[AT] General questions

[John Hall]

I have used engine oil, gear lube and spray cans of chain lube (from 
Deere). All of them make a mess all over the machine, which in turn gets 
messier when you run it. I don't really know if oiling chains is 
necessary.  Think of combine elevator chains, they run in filth and 
never get oiled. ATV chains never get oiled. Lately, I haven't been 
oiling any of my chains--if i make an exception it is with a few drops 
of gear lube. I will say I have replaced a lot of combine, baler and 
planter chains with the foreign made chain that Shoup sells--that seems 
to help more than oiling some of my worn out chains. Interested in how 
others maintain their chains as well.

John Hall


On 11/13/2017 9:23 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> I have two general questions that I have always wanted answers to, and I seem too intellectually challenged enough to solve on my own:
>
> How do you oil very long chains(i.e. my baler or sawmill) without wasting tons of oil and making a mess?  I sit there with a plunger style oil can and oil when it's running.  But even  that seems sub optimal. There has to be a better way?
>
> As Dean VP indicated in an earlier post, I should use WD-40 to hunt for vacuum leaks on my 430. I have done that before, and I did it again with the 430(to no avail). But I did hear many years ago that the only reason that WD40 used to work is because butane was the propellant and it no longer is the propellant.  Is that true?  Is there a better way to find vacuum leaks?   An unlit propane torch came to mind but sounded dangerous.
>
> Thanks!  Inquiring minds want to know.
>
> Spencer Yost
>
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