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

[Jim Becker]

Quoted capacities aren't always accurate, but not usually that far off. 
Does it look clean or milky?  Maybe a lot of water that has accumulated and 
mixed in.  Or maybe PO didn't know how much was enough.

Jim Becker        jim.becker at verizon.net

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dean Vinson" <dean at vinsonfarm.net>
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Subject: [Farmall] Gear case oil: If a little is good, a lot is better?


> Time to pull the PTO housing off my 1950 M Farmall and see if I can figure
> out why the engagement lever won't move.  Operator's manual says the
> capacity of the transmission and differential case is 13 gallons.  I just
> drained 18 out of there... had to scramble around to find something to put
> it all in.  I can see there being a little more than the book number, but
> five gallons more??
>
> Dean Vinson
> Dayton, Ohio
> www.vinsonfarm.net
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