[AT] Re: It's a Cub!

[charlie hill]

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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