Posted by Cliff Nelson on December 25, 2012 at 06:25:26 from (69.21.97.161):
In Reply to: A tractor Story posted by RBnSC on December 25, 2012 at 05:52:21:
When I first started working for a repair shop right out of high school we had a small ford (don't remember the model) come in for an overhaul. Boss had me doing most of the work with close supervision. Got it back together and running. Sounded good. Put it on the dyno and as we increased the hp it started knocking. lighter load it was quiet. At this point I left for college and only worked weekends. The next weekend the tractor was gone so I asked what he found with it. He said after much troubleshooting and head scratching they found the owner had accidentally put diesel fuel in the gas tank. Weak enough mixture that it ran ok under light load but as the engine got hotter it started to detonate from the heat. I felt better knowing it was not anything I did.
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