Oil & Fuel draining fuel filter

[RickB]

Rick, were the 'thousand series' IE.. models previous to the TC the last units to have the water seperator and the filter with water seperator built in, Plus a sediment bowl?

seems like a good feature to have deleted.

soundguy

Not sure what you mean, Chris. Every Ford and New Holland compact has a paper cartridge fuel filter element housed in a plastic bowl retained by a pot metal nut. The tractor in question (TC35) uses the same filter, filter head, and bowl as the 1920 you used to own.

 

[JC-jetro]

No way to dump water/condensation without taking the bowl off. A drain would have been good.


JC,

 

[navyjoe]

I would pump the fuel out of the tank with this
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Now thats the way to go! What a setup. Load that rig up and bring it by my place.

 

[navyjoe]

Thanks for all of the suggestions. I will be applying several of them in the next few days.
I am tempted to buy an extra fuel bowl and tap it then installing a fitting that would allow me to replace the regular one temporarly so I can do a controlled drain using the valve on the the filter housing. Either that or put some kind of "T" in that fuel line coming from the tank with a valve.
I'll be pondering all of this over for several months until I come up with something to make it easier. I figure if I spend a couple of hundred bucks for some future solution that will probably gurantee it will never happen again.

 

[Soundguy]

Not sure what you mean, Chris. Every Ford and New Holland compact has a paper cartridge fuel filter element housed in a plastic bowl retained by a pot metal nut. The tractor in question (TC35) uses the same filter, filter head, and bowl as the 1920 you used to own.

For instance.. my 7610s has the clear bowl I can remove and clean / dump.. but my fuel filter element is a single element style, loads from the bottom up and then has a twist-ring to retain, that actually lock in near the top of the element.. nothing retaining it on the bottom. On the bottom of that element is a black plug, with a nipple on it.. twist a lil and you can drain the contents setting on the bottom of the filter.. like water.. there is also another resevoir before that element hat has a small knob/nipple.. again.. twist and you can drain fuel there...etc... I like that setup vs the single or dual 'clamp in' elements ( napa 3166 ) that have the lil bottom cup as a retainer... IE.. the one my 5000 and 3000 uses.

I guess these various drains i see may simply be there to help facilitate bleeding the fuel system??.. however.. they happen to be great water traps / drains.

I've had a wet load of fuel before, of course I ditched my canister element and the fuel.. but when I was reloading fuel and repriming the system ( like the electric fuel pump and bleeder there ).. all those lil screw open nipples were great for getting the last bits of old / wet fuel out.

I think I see the issue now.. the previous poster stated he was looking for an easier way to dewater vs draining the filter.. for some reason I wasn't envisioning the single bowl / small filter element style.. vs the larger canister style. It's been 5ys since i'v changed the fuel filter on that 1920.. I plumb forgot!


soundguy

 

[RickB]

I'll be pondering all of this over for several months until I come up with something to make it easier. I figure if I spend a couple of hundred bucks for some future solution that will probably gurantee it will never happen again.

The blind obvious solution is to keep your fuel uncontaminated. Not all that difficult, and it doesn't cost extra to do.

 

[LBrown59]

I figure if I spend a couple of hundred bucks for some future solution that will probably gurantee it will never happen again.

A couple hundred buscks wil pay about half the cost of this set up.
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The blind obvious solution is to keep your fuel uncontaminated. .

This set up has a water blocking filter to help accomplish that..

 

[navyjoe]

The blind obvious solution is to keep your fuel uncontaminated. Not all that difficult, and it doesn't cost extra to do.

Rick where this water came from is perplexing. Since this happened 30 minutes after I refilled the tank, the tank would seem to be the source. Yet I've pumped from this tank for 7 months without a problem. When I filled the tank this past winter I installed a new filter that is not supposed to pass water. I have a drain at the bottom of the tank to check for water and it runs clean, no water or debris present. I've been proactive in my efforts, but somehow it all failed me anyway.

 

[navyjoe]

A couple hundred buscks wil pay about half the cost of this set up.
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This set up has a water blocking filter to help accomplish that..

That is a nice setup. Mine is much less sophisticated. It has a tuthill handpump but my filter looks to be almost identical. I noticed you have 3 tanks. Is there a special purpose there or are all three filled with fuel?

 

[Soundguy]

Rick where this water came from is perplexing. Since this happened 30 minutes after I refilled the tank, the tank would seem to be the source. Yet I've pumped from this tank for 7 months without a problem. When I filled the tank this past winter I installed a new filter that is not supposed to pass water. I have a drain at the bottom of the tank to check for water and it runs clean, no water or debris present. I've been proactive in my efforts, but somehow it all failed me anyway.

got any neighbors or kids that don't like ya in the area?

soundguy