These tractors ran on kerosene originally. I don't know much about the Waterloo Boy, you probably always had to prime them with gasoline for starting. John Deere bought the Waterloo Boy company to get started in the tractor business. When they started making tractors with the John Deere name, they had 2 fuel tanks. A small gasoline tank for starting and stopping the engine, and a larger tank for the main fuel of kerosene, or distillate, or diesel fuel to use when the engine was warmed up. The heavier fuels make more power and were more economical but it's hard to start an engine by hand with them. A lot of collectors today run gasoline in the main tank so they don't have to mess with those other fuels.
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Art from Ohio
Awesome machine. Can you please tell me what the kerosene is for? Thanks for sharing sir.
These tractors ran on kerosene originally. I don't know much about the Waterloo Boy, you probably always had to prime them with gasoline for starting. John Deere bought the Waterloo Boy company to get started in the tractor business. When they started making tractors with the John Deere name, they had 2 fuel tanks. A small gasoline tank for starting and stopping the engine, and a larger tank for the main fuel of kerosene, or distillate, or diesel fuel to use when the engine was warmed up. The heavier fuels make more power and were more economical but it's hard to start an engine by hand with them. A lot of collectors today run gasoline in the main tank so they don't have to mess with those other fuels.
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