[AT] Ralph's website

[Cecil Bearden]

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" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
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>
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> Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2006 10:03 PM
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>
>>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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