WD and WD-45 Original Sediment Bowl Height
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Topic: WD and WD-45 Original Sediment Bowl Height
Posted By: wjohn
Subject: WD and WD-45 Original Sediment Bowl Height
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2024 at 12:43pm
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Two questions that I can't find have been asked before: 1. Did the WD and WD-45 use the same size sediment bowl? (I don't want to assume...) 2. What is the correct height of sediment bowl? Most aftermarket vendors now sell "short" and "tall" bowls. Both will fit. My WD owner's manual seems to show a short bowl. I don't think I've seen an original fuel strainer assembly that survived since they tend to leak and get replaced over the decades. I'm guessing some of you guys on here have seen them before and would know for sure. ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
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Posted By: BobPaulusCentrOH
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2024 at 1:08pm
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WD-45 Gas used a short one same as WD. |
Posted By: jvin248
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2024 at 7:01pm
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. I've seen more tall bowls on farmalls. If you have a rusty fuel tank then use a tall bowl. Or if refurbishing a working tractor vs chasing a museum factory stock tractor the tall bowl can give future protection. .
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Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2024 at 8:27pm
| My (dad's) original 49 WD has a short bowl just like my unmolested 56 WD-45 |
Posted By: garden_guy
Date Posted: 31 Dec 2024 at 10:20pm
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Fairly certain it's a short bowl. Both my WDs and the WD-45 I worked on had 'em. From my WD:   From my cousin's WD-45 (same bowl):  |
Posted By: wjohn
Date Posted: 01 Jan 2025 at 8:03am
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Short bowl it is. Thanks all! ------------- 1939 B, 1940 B, 1941 WC, 1951 WD, 1952 CA, 1956 WD-45 |
Posted By: 55allis
Date Posted: 02 Jan 2025 at 10:55pm
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My 57 45 had a short aluminum sentiment bowl… Think it got replaced at some point in life but heck, never knew that there was aluminum bowl!! ------------- 1955 AC WD45 diesel with D262 repower, 1949 AC WD45 |
Posted By: ac hunter
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2025 at 7:26am
| I think the aluminum bowl was used with a mounted corn picker so as to reduce the chance of the bowl getting broken and causing a fire. Am I right? |
Posted By: sparky
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2025 at 7:56am
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Yes ------------- It's the color tractor my grandpa had! |
Posted By: Dennis J OPKs
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2025 at 9:12am
| I don't remember fires being common back in the old days. We did have a fire extinguisher on the picker (snapper as the red & green folks called it) but then again, nothing was plastic. |
Posted By: Steve in NJ
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2025 at 9:24am
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As the guys said, short bowl was normal. The Taller bowls hold a little more fuel and also trash in the fuel. Having a taller or "deeper" bowl helps keep trash farther away from the inlet in my opinion. Totally optional.... Steve@B&B ------------- 39'RC, 43'WC, 48'B, 49'G, 50'WF, 65 Big 10, 67'B-110, 75'716H, 2-620's, & a Motorhead wife |
Posted By: BigGuy1000
Date Posted: 03 Jan 2025 at 5:29pm
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Yes, you are right about the aluminum bowl, I still have that although I have replaced it with the original short glass bowl, but I remember my father and uncle(they owned the tractor) commenting that the dealer had come out to replace the glass bowl(such service!) with that bowl because of the danger of fire on the 170 with mounted picker. |