<html><head></head><body><div class="ydpe69913yahoo-style-wrap" style="font-family:Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><div><div dir="ltr" data-setdir="false">The internally leaking sensor makes a lot of sense to me. Doesn't leak at low pressure but does at higher pressure, Why this happened after the tractor was in the shop??? The sensor getting damaged by something hitting it in the shop? Radiator fluid contamination?</div><div><br></div><div class="ydpe69913signature">Dean VP</div></div>
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On Saturday, January 24, 2026 at 01:29:52 PM MST, Stuart Harner <stuart@harnerfarm.net> wrote:
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A couple of things come to mind. <br clear="none">
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The switch may be leaking internally and an oil film my be messing
with the connectivity of the switch. Adding resistance where there
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Some piece of debris has entered the switch diaphragm and is
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In either case, switch replacement may be the only answer.<br clear="none">
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One other thing to check is continuity between the base of the
switch and the negative battery post. A corroded or otherwise
compromised connection somewhere in the circuit could be showing
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If possible put a voltmeter or amp meter between the battery post
and the negative cable and monitor the circuit at that location.
If that is steady while running. I think the switch is your
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Stay warm and dry if possible.<br clear="none">
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<div id="ydpe69913yiv4704547404yqt65512" class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404yqt3380815352"><div class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404moz-cite-prefix">On 1/24/26 13:30, Dean Vinson wrote:<br clear="none">
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Thank
you, gentlemen. It certainly seems logical that the issue
is more likely to be the sensor or the wiring rather than an
actual pressure failure. I’m still not seeing an obvious
explanation for what would make the problem suddenly pop up
in between when the guys at the repair shop had the tractor
running and when they dropped it off, but I guess that’s
less important than fixing it.</span></p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">I
talked with the shop again and they plan to send a
technician here to my place to check it out. Might be a
while before they get me back on the schedule but I told
them I won’t need to use it for anything during the winter
anyway.</span></p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">In
the meantime I did tinker with it a little more, trying to
test the sender by disconnecting the idiot light wire and
then using a multimeter to check for voltage between the tip
of the sensor and the positive terminal on the battery.
With the engine off I got 12.57 volts, which made sense:
No pressure, switch closed, positive-to-ground circuit
complete. With the engine running I couldn’t get any kind
of consistent reading—the meter reading just fluctuated
wildly all over the place no matter how carefully and
steadily I held the test prongs. I’m not certain how to
interpret that, but I guess if the switch were simply open
there’d be current flow and no voltage at all (i.e., idiot
light “off”) so I’m taking it as an indication of a sensor
failure.</span></p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404MsoPlainText">It’s kind of hard to get a good look at
the sending unit, much less get a hand on it, because it’s
slightly behind the power steering pump. Wrenching on an
oily hunk of metal to get that pump out of my way, in 10°F
weather, is not terribly high on my list of fun things to do
so for now at least my plan is to let it sit and wait for the
repair shop guy to get here.</p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404MsoPlainText">Lots of snow coming shortly, by all
accounts, so that’ll keep me occupied for a while anyway.
