gas caps
gas caps
Hello all, I hope everyone is enjoying pushing snow around in these hopefully last couple of weeks of heavy snow precipitation! The weather around here seems to be getting a little warmer. While pushing snow around on my 1956, 420 I always seemed to notice a little bit of gas seeping out of the cap, even with a half of a full tank. I did replaced the original cap with a new vented cap a couple of years ago because the old cap was leaking, but the new cap is also leaking since new. I was wondering if this was somewhat normal for the older style of gas caps? Or did I just get a cheap or bad cap? There is a gasket installed under the cap, and that is in great shape also the 2 ears are not bent. This might seem to be a odd question but does gas seem to leak out around the cap on your 2 cylinder crawler?
1956 JD420, gearmatic 8a winch, custom 6 way blade and FOPS.
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gas cap
Since theres a thread going on gas caps, I thought I might add this.I, too, had to get my 420 out and push back some of the snow banks I made from earlier storms.I checked my gas after a few hours working and was surprised to find pressure in the gas tank.I'm presuming this is made from heat of the engine and a vented gas cap that's not venting or is the cap supposed to hold a little pressure?
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