[AT] Re: It's a Cub!

[Mattias Kessén]

> visual of the AC engine.  I'll try to think before I type next time.

Wouldn't that be like thinking before talking, which is like wiping with the toilet paper before dumping?

The world would at least be less fun then.

/Mattias

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Från: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
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Skickat: den 7 juni 2005 16:30
Ämne: Re: [AT] Re: It's a Cub!


> Hi Mike,  That's what I get for trying to talk about a #$%^&% CUB.  LOL.  I 
> know,  I just wasn't thinking.  The discussion made me think of the problem 
> I had with oil pressure on an Allis engine and my mind switched over to a 
> visual of the AC engine.  I'll try to think before I type next time.
> 
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Mike Sloane" <mikesloane at verizon.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2005 9:15 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Re: It's a Cub!
> 
> 
> > Uhm, Charlie - we are talking Cub here. The oil pressure gauge is screwed 
> > into the cast iron filter housing, not the block. And getting the lifter 
> > covers off is not a simple task (there is no "valve cover" on the flat 
> > head engine), as the manifold tends to be in the way. but you knew that, 
> > right? :-)
> >
> > I think that someone's suggestion to remove/loosen the oil pressure gauge 
> > and see if oil squirts out when you turn the engine over is a good idea. 
> > Or temporarily replaced the gauge with a known good one. There is a simple 
> > M/M adapter that screws into the back of a standard gauge and into the 
> > filter housing. I have always felt that, when acquiring a "new" tractor, 
> > you should probably change the oil, drain the filter housing, and put in a 
> > new filter - you don't know how long it has been since they were last 
> > changed.
> >
> > Mike
> >
> > charlie hill wrote:
> >> One of my tractors lost oil presure a few years ago.  It turned out to be 
> >> just a clog of dirty dried oil in the little line from the block to the 
> >> guage.   You might be able to look in the oil filler hole and see if the 
> >> valve train is oiling.  If it is you have oil presure.  If you can't see 
> >> in the hole it is easy enough to pull the valve cover off.
> >>
> >> Charlie
> >
> > -- 
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> > Allamuchy NJ
> > mikesloane at verizon.net
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