[Farmall] Oil Pressure Gauges

[Bob Currie]

He gathers up good used faces whenever/wherever he can find them. The one he 
used on my gauge was in very good original shape. As far as prices, I will 
just say he was very reasonable, and for anybody who is interested, to 
contact him directly.

bobcurrie,
Greenwood, CA\

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <farmallgray at aol.com>
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Sent: Friday, January 04, 2008 5:58 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Oil Pressure Gauges


> Bob,
> If you don't mind me asking, how much did he charge? Did he use a new 
> face, or just give you a good used one?
>
>
> Todd Markle
> Spring Mills, Pa.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Currie <tracturs at att.net>
> To: Russ Hamm <grslhm at yahoo.com>; Curtis Vaughn 
> <curtisv at seeddynamics.com>; Jim Farber <tractasaurus at pacific.net>; Michael 
> Androvich <and at wcnet.org>; Farmall List 
> <Farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Cc: Richard Davis <rddavis at surewest.net>
> Sent: Fri, 4 Jan 2008 7:54 pm
> Subject: [Farmall] Oil Pressure Gauges
>
>
>
> Well, I'm finally finishing up the oil pressure gauge project thing that 
> we
> talked about on the list 6 or 8 weeks ago. After the good list discussion, 
> I
> sent two gauges off to a guy in WI who restores them. He took my old 
> original,
> non working gauge, put a nice, black face with the old style logo 
> (18113-DA),
> and was able to calibrate it so the gauge would read mid range (or 
> straight up)
> at 2.5 psi, which should be perfect for my early 10-20 with no oil filter. 
> He
> was unable to do anything with the reproduction gauge that I sent him. 
> That one
> came to me with a decent black face with the old style logo (31041-DB) and 
> the
> vender there in MD says it is supposed to be 0-15psi. Jerry in WI can 
> restore
> these old, original gauges using glass instead of plastic lenses, putting
> original black faces in them with the part number/logo, and calibrating 
> the
> gauge to work properly in your early IH tractor or power unit. If your
> interested in talking to him about his work,
>
> Evergreen Restoration
> Jerry Trcka
> Spooner, Wisconsin
> 715635-8629
> 715-520-7876 cell
> jmtrcka at centurytel.net
>
> below is some info on the project that he and I worked on regarding early 
> IH
> gauges and oil pressures.
>
>  Jerry, I received the gauges back in yesterdays mail. Thank you for doing 
> a
> nice job. The one that you re-did looks real good, and that 18113DA face 
> will
> work very well. That particular face was used on the Farmall Regular, 
> F-20,
> F-30, I-20, and I-30, from approximately 1930 thru 1938. The F-12/F-14, 
> W-12/14,
> O-12/14, used that 31041DB face like the other gauge I sent. The 
> difference
> being that it has the red color on the left side of the arc. The early 
> Farmall
> Regulars, and other early IH models used a couple various gauges, but it 
> appears
> that they were a black face, solid white arc, and a white needle. Some had 
> a
> black needle. The pressure ranges would vary depending on the tractor 
> model that
> was involved. And from what I have learned, the breakdown is basically 
> that the
> early IH tractors with oil pressure gauges from 1921 thru 1929 were in the 
> 1-6
> psi range. When the oil filters were introduced in mid year 1929, 
> operating
> pressures jumped a few psi, lets say 2-8psi. An!
> d when the 12 series tractors came out in 1933 (with the IH motor) they 
> had an
> improved internal oiling system which again jumped the pressures a few 
> psi, I'll
> guess 4-12psi, or whatever range that 31041DB gauge is calibrated.
>
>  thanks,
>  bobcurrie
>
>
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