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ACinSC 
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Posted: 31 Mar 2022 at 7:18am |
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Paid $4.70 a gallon for it yesterday. I may be crazy but that's what I run in my old D 15. Thanks
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jaybmiller
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Posted: 31 Mar 2022 at 7:27am |
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gas or diesel here is $2 per litre so $7 US$ per USG...
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Dave H
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Posted: 31 Mar 2022 at 11:28am |
My D15 II lapped up E10 like a kitten in milk. 
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ac45dave
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Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 6:44pm |
 Dave H wrote:
My D15 II lapped up E10 like a kitten in milk.
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She's on an ethanol free diet now Dave..  ..
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exSW
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Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 7:03pm |
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I run non-eth in all my small gas engines. The Cub Cadet didn't get run dry for some reason last fall. Yesterday was the first start in five months. Fired right off first crank.
Try that with ethanol.
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DMiller
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Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 7:22pm |
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Cannot get E Free here except those HIGH$$$ Cans of Premix at the hardware stores. So I drain EVERY machine DRY and add a touch of that spensive crap and stabilizer. Chain saws, tiller, push mower. Weed wacker just gets ran dead empty.
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Dave H
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Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 7:45pm |
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I bet that critter thinks it died and went to heaven.  BTW did you get a muffler to your liking on that critter?
Edited by Dave H - 03 Apr 2022 at 7:53pm
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 9:27pm |
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In Midland Tx, ethanol free gas is about .45-.50 per gallon more than 87 octane ethanol.
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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steve(ill)
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Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 9:42pm |
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Im not even sure you can buy E FREE in Illinois.. I have used E10 in EVERYTHING since i bought a F250 NEW in 1989..... Tractor, chainsaw, tiller, lawn mower, truck, car, EVERYTHING... Dont drain anything.... Mowers set from Nov till April.
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Lars(wi)
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Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 9:47pm |
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I get about 2.5 to 3.0 mpg better on ethanol free in my 2004 Ford Taurus, than on regular.
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I tried to follow the science, but it was not there. I then followed the money, and that’s where I found the science.
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Posted: 03 Apr 2022 at 11:16pm |
I picked up 10 gal unleaded 0% for the D17 and lawn mower @ $3.78/ gal. It's gone down here in western Iowa, was over $4.00 few weeks ago.
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Dave H
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Posted: 04 Apr 2022 at 8:21am |
Lars, recon mid term coming up has anything to do with the price.
Edited by Dave H - 04 Apr 2022 at 4:37pm
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tadams(OH)
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Posted: 04 Apr 2022 at 1:30pm |
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I use sta-bilt treatment in all my gas year around cause I never know when I am going to use any of them again. My B-12 has the ror\to tiller on & is used in the spring and always starts up with out any problem. My snow blower is walk behind and it always starts up great.
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Coke-in-MN
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Posted: 05 Apr 2022 at 12:53pm |
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Many motorcycles built in the 70's used fiberglass fuel tanks which become soft and porous when exposed to even E 10 , also the white metal used in the carbs reacts with any water dissolved in gas by the alcohol, creating a white powder which plugs jets and even effecting floats.
I do burn E 10 in bike but make sure if I am not using it for a time to fill tank with alcohol free fuel if it sets .
The idea of going to E 15 and even E 20 as a only available fuel seems to be on some legislative idea . Then when E 85 mileage is looked at one wonders who is thinking up these ideas , sure not those doing the driving or paying .
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Hubert (Ga)engine7
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Posted: 05 Apr 2022 at 1:37pm |
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My D15 is on a diet of non-ethanol also, as well as all of my small engines. I don't like dealing with the white powder that Coke mentioned.
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ac45dave
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Posted: 05 Apr 2022 at 3:03pm |
Dave H wrote:
I bet that critter thinks it died and went to heaven. BTW did you get a muffler to your liking on that critter? |
Yes sir Dave. Purchased a nelson from Alex At A&W tractor repair, a member on this site.He's the one who got with nelson to have mufflers made for D17,170/175,D15 and 180/185.  
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Kenny L.
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Posted: 05 Apr 2022 at 3:23pm |
exSW wrote:
I run non-eth in all my small gas engines. The Cub Cadet didn't get run dry for some reason last fall. Yesterday was the first start in five months. Fired right off first crank.
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I have been running E87 for 20 years for all my gas (8) engines and haven't had any problem starting after setting for the winter and some only gets started once a year but for some reason it seem that some area of the country has more trouble with the E87 then other parts.
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ACinSC
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Posted: 05 Apr 2022 at 4:04pm |
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Very nice Series 2 D 15 ! What are the chrome eye bolts on the axle for ? Fav son and I have a pair of D 15. Thanks
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exSW
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Posted: 05 Apr 2022 at 6:21pm |
Kenny L. wrote:
exSW wrote:
I run non-eth in all my small gas engines. The Cub Cadet didn't get run dry for some reason last fall. Yesterday was the first start in five months. Fired right off first crank.
Try that with ethanol. |
I have been running E87 for 20 years for all my gas (8) engines and haven't had any problem starting after setting for the winter and some only gets started once a year but for some reason it seem that some area of the country has more trouble with the E87 then other parts.
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I live in a humid climate with tempurature extremes. From below zero in winter to nudgeing 100 in summer.Ethanol if it sits here attracts water through condensation. I'd say that's the root of the issue. If I know I'm going to burn it all I'll use eth in the newest two strokes. The older ones it eats the soft parts of the fuel system.
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ac45dave
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Posted: 05 Apr 2022 at 9:04pm |
ACinSC wrote:
Very nice Series 2 D 15 ! What are the chrome eye bolts on the axle for ? Fav son and I have a pair of D 15. Thanks |
The eye bolts were there when purchased from the previous owner, used for transport I imagine. I purchased the tractor from a forum member a little mover a year ago.I can't take credit for the resto work, last owner did all of that.Thanks for the compliments.This one and the rest of my old tractors are on the ethanol free diet now, "90 plus ethanol free" .It's a much more stable fuel to start with.We're fortunate to have a blender like Country Mark here in Indiana.
Edited by ac45dave - 05 Apr 2022 at 9:09pm
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Posted: 06 Apr 2022 at 6:31am |
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Thanks for the explanation Dave
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Dave H
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Posted: 06 Apr 2022 at 8:29am |
thanks for the pic Dave, good to see the ole gal again.
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