EXPERIENC WITH FORDSON TRACTORS.
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ONE of our readers I as had a lot to do with the maintenance of Fordson tractors employed as stationary power plants driving stone-crushers. These tractors ran for some 50 hours a week, one has a Holly carburetter and the other a Kingston regenerator—both standard Ford fittings. Our contributor is strongly of the opinion that when petrol can be bought at 10d. a gallon, paraffin, as a fuel, is a failure. He states that even with the most careful
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se ting and expert attention, the Cr nkcase oil is diluted to the extent of practically a quart daily and the ipr icedure adopted is to take each day fr m each crankcase three pints of the oi and paraffin mixture and ta add on pint of good oil. But even then th contents of the sumeare little better th n half oil and half paraffin., e considers that splash lubrication shield never be used on a paraffin engi e; and that it is much better to ern
ploy a dry sump, a separate oil container and a measured feed to every working part. A. method such as that .employed on certain Albion vehicles would be ideal.
He suggests that there should be a good market for a Fordson tractor with an oil system proof against oil dilution and for another type with a higher compression designed to run on petrol only, as in every other respect the Fordsons have proved most satisfactory.