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Topic: d17 gas tank questions

Posted By: Mid-GA Outdoor
Subject: d17 gas tank questions
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2011 at 8:57pm

ok i do tractor work and have a job that i dont think my ford 1510 can run the 5ft mower for b/e its thick grass. how much fuel (GAS) does the d17 burn in 8 hours? how big is the tank. also i have a leak around the gage. can i just take it out and put some RTV around it and put it back? thanks much

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Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2011 at 9:11pm

4.5 gallon max fuel use per hour. Tank holds 19 gallons. RTV is a band-aid, you will need to replace the gasket for a long term fix.

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Posted By: DSeries4
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2011 at 9:13pm

The harder you work the tractor, the more it is going to drink. I think the tank is close to 20 gallons, but do not know the real number.

AGCO sells the gasket for the gas guage - no RTV needed.

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Posted By: Mid-GA Outdoor
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2011 at 9:21pm

holy sh!t, whats the tracor worth at fair condition and doesnt smoke. starts and runs every time.

Posted By: Orange Blood
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2011 at 9:24pm

A decent 17 running in street clothes that is a series 1 2 or 3 should bring about 3 grand depenging on tinwork and gear jumping. A series 4, no telling, they go crazy from 3 to 6 grand.

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Posted By: skip(MO)
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2011 at 10:24pm

don't bother w/ RTV. i did that and now i have chunks of orange flecks in the sediment bowl.

tank capacity is either 19 or 21. whatever it is, our old car was the other....i guess i'm getting old enough to get easily confused.

Posted By: Mid-GA Outdoor
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2011 at 10:40pm

just cant believe it gets 4 gallons to an hour.

Posted By: dualquads
Date Posted: 01 Sep 2011 at 11:28pm

Way back we used a D17 gas to pull a 4-14" moldboard plow. It would burn close to 40 gallons in a 10 hour day. Gas was around 45-50 cents a gallon then so ran the tractor for $20/day.

Posted By: Mid-GA Outdoor
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2011 at 7:20pm

my tank dowesnt seem that big tho. mines a series 1. i put in close to a gallon today and stuck a stick in it and it was about 2 onches of fuel on the stick.

Posted By: Brian Jasper co. Ia
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2011 at 10:31pm

RTV will dissolve in gas in a matter of maybe 1 minute. Just pull the gauge and run to the hardware or auto parts store and get an o ring that fits around the gauge. Where it seals to the tank it's round.

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Posted By: Clay
Date Posted: 02 Sep 2011 at 10:46pm

19 gallon tank.
The tractor should burn a maximum of 4 gallons per hour under heavy plowing.