Richard
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- Joined
- Apr 6, 2000
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- Location
- Knoxville, TN
- Tractor
- International 1066 Full sized JCB Loader/Backhoe and a John Deere 430 to mow with
We've got an IH 444. The fuel tank does NOT appear to be removable at all or if it is, not without GREAT hassle.
Machine has been cutting out on us and I've now ascertained it's a fuel flow problem. Blow air backwards into the fuel line (at the filter) and the fuel then comes GUSHING out the line. Bottom line, I've got a restriction of gunk in the tank.
I've been trying to slowly use up the fuel. Unfortunately, I'm a "good boy" and keep ALL my dieselt tanks FULL so I can't just empty the tank out although I did buy another 5 gal diesel can yesterday to siphone some out.
Ok... so here's my plan:
Take a siphon hose and siphon as much as 5 gallons out of the tank into the empty can. While doing so, use the submersed part of the hose as a vacume cleaner in hopes of sucking up some things and dropping them into the can. I plan on using an old pair of my wifes hose (as in LLegs ) as a possible filter unless someone has a better idea.
If I can suck all the muck out, great. If not, then here is the crux of my problem.
If the fuel tank is empty with crud in the bottom, just how do you flush it out? The fuel line is something like 1/4 inch the opening for the fuel cap is something like maybe 2 inches wide? The tanks depth is something like 18 inches? (wild guess)
How on earth do you go through a tiny hole like that and clean up things down there? If I were a proctologist I might have nice tools for that but I'm not!
My backhoe has a fuel tank cleanout which is something like a 1 inch hole I can open up and flush everything out with water (I later take a garden sprayer with diesel and "pressure wash" the tank out with diesel before filling back up)
This tractor seems to also have a cleanout but it too...seems to be only about 1/4 inch.
How do you guys do it with the tank still installed?
Machine has been cutting out on us and I've now ascertained it's a fuel flow problem. Blow air backwards into the fuel line (at the filter) and the fuel then comes GUSHING out the line. Bottom line, I've got a restriction of gunk in the tank.
I've been trying to slowly use up the fuel. Unfortunately, I'm a "good boy" and keep ALL my dieselt tanks FULL so I can't just empty the tank out although I did buy another 5 gal diesel can yesterday to siphone some out.
Ok... so here's my plan:
Take a siphon hose and siphon as much as 5 gallons out of the tank into the empty can. While doing so, use the submersed part of the hose as a vacume cleaner in hopes of sucking up some things and dropping them into the can. I plan on using an old pair of my wifes hose (as in LLegs ) as a possible filter unless someone has a better idea.
If I can suck all the muck out, great. If not, then here is the crux of my problem.
If the fuel tank is empty with crud in the bottom, just how do you flush it out? The fuel line is something like 1/4 inch the opening for the fuel cap is something like maybe 2 inches wide? The tanks depth is something like 18 inches? (wild guess)
How on earth do you go through a tiny hole like that and clean up things down there? If I were a proctologist I might have nice tools for that but I'm not!
My backhoe has a fuel tank cleanout which is something like a 1 inch hole I can open up and flush everything out with water (I later take a garden sprayer with diesel and "pressure wash" the tank out with diesel before filling back up)
This tractor seems to also have a cleanout but it too...seems to be only about 1/4 inch.
How do you guys do it with the tank still installed?