[Farmall] Oil for Cub Engine

Roger Moffat rogerkiwi at aol.com
Mon Jul 20 14:57:06 PDT 2009


On Jul 20, 2009, at 5:31 PM, michael willis wrote:

> I have a 240 utility that had bad oil pressure.  The oil pump has a  
> cast iron housing with an aluminum cover.  The gears wore a pattern  
> in the aluminum cover that allowed for enough clearance to make for  
> inefficient pumping and low pressure.  I got a pane of heavy  
> glass(it's as perfectly flat as I think you could get), put a sheet  
> of emory cloth on it and proceeded to polish the gear marks out of  
> that aluminum cover.  Once smooth again, I made a new gasket, re- 
> installed the cover, buttoned the engine up and found that I had  
> more than satisfactory oil pressure.  I don't know if this will be  
> of any help, but, if so, I'm happy to share it.

Thanks - that, along with the bearings are scheduled for "some future  
time" since getting to the pump requires splitting the tractor to get  
the flywheel off.

Thanks IH!!!

Roger



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