[Farmall] "H" oil filter questions - photos below

[Jim Becker]

Based on your picture, I think you have an entire old gasket to remove, or 
darn close to it.
Jim Becker

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From: "Tim Savelle" <tim.savelle at gmail.com>
Sent: Monday, March 08, 2010 10:07 PM
To: "Farmall/IHC mailing list" <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Subject: Re: [Farmall] "H" oil filter questions - photos below

> Thanks for all the suggestions.  Problem is I've not been able to get the
> new gasket fully seated.  One of you suggested filling the groove with 
> axle
> grease and pressing the gasket into the grease to hold it down until I can
> get the filter housing in place.   I'll give that a try once I'm sure all
> the old gasket is out.  My concern is that I'm not sure how deep the 
> groove
> is supposed to be because the bottom could be filled with old hardened
> gasket material, and whether the top of the gasket should be even with the
> inside edge of the groove (bare metal) or the outside edge of the groove
> (painted exterior side).  The outside edge is lower than the inside edge.
> Right now, the top of the gasket is even with the inside edge of the 
> groove.
>
> If anyone wants to look at the picture of the gasket and filter that I 
> tried
> to imbed into my original email, I figured out how to post it into a 
> public
> Google Picasa web album.  Here's the link.  If you'll click on it, it 
> should
> take you straight to the picture.  It's the only one in the folder.
>
> http://picasaweb.google.com/113549674996528953543/Farmall?feat=directlink
>
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>
> On Mon, Mar 8, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Jim Becker <jim.becker at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> The gasket should stay put just fine if the old one is completely removed
>> and the new one is fully seated.  I suggest you put some more effort into
>> making sure the entire old one is removed.
>> Jim Becker
>>
>>
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