[AT] Re: It's a Cub!

[Mike Sloane]

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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