[AJD] 51 B Gauge Color?

[Paul Sawyer]

Can you take the remains of the JD "replacement" gasket to a cobbler and
have them make one from leather?

On Tue, Jun 8, 2010 at 8:35 PM, Charlie V <1cdevill at gmail.com> wrote:

> Another big disappointment from the Deere parts counter is part # H 723 R
> Seal,  Leather.  It is a preformed gasket to fit around the shift lever on
> 1941 John Deere H to keep water from leeching into the transmission /
> differential case.  That seems a pretty important function to me since
> tractors are sometimes out in the rain.  The local JD dealer charged
> somewhere around forty bucks to order one in for me.  Leather???  The item
> I
> got  (sealed in a JD parts bag) was made of formed sheet cork and was so
> inflexible that it tore the first time the gearshift lever was moved.  As a
> long established company, I wonder what makes Deere think a customer will
> come back to be burned a second time?
>
> The scraps of the old seal which I removed from the tractor actually were
> leather.  Reminds me of Mother Goose story. -- "Once  upon a
> time-------------------------.
>
>
> Charlie V in WNY
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