[AT] Ralph's website

[CRAWLER HEAVEN]

If you are going to use grease Use Corn Head Grease ,you can get it from
your John Deere Dealer Turns to liquid with heat and then back to a solid
when cool it also sticks to everything much better then a chassie grease,i
use it in all my older crawler machine rollers and front idlers.  ED
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "charlie hill" <chill8 at cox.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 7:53 AM
Subject: Re: [AT] Ralph's website


> I've got an old Allis Chalmers brush cutter (model 150 I think) that I
> stopped using for that same reason.  I had another one and didn't want to
> spend the money to fix it.  A while back someone, maybe  it was you Cecil,
> gave me the same advice about using grease.  I haven't tried it yet but it
> seems like a good solution.  It will only cost you a little bit of grease
to
> find out and your "manual temp guage" will tell you soon enough if it's
> working.
>
> Charlie
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
<at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 6:46 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Ralph's website
>
>
> > Ralph:
> > We use grease in those gearboxes all the time.  A mixture of grease and
> > 140 wt will keep the oil in it...  It works good when it gets hot..'
> > Cecil in OKla
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Ralph Goff" <alfg at sasktel.net>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 12:10 AM
> > Subject: Re: [AT] Ralph's website
> >
> >
> >>
> >> Hi Greg
> >> Thanks for your comments re: my webpage.
> >> I have a couple more pics taken today as I was cutting grass in an old
> >> yard using the 730 Case and my Farm King 6 foot rotary mower. This
brings
> >> up my question. When I checked the gearbox on this mower after a couple
> >> hours work it was so hot I could not hold my hand on it. Checked the
oil
> >> and it was pretty well empty. Apparently the lower  seal on the output
> >> shaft has leaked the oil out. I put in almost a quart of #30 motor oil
> >> which was all I had on hand at that location . Figured even the wrong
> >> kind of oil is better than no oil at all. I worked another hour and
> >> finished but the gearbox was pretty hot again.
> >> I'm wondering if rather than replacing the seal right away I could
maybe
> >> pump grease into the box through the level plug, or replace it with a
> >> grease fitting? I suspect it would not be sufficient lubrication though
> >> and I'll likely have to do a disassembly to replace this gearbox seal.
> >> Any opinions, advice, experience with this type problem is welcome.
> >>
> >> Ralph in Sask.
> >> http://lgoff.sasktelwebsite.net/
> >>
> >> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >> From: "Greg Hass" <gkhass at avci.net>
> >> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
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> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:03 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [AT] Ralph's website
> >>
> >>
> >>>I know I'm a couple of weeks late with this, but I also greatly enjoy
> >>>Ralph's website.  (In fact, I just looked at his July update last
night.)
> >>>I thoroughly enjoy his farm pictures and they show how things vary in
> >>>different places in our two countries, mainly due to climate
conditions.
> >>>Keep up the good work, Ralph!
> >>>
> >>> Personally speaking, I would enjoy if other people would post pictures
> >>> of thier farming operations, or pictures of them using their old
> >>> tractors on small acreages or garden plots.
> >>>
> >>> Greg Hass
> >>> Bad Axe, MI
> >>>
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