185 suprise
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Topic: 185 suprise
Posted By: Ben (MI)
Subject: 185 suprise
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2015 at 7:45am
I am finally doing some work on the 185 I got a year a ago and have used very little. I have the fuel tank at a radiator shop being cleaned and coated due to lots of crud inside. Here is my surprise from yesterday when checking the air filter. I think I will replace it! I like the AC logo on it. ------------- Part time farming with a 1980 7060 and 1984 F3 hydro. |
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Posted By: Gary(WI)
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2015 at 9:08am
| We found 1973 filters in a 1855 oliver once. It wasn't 1976 when we found them either. Gary |
Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2015 at 10:48am
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Here is the air filter that I replaced on my 1966 D15 a couple of years ago. Check out the date here... http://s526.photobucket.com/user/szalmyr/media/D15%20II/DSC01913.jpg.html" rel="nofollow"> 
------------- '49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080 |
Posted By: injpumpEd
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2015 at 10:52am
so if the tank was full of crud, I can only imagine what the pump and injectors are like! ------------- 210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers! |
Ben (MI) wrote:Posted By: ILGLEANER
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2015 at 11:52am
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That isn't uncommon. People didn't spend money on things years ago like we do now. You blow filters out put them back in. IG ------------- Education doesn't make you smart, it makes you educated. |
Posted By: BradRisen
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2015 at 2:44pm
| Or take a clean five gallon bucket ,warm water, and some detergent ,and gently hand wash the filter ,let dry naturally, no compressed air while wet, then re- install,almost as good as a new filter. |
Posted By: EricPA
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2015 at 3:08pm
Been there, done that !  ------------- Life is tough,but it's tougher when you're stupid. - John Wayne |
Posted By: ryanschott
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2015 at 3:17pm
| ill take a pic of mine my 185 has the original late 79 filter and its a 1980 model i have it cleaned spotless though. tractor has 2400 hrs i do believe |
Posted By: darrel in ND
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2015 at 10:55pm
| I'll replace an air filter vs replacing an engine any day of the week! Darrel |
Posted By: JohnCO
Date Posted: 08 Mar 2015 at 11:42pm
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I send my filters out for cleaning, not that expensive and as long as you don't wait too long, they look good as new.
------------- "If at first you don't succeed, get a bigger hammer" Allis Express participant |
Posted By: Ben (MI)
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2015 at 6:15am
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Good stories. My practice is to clean air filters and only replace when light shines through less than I think it should. In regards to the fuel tank, the pump and injectors have only a few hours on them. Hopefully the sediment bowl and filter kept them clean. ------------- Part time farming with a 1980 7060 and 1984 F3 hydro. |
Posted By: Butch(OH)
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2015 at 8:43am
| Had a D19 that the intake hose was removed from the carb when we bought it. Put it back on and the tractor would not run. Had to remove the air cleaner from the tractor and destroy the element to get it out of the housing, was packed full of dirt. I think I was the first person since west allis to have that element out. |
Posted By: Ben (MI)
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2015 at 9:22am
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Butch-I can imagine that good Ohio clay as dust packed in there like concrete! ------------- Part time farming with a 1980 7060 and 1984 F3 hydro. |
Posted By: sparky
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2015 at 11:37am
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It's remarkable what some of these tractors have went through and still operate. ------------- It's the color tractor my grandpa had! |
Posted By: CrestonM
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2015 at 3:05pm
I believe I saw at a farm show once a mechanism that hooks to the end of an air hose that has a small rotary thing one the end that you insert into the filter to clean it out. The rotary part spins really fast and shoots air out of the filter, removing a lot of the dust. |
Posted By: Lonn
Date Posted: 09 Mar 2015 at 3:45pm
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