[AT] Gear case oil: If a little is good, a lot is better?

[Dudley Rupert]

Greg,

You bring up a good point.  When Dean Vinson said he drained an extra five
gallons - I think it was - from the M's transmission I immediately thought
of water as I had experienced that in an H.  But, the extra fluid certainly
could have been oil.

The Operators Manual I have for the Farmall H states:  "When operating
tractors on belt work with the front of the tractor higher than the rear,
the correct oil level must be maintained in the transmission.  Check and add
oil when necessary."   It would be nice if that ole M could talk and just
tell Dean the whole story.

Dudley
Snohomish, Washington where Seattle reached 77 today which is a record for
April 6th and certainly way above normal

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Could be water in the oil but as a side item, which may or may not apply,
many of the older Farmalls had in the owners manual that if you were using
the tractor for a lot of stationary work you were to add a certain amount
of extra oil to the transmission. I don't remember the exact amounts but I
do remember reading about this for the 350 that we once had. I think this
was to better oil the gears as at least half of them weren't turning on
stationary work. A 2400 IH loader tractor we owned had the extra high
capacity hydraulic pump on the side of the transmission. When that was
installed the book said to take a hack saw and make a new line on the trans
dipstick one and one half inches above the old full mark and fill with oil
up to the new mark. The newer tractors such as my IH 574 don't need extra
oil as the return oil from the power steering sprays through a tube over
the top of the gears. My 2 cents worth.
Greg Hass
Michigan, at 20 plus degrees below normal.

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