1946 John Deere BN - Removing the Fuel Tank
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- Опубликовано: 20 окт 2024
- 1946 John Deere BN - Removing the fuel tank, removing the hood, removing the steering shaft, removing the steering column, kerosene tank, front tank, clogged fuel tank, clogged sediment bowl.
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I wonder if a radiator shop could clean it. I know people take Model A gas tanks to radiator shops for cleaning.
That is a good thought. I’m going to try myself first and see what happens.
Geez, that tank is a mess. That being said, if you have to repair it, I'm positive you'll figure something out, and get it done. The skills you've shown you get it done somehow. I'm confident in that. I'm rootin fer ya.
I will definitely give it a try!
The tank on my 8N was like that. May I suggest, go to Lowes, Home Depot, local hardware store, etc. and look in the paint department where they sell paint thinnner and look for a product called Methyl Ethyl Ketone. It may be labled as MEK or MEK substitute. Through the mircale of science, it will disolve all of that goop and any varnish in the tank. Fill the tank with a suitable amount to cover the bottom well, maybe an inch or two of the MEK. Let it sit, and not in direct sunlight. After a few hours, roll the tank around and all that goop will start to come loose and come out in chunks. Repeat as necessary and once you are satisfied, rinse with water well and dry out the tank. Hope it helps. 🙂
Excellent. Thanks! I’ll try that.
Step 1: Buy 5 gallons of purple power degreaser from Walmart
Step 2: Plug sediment bowl hole, pour purple power in tank. Let set for a couple of days.
Step 3: Dump tank into two empty buckets.
Step 4: Take to car wash, wash with hot soapy water until tank is very hot to the touch and
rinse.
Step 5: If the tank is still dirty - repeat steps 2 - 4.
Step 6: When tank is clean, replace rusty metal with new metal.
Step 7: Seal with red coat, make sure you etch inside of tank with muriatic acid before red
coat.
NOTE: Purple power can be strained and put back in containers for reuse. Over and over
again.
Very good. Thank you!
You don’t have to take the tank bolts off just the two bolts on top of the governor housing. Then you take the tank bolts out to remove tank. It’s in the book.
My guess is that tank may have regular motor oil sludge at the bottom. My Great Grandfather used to mix his kerosene with used filtered motor oil, also a he would mix his gasoline and filtered used motor oil and run it in the main tank, also at times diesel fuel ,(regular gas in small tank). He said the John Dear engine would run on anything lol. His only rule was you start it with gasoline, get the engine HOT then switch to front tank and before you shut it down switch it back to gas.
Interesting. Thank you.
I have john deere a 1951. Went I was fixing my up. I had to fix my gas tank because it han a rust hole in it . I took my gas tank to have it fixed. They flushed the tank with some acid and braze the rust hole. Shut and Coate the tank. So you like farm and home to get the acid. If you know how to braze with torch. To fix the rust hole .The coating is to protect the gas tank from resting. Coating goes inside the gas tank. They said not run ethanol fuel because it will eat the Coating.
Sounds good. Thank you.
There are some tanks on ebay for the B series....mostly used tanks, but may be a better starting point that what you have currently...
Thanks. I’ll check them out.
My big tank on my 39B is still in good shape, never looked at my small tank, can"t believe can not find a tank, you can get pretty much anything else for these B s, once you start cleaning it ?
FYI I just looked on eBay and saw a tank for a jd 46 b. Looks the same it may be a solution for you. Davidson tractor parts out of Indiana is the seller
Thanks. I’ll check.
You don't think that someone tried to seal the tank and just didn't get the sealing material sloshed and distributed enough to where it settled to the bottom of the tank?
I don’t think so. Tank sealer usually dries hard. This was like tar. Strange.
Least not rusty lol what happens when old gas sets and don’t use ethanol gas it makes water