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[Robert L. Holtzer]

Counterclockwise as viewed from the front.

Bob Holtzer

At 11:48 PM 3/12/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>By chance does anyone know/remember which way you turn the water pump
>packing Nut/Gland on the Farmall M water pump in order to back it off the
>pump?
>I've removed the pump from the tractor and the fan from the pump.  According
>to the Service Manual the next step in the disassembly is to remove this
>packing Nut/Gland which is approximately 1.25" in diamater (it is circular
>and not a hexagon as a nut would be and the top side looks similar to a
>castle nut).  Unfortunately, however, the Manual doesn't say anything about
>the threads.  I was in the local Case-IH dealer today picking up a seal,
>packing and gaskets and a couple of the guys there (a parts guy and a
>mechanic) thought the pump might have reverse threads but it had been too
>long since they had worked on one so they weren't sure.  I had put alot of
>CCW torque on the nut/gland with no success - of course I may have only been
>tightening it.
>Thanks for any input -
>Dudley
>Snohomish, Washington
>
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