Spencer, I’m guessing you might be in the ice/freezing rain
path? One of my brothers lives north of Atlanta and is
tracking that risk.</p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404MsoPlainText">Dean Vinson</p>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] One of those days</span></p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404MsoNormal">I’ve had a few oil pressure sending units
fail. Granted, they typically were full failures and didn’t
work at idle either, but I could see how the failure mode
might be vibration induced.</p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404MsoNormal">I’d get a super cheapie oil pressure
gauge at the auto parts store, or this:</p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404MsoNormal">remove the sensor, and then hook it up to
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404MsoNormal">Spencer Yost</p>
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22, 2026, at 10:44<span style="font-family:sans-serif;"> </span>PM,
Dean VP <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:deanvp@att.net" class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">deanvp@att.net</a>>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">My
guess would be a faulty sensor or a loose wire
shorting out somewhere due to the vibration of
the running engine. I sincerely doubt you have
an oil pressure issue. Check everything around
areas where your shop may have worked. I think
they damaged or disturbed something while
working on the other stuff. Is there any wiring
that they could have disturbed? </span></p>
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Thursday, January 22, 2026 at 08:19:55 PM MST,
Dean Vinson <<a shape="rect" href="mailto:dean@vinsonfarm.net" class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dean@vinsonfarm.net</a>>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Dean,
ah, I see now how my sale of the 620 is
coming back to haunt me. :) </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">On the
plus side for green tractors, my 3020
runs like a top and is standing by in
the barn with the rear blade attached,
ready for the snowplow duty that per the
weather forecast looks mighty likely in
the coming few days. Moving 8 or 10
inches of snow with a rear blade is not
ideal but it beats relying on my scoop
shovel.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905msoplaintext"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">(Speaking
of not ideal, the high temperature for
the day after the snowstorm is currently
forecasted to be 7°F and of course the
3020 is an open-station tractor. “Cab
by Carhartt,” as the saying goes.) </span></p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">The
oil pressure warning light issue on the
Ford 3600 does concern me a little.
The idiot light comes on when the key is
turned on but prior to starting the
engine, exactly as it should to
demonstrate that the circuit is intact
and the bulb works, then goes off once
the tractor starts and oil pressure
builds enough to open the pressure
sensor switch. The only surprising
part is that the light comes back *<b>on</b>*
when I throttle up. One possibility is
that there is a glitch causing a “false
positive” warning light even though oil
pressure is fine. The other is that
the sensor and wiring are functioning
exactly as intended and oil pressure is
for some reason dropping.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Today
I added about a third of a quart of oil
to bring it up to the “Full” line on the
dipstick, and I removed, inspected,
reconnected, and fiddled with the idiot
light wire where it clips onto the oil
pressure sensor just to make sure it
felt secure. Neither of those actions
stopped the warning light from coming on
as soon as I throttle up past idle, but
it seemed worthwhile to try them just in
case.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">The
repair shop hasn’t called me back yet,
so I’ll follow up with them tomorrow.
The timing of this issue—literally
popping up in the first few seconds
after they brought the tractor back to
me after working on it—makes me wonder
if something they did somehow caused
this, maybe by aggravating an existing
problem enough to push it from “this is
going to fail soon” to “this has
failed.” But maybe it’s just a
coincidence. Either way, I can’t use
the tractor with the oil pressure
warning light on.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Dean
Vinson</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Saint
Paris, Ohio</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Dean VP<br clear="none">
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, January 22,
2026 2:36 AM<br clear="none">
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [AT] One of
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">I've
had all too many days like that.
it can be exasperating. As I get
older, they seem to come more
often. Lost items can usually be
better described as misplaced
items. Absent minded
excellence. I'm really good at
that. But in your case, it is
all because you sold the JD 620.
If you had sold the M you would
only have had 5 nuts to contend
with rather than three, but the
advantage is missing one out of
5 is not nearly as serious as
one out of three. But
eventually you will see the
light! :-) </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905msonormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">But I
will admit I have never had the
light sequence you are
experiencing. Probably because
JD did not use idiot lights on
the two-cylinder tractors. But
it is exactly opposite of what
one might expect. Is it possible
that with your multiple tractors
you have forgotten how this one
is supposed to work? I don't
recall any piece of machinery
that that has worked like that
except my JD 750 Compact
Tractor. It has a light on the
dash that turns on when the key
is turned on and stays that way
and is not dependent on RPMs.
Since I too have multiple
tractors and this is the only
tractor that works this way, it
has more than once caused me to
stop and question what is wrong.
