: Gary Benson] #8398193 05/05/25 02:17 PM 05/05/25 02:17 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson OP trapper
Gary Benson OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska	That's $66 of red paint not to mention $30 in primer. Now to find some Massey Harris yellow.... Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: Gary Benson] #8398195 05/05/25 02:21 PM 05/05/25 02:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD Law Dog trapper
Law Dog trapper Joined: Dec 2010 Central, SD	Eastwood sells a gas tank seal kit if it’s not to far gone. Was born in a Big City Will die in the Country OK with that! Jerry Herbst

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: Gary Benson] #8398196 05/05/25 02:26 PM 05/05/25 02:26 PM
Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK W white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington"
white17 "General (Mr.Sunshine) Washington" W Joined: Mar 2007 McGrath, AK	Man that looks like a flipper. Be careful on that thing ! Mean As Nails

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: Gary Benson] #8398197 05/05/25 02:37 PM 05/05/25 02:37 PM
Joined: Jun 2018 Beatrice, NE L loosegoose trapper
loosegoose trapper L Joined: Jun 2018 Beatrice, NE	Put a universal inline fuel filter on that thing, if it doesn't have one already.. And change it often. Last edited by loosegoose; 05/05/25 02:37 PM.

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: Gary Benson] #8398202 05/05/25 03:06 PM 05/05/25 03:06 PM
Joined: Jan 2025 NC J Joco1995 trapper
Joco1995 trapper J Joined: Jan 2025 NC	Nice old iron

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: Gary Benson] #8398206 05/05/25 03:16 PM 05/05/25 03:16 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 The Hill Country of Texas	If you could seal it that would be great but I'd still do as LG mentioned. Cheap and affective. ï¿½Whatï¿½s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.ï¿½ Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: Gary Benson] #8398207 05/05/25 03:21 PM 05/05/25 03:21 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 St. Louis Co, Mo B BigBob trapper
BigBob trapper B Joined: Dec 2006 St. Louis Co, Mo	Gasahol will scrub the rust off and keep causing troubles in the fuel line. I'd seal it right away. Every kid needs a Dog and a Curmudgeon. Remember Bowe Bergdahl, the traitor. Beware! Jill Pudlewski, Ron Oates and Keven Begesse are liars and thiefs!

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: Gary Benson] #8398217 05/05/25 03:45 PM 05/05/25 03:45 PM
Joined: Oct 2011 Idaho B bearcat2 trapper
bearcat2 trapper B Joined: Oct 2011 Idaho	I pulled the tank on a snowmobile one time and dumped out not only the old fuel gauge (a long U of metal with a float that supposedly slid up and down it twisting the needle on the outside of the tank or cap, they didn't usually work too long) but also the springs and some of the plastic parts from the springloaded spout of one of those nonventing gas cans.

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: loosegoose] #8398355 05/05/25 07:00 PM 05/05/25 07:00 PM
Joined: Mar 2018 Missouri H HayDay trapper
HayDay trapper H Joined: Mar 2018 Missouri	Originally Posted by loosegoose Put a universal inline fuel filter on that thing, if it doesn't have one already.. And change it often. Not a bad idea on a dirty system.........BUT.......some of those inline fuel filters have a psi rating. Old tractors run on gravity fuel supply. If you put an inline filter in the fuel line downstream of a sediment bowl, and tractor starts to cough and die when fuel tank drops to around 1/4 tank or so, that is why. Takes weight of more fuel in tank to overcome the restriction of the inline filter. Easy to vote your way into socialism, but impossible to vote your way out of it.

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: Gary Benson] #8398382 05/05/25 07:27 PM 05/05/25 07:27 PM
Joined: Feb 2014 IA O ozark trapper ia trapper
ozark trapper ia trapper O Joined: Feb 2014 IA	A stand pipe in tank will help keep it from clogging filter.

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: Gary Benson] #8398386 05/05/25 07:29 PM 05/05/25 07:29 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson OP trapper
Gary Benson OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska	Great inventions! Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: HayDay] #8398394 05/05/25 07:32 PM 05/05/25 07:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson OP trapper
Gary Benson OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska	Originally Posted by HayDay Originally Posted by loosegoose Put a universal inline fuel filter on that thing, if it doesn't have one already.. And change it often. Not a bad idea on a dirty system.........BUT.......some of those inline fuel filters have a psi rating. Old tractors run on gravity fuel supply. If you put an inline filter in the fuel line downstream of a sediment bowl, and tractor starts to cough and die when fuel tank drops to around 1/4 tank or so, that is why. Takes weight of more fuel in tank to overcome the restriction of the inline filter. That did cross my mind but this isn't a working tractor. Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: ozark trapper ia] #8398395 05/05/25 07:32 PM 05/05/25 07:32 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson OP trapper
Gary Benson OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska	Originally Posted by ozark trapper ia A stand pipe in tank will help keep it from clogging filter. Please elaborate. Life ain't supposed to be easy.

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: Gary Benson] #8398398 05/05/25 07:37 PM 05/05/25 07:37 PM
Joined: Feb 2016 Kentucky ky_coyote_hunter trapper
ky_coyote_hunter trapper Joined: Feb 2016 Kentucky	Pull the tank, dump some chat rock in and shake it around for a while to knock off the remaining rust. Flush with some gas, refill & seal if it leaks. Member - FTA

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: ky_coyote_hunter] #8398405 05/05/25 07:50 PM 05/05/25 07:50 PM
Joined: Dec 2012 Hudson valley , NY S slowpoke trapper
slowpoke trapper S Joined: Dec 2012 Hudson valley , NY	My farmall was very similar. . Took tank off tractor , put two handfuls of 1/4 x 20 square nuts in tank Strapped the tank inside my cement mixer , and let her rip ! Added water in the tank and beat out all the rust .. nice and shiny inside now :-)

Re: Found this in my gas tank! [Re: Gary Benson] #8398421 05/05/25 08:13 PM 05/05/25 08:13 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska G Gary Benson OP trapper
Gary Benson OP trapper G Joined: Dec 2006 Very SE Nebraska	Hmm Life ain't supposed to be easy.

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