[AT] IHC H water pump packing

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Cecil, Your last sentence says it all. 
Gil 

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From: "Cecil Bearden" <crbearden at copper.net> 
To: "Antique" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com> 
Sent: Tuesday, May 2, 2017 11:09:57 PM 
Subject: Re: [AT] IHC H water pump packing 

Charlie: 
I had the good fortune to learn from many old timers who started in the 
Blacksmith shop, or swept floors in the dealership, or started as the 
grease monkey as a millwright helper. When I came along these guys had 
more than 30 years in the business as Mechanic, welder, millwright, 
boiler engineer. Since I had grown up as the "gofer"on a construction 
site since I was 3 years old, I was able to get these guys to show me 
the tricks of the trade. Nearly every one of them was an adopted 
Grandfather to me. After I graduated college, I was introduced to 3 
guys who retired with the Army Corps of Engineers when they really built 
dams and waterways. I also fell in good favor with the entire 
foundations & materials section in Tulsa and got to receive all the 
training they had to offer and was invited on many investigations.. I 
think this was all due to the training that my Dad and Uncle drilled 
into me as a kid. Make yourself useful, keep your eyes open & your 
mouth shut, and always do more than your share. 

Cecil in OKla 


On 5/2/2017 11:39 AM, charlie hill wrote: 
> That's pretty much the way you set up boat shafts Cecil. 
> You don't want it so tight that it will burn the packing and/or 
> cut a groove in a very expensive length of propeller shaft. 
> 
> Charlie 
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: Cecil Bearden 
> Sent: Monday, May 01, 2017 9:54 PM 
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group 
> Subject: Re: [AT] IHC H water pump packing 
> 
> In my old days as a maintenance engineer for a hospital, the chief 
> engineer had about 50 yrs experience when I came on board. He would 
> tighten the packing nut until the shaft would only "sweat"a drop or two 
> every 15 minutes. He told me that this kept the packing from burning 
> the shaft and still held water. This was the procedure on all the 
> circulation systems for heating, cooling, and hot water. I would 
> tighten it until it might stay damp, but not have any real noticeable 
> leak overnight. As long as you do not have any animals that would lick 
> the antifreeze, then there isn't a problem. 
> 
> Cecil in oKla 
> 
> 
> On 5/1/2017 8:01 PM, Len Rugen wrote: 
>> I used my H a few weeks ago, then noticed the front tires were wet. It 
>> was about 4 quarts low, so I pressure tested the system. At first, I 
>> couldn't find a leak, then I found a slow drip off a fan blade. After 
>> tear down, I found the packing nut was just finger tight, which is 
>> probably the cause. I tightened it about 1/2 turn and couldn't turn the 
>> pump shaft with my fingers, backing off about 1/6 or a little less lets me 
>> turn the shaft. 
>> How tight should I tighten the packing nut? 
>> 
>> Len Rugen 
>> 
>> rugenl at yahoo.com 
>> 
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