Then I realize this is the way
this one works. </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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cannot think of an oil pressure
sensor could possibly fail
backwards. This will be
interesting when you find out
what is going on.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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other Dean in AZ</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at
04:53:43 PM MST, Dean Vinson
<<a shape="rect" href="mailto:dean@vinsonfarm.net" class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404moz-txt-link-freetext" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">dean@vinsonfarm.net</a>> wrote: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905ydpcd80734fyiv8063073656msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Minor
tinkering today with my
Farmall Super M,
chainsaws, and Ford
3600. Nothing quite
went as expected.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905ydpcd80734fyiv8063073656msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905ydpcd80734fyiv8063073656msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">This
morning I went into town
to pick up the Super M’s
right front wheel, which
a local tire shop had
finished pulling thorns
out of and putting a new
tube into. When I got
home I went to put it
back on the tractor,
which is sitting by
itself on the
(relatively) clean
concrete floor in the
far corner of my
enclosed shop. Got the
rim in place and went to
bolt it back on, only to
discover I was short by
one nut. Neat little
pile of hardware on the
floor right where I’d
left it, three bolts,
three lock washers, but
for some reason only two
nuts. Couple of
wrenches nearby but
nothing else, no junk,
no random stacks of
supplies or half-full
jugs of engine oil,
nothing to camouflage
the presence of the
missing nut. (My shop
is not exactly short of
any of those things, but
they’re all over on the
other side near the
workbench where I spent
most of my time, not
here where the tractor’s
been sitting.) I got
down low and looked,
picked up the wrenches
and put them back down,
checked under the other
front wheel, checked the
area, nothing. Big
dang nut for a 5/8” bolt
just disappeared.
Scratched my head for a
minute but soon enough
gave up and went back
into town to visit the
local hardware store for
another nut. Problem
solved, tractor is now
all back together.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905ydpcd80734fyiv8063073656msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905ydpcd80734fyiv8063073656msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Next
task was to clean up my
two chainsaws and figure
out why one of them
wouldn’t start last time
I tried to use it. I
take both with me when
I’m clearing osage
orange and honeysuckle
from the old overgrown
pasture. The newer saw
cuts clean wood, and the
older saw with a
no-longer-fresh-but-still-halfway-okay
chain cuts stumps down
low and serves as the
backup in case I get the
other one pinched.
Last time I went out I
absolutely could not get
the #2 saw to start, but
it’s been an egregiously
long time since I
cleaned (much less
replaced) the air
filter. So today I got
the saw all cleaned up,
and also cleaned up the
other one while I was at
it, but didn’t see
anything that looked bad
enough to keep the saw
from running. Scratched
my head for a while and
then finally thought to
check the fuel tank,
which of course turned
out to be bone dry.
Last time I went out I
must have somehow
forgotten to fuel that
one up. This was
mildly funny to me
today, but it had not
seemed so last week when
I was out there in the
woods yanking endlessly
on that starter rope and
scaring away wildlife
with a loud string of
curses.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905ydpcd80734fyiv8063073656msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"> </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905ydpcd80734fyiv8063073656msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Last
task was to take
delivery of my Ford
3600, which for several
weeks had been at a
local shop for an
overheating problem.
The shop’s diagnosis, as
written on the completed
service order, was that
the “coolant was nasty
and radiator was almost
plugged.” They removed
the radiator, sent it
out to get cleaned, then
put it all back
together, function
checked it, and brought
it back to me late this
afternoon. After their
driver started it up and
idled it backwards down
off his tilt-bed truck,
I went to put it in the
barn…and as soon as I
throttled it up past
idle, the oil pressure
light came on. I tried
throttling down again
and then back up, and
shutting the tractor off
then restarting, but
same thing every time:
Charging system and oil
pressure lights come on
when key is turned to
the “run” position, then
both go off when the
tractor starts, but the
oil pressure light comes
back on at anything
above a moderate idle
and goes back off upon
returning to idle
speed. I checked the
oil level and it’s about
halfway between “Full”
and “Add” on the
dipstick, so I wouldn’t
expect it to just be an
oil level issue. Their
driver hadn’t left yet
so he called his service
manager and gave him the
rundown, but by then it
was nearly five o’clock
so the plan is they’ll
call me in the morning
and figure out the next
step. I won’t need the
tractor for anything
until springtime, but
still, dagnabbit it I
was looking forward to
having them all back
home and in one piece
today. :)