Starving for fuel.

[staninlowerAL]

One alternative to the minute rust, etc in the tank is to use an extension magnet and place this filter on the shutoff valve extension protruding up inside the tank. It has an o-ring that will hold it in place. There's enough surface area that gravity flow is not a problem. The tank must be empty or the filter will collapse.

 

[LRiddle]

However, PLEASE do not vacuum the fuel tank! If there are any remaining flammable vapors in there, they may get drawn into the shop vac motor. A standard electric motor will produce sparks any time it is running. Potentially very dangerous! :shock:

Oops. I never thought of that our else I wouldn't have done that. By the time I used the shop vac all the gas was gone and the tank was dry and had been sitting for a little while, so I must've gotten lucky.

 

[Slim140]

Napa has these filters that go in the gas bowl. Not sure if they will work in a short one or not. Part number is 3039.

 

[Don McCombs]

Looks like it will work in the short one. I'll pick one up tomorrow and give it a try.

 

[LRiddle]

Looks like it will work in the short one. I'll pick one up tomorrow and give it a try.

Let us know how it works, I'd be interested in one, too.

 

[LRiddle]

UPDATE: Anyone want to buy a '51 cub?

 

[Bob McCarty]

Can you bring it to the Bash? And when you had the carb open did you adjust the float height and drop?

Bob

 

[LRiddle]

Can you bring it to the Bash? And when you had the carb open did you adjust the float height and drop?

Bob

The carb was not adjusted. I was really only checking to make sure everything was clean and free. The problem is, it ran great tonight for 45 minutes. I mowed just under two acres which is more than it would before I did everything to the fuel system, but then the same fuel issues arose.

I would love to go to the bash, but I have no way of getting the tractor there. No trailer and no receiver on my truck.

 

[Cubfriend]

Maybe you could take just the carburetor and get it fixed to install when you get home? The Bash would be a great time and a learning experience. An opportunity to meet a lot of great people and get involved in the Cub community. Good Luck, ...Frank

 

[Don McCombs]

The 3039 filter will not fit in the short sediment bowl/fuel strainer.

 

[staninlowerAL]

The 3039 filter will not fit in the short sediment bowl/fuel strainer.

Thanks, Don. I had already ordered one to try it. NAPA said it was for a green machine application. Stan

 

[LRiddle]

ANOTHER UPDATE: Now I'm trying a process of elimination to try and isolate the problem. I decided to bypass the sediment bowl and use a petcock, rubber fuel line and an in-line filter at least for now. I also put in a carb kit from McDonald Carb for good measure. I mowed today in 10 inch grass for an hour and a half with no issues, so maybe I have eliminated the problem, but it has done this before, where it will run great for an hour and then try to die out again, so we'll see.

One thing I find really aggravating is the false wall at the back of the fuel tank. It makes it hard to thoroughly clean the tank since you can't get behind it to clean.

At any rate, I'll wait until next week to mow again and see if I can get the whole property cut at once for the first time.

I guess this is what happens when you buy a tractor that used to sit in a collection and then try to make it a working tractor again.