[AJD] 51 B Gauge Color?

Charlie V 1cdevill at gmail.com
Tue Jun 8 18:35:52 PDT 2010


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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