[Ford-ferguson] Re: Ford-ferguson Digest, Vol 3, Issue 8

[Chris Britton]

On the N's.. the sump hold 5 gal of oil.  For those of us with weepy seals,
we instead use only about 4.5 gal.  An easy way to check this is to remove
the lower bolt in one of the round side covers, and only fill oil to that
level.  Tranny and diffy still splash lubes fine at that level, and the
intake to the belly pump is still well below the oil level.  What this does,
is keeps the oil from pooling at the mouths of the axle trumpets, and at the
tranny input shaft seal.  Not a fix by any means.. but can 'prolong' useable
time before needing one.  T0 should have the same sump characteristics..
though.. outter wheel seals are a tad different I hear.

Soundguy

>From: "James W Storment" <jstorm at midwest.net>
>Hello Gene,
>Your tracto is a 1950 TO-20 and I suspect the problem is with bearings and
>seals in the axles, rather than too much oil.  The tranny, hydraulic system
>nd differential are all together and the hydraulic oil leaks into the
brakes
>when the seals go bad,
>jstorm (the old one)