Fuel Strainer
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Topic: Fuel Strainer
Posted By: JCSinPITTS,PA
Subject: Fuel Strainer
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2021 at 11:06am
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i bought a new fuel shutoff and strainer. the shutoff casting hole is larger than the strainer and the directions say to "shim" it to keep it tight....... can i use JB Weld gas tank seal putty to attach the strainer? should I use aluminum foil to keep it tight? i thought about tapping the casting but it apears to be made of pot metal so I dont know how easy that would crack,.
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Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 06 Dec 2021 at 5:45pm
What tractor? If its a D series or earlier, I always just reamed out the strainer, a little...  ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
JCSinPITTS,PA wrote:Posted By: JCSinPITTS,PA
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2021 at 9:57am
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Posted By: Alvin M
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2021 at 10:13am
| I worked on AC for 58 years never used one |
Posted By: JC-WI
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2021 at 12:40pm
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looks like an awful small sediment bowl. What is it going on? ------------- He who says there is no evil has already deceived himself The truth is the truth, sugar coated or not. Trawler II says, "Remember that." |
Posted By: DiyDave
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2021 at 1:01pm
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On all the AC's that I have worked on, the OEM fuel strainer was a disc, that went up on the top of the fuel outlet, inside the fuel bowl... ------------- Source: Babylon Bee. Sponsored by BRAWNDO, its got what you need! |
Posted By: Alberta Phil
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2021 at 4:06pm
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That looks like a sediment bowl/strainer for a garden tractor. |
Posted By: Kenny L.
Date Posted: 07 Dec 2021 at 7:54pm
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My min-mo u has the same thing on it and I also have a nos one in my fuel supply cabinet if I think of it the next time I'm in the shop I'll get a picture of it |
Posted By: JCSinPITTS,PA
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2021 at 8:27am
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Posted By: PaulB
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2021 at 3:22pm
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that looks like a band-aid fix for a dirty fuel tank and will defeat the purpose of the sediment bowl to collect debris and allow it to be removed. Doesn't your sediment bowl have a cleanable/removeable screen above the bowl? It should have. That standpipe looks like it would also not allow collected/condensed water to drain into the sediment bowl to be drained off, and would cause the fuel tank to rust out in time. I would never use something like that. ------------- If it was fun to pull in LOW gear, I could have a John Deere. Real pullers don't have speed limits. If you can't make it GO... make it SHINY |
Posted By: Kenny L.
Date Posted: 16 Dec 2021 at 4:25pm
Here a couple of pictures of the strainer, and yes it has a removable screen on top of the glass bulb and it does let the water get out into the glass bulb.  |
Posted By: WF owner
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 5:37am
Personally, I would not use JB Weld or anything else that would attach the strainer screen permanently. I would prefer to have it just pressed in. I would try teflon thread tape first. If that isn't thick enough, I have used strips cut from the sides of a soda can for shims. I suppose aluminum foil would work, but it isn't very thick. I have used this screen above the sediment bowl setup on old tractors with pretty good luck, if the tank isn't real bad. It works well to catch stuff that would eventually plug the inlet. I am assuming that stuff falls harmlessly to the bottom of the tank when the tractor is shut off.
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Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 17 Dec 2021 at 10:55am
I agree. Throw that stand pipe away. Keep your gas tank clean and you won't have any problems. The sediment bowl is all you need. I run sediment bowls on all of my tractors and have not had any problems. Keep the tanks clean, use good clean fuel and you are good to go. ------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '61 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
Posted By: Dakota Dave
Date Posted: 20 Dec 2021 at 1:57pm
| when i got my 190 I had lots of trouble with dirt and water in the fuel. I drained the tank and remove the fuel sediment bulb assembly from the tank got another 4 gallons of fuel out of it it had a stand pipe added to the valve 3 of the additional gallons were dirty water. after removing both valves and cleaning the tank out replacied them with new valves I got from TSC so their not the greatest and putting in new fuel I havent had problemssince now when I remove the sediment bowl im actually getting the water from the bottom of the tank. the cheesy screens from TSC are ok but Ive put aircraft fuel strainer screens in most of my tractors they just happen to be the same size but the screen is part if the bowl gasket. the older Allis screens had a metal edge binding that kept them in place in the bowl. |