Model T Ford would run on Kerosene, so it wouldn't surprise me if some early Farmalls WITHOUT special manifolds, etc., would too.One secret was to keep the revs up. Most Ford drivers reduced to Kerosene chose to run in low gear in order to do so. Now a Model T doesn't go very fast in low gear, even with the rpms up. But Ford drivers were usually forced to use Kerosene in remote areas where gas was unavailable, and were just trying to get to the next place where gasoline WAS obtainable. In addition, in remote areas in, say, 1920, the roads were often so poor a speed in excess of ten miles an hour was not feasible... As to how to start a gasoline-engined motor on kerosene, I would expect the usual cold-weather start procedures might make it start on kerosene in warm weather - that is, heating the manifold a little with a torch, putting warm water in the cooling system, and using ether if necessary. But I don't know whether or not it would work in the cold.
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