Distillate is refined kerosene. A few years ago I sold an International Farmall "A". It was a four cylinder dual fuel tractor made during WW 2. At that time gasoline was rationed and the American Farmer was forced to use alternative fuels. The "A" had a small tank for gasoline and a large tank for distillate. The trick was to start the engine on gasoline, close the radiator shutters and close a sheet metal cover on the carb. When the temperature indicator moved to the middle, you closed the petcock for the gasoline and opened the distillate petcock. I never ran the tractor on kerosene. I used the large tank for gasoline instead. The radiator shutters were handy in the winter however, to keep the engine warm. The "A" had no water pump either. It cooled itself using the "thermosiphon principle". That is hot water rises and cooler water sinks. When you worked it hard, you could hear the water bubbling in the block. I was told by an oldtimer that if you ran the Farmall on kerosene to "always run with the wind at your back beacuse half of the kerosene came out the exhaust pipe" /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Daryl
Forage Services L.P.
