[AJD] AR Oil filter stud

[wwwayne johnson]

Tommy,
Hate to tell you this but I've mentioned it several times in the past.  The 
casting on top of the filter head that the stud screws into is thin and if 
the fliter nut is over tightened, it breaks a section out of the casting. 
The sad answer is:  Crankcase cover comes off, something is wedged into the 
break to keep it from turning and remove the nut from the filter housing. 
Then, you have to pull the inner tube out of the filter cavity, disconnect 
all oil lines from filter head, remove three bolts from inside top of filter 
cavity and remove filter head out top of crankcase.  One hell of a job.  I 
carry a cressent with me when tractor shopping just to check the filter nut 
as I think this is worse than a stuck engine.  Let me know what you find.
Merle Wayne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tommy Wilson" <t17wilson at cox.net>
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Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 5:16 PM
Subject: [AJD] AR Oil filter stud


> I'm putting the AR back together. Today I belted it to my Farmall H and 
> turned the engine, transmission and rear end over with diesel fuel in the 
> cavities. After draining, we went to put in the oil filter. The stud turns 
> and will not tighten. I tried to pry down on the filter cover while 
> tightening but without success. Any ideas? According to the parts book it 
> looks like the stud goes into the oil filter top. Could the threads be 
> stripped? What is the fix? Thanks    TW
>
> Tommy Wilson
> Ruston, LA
> 1950 IH H
> 1950 JD AR
> 1951 JD B
> 1952 IH SC
>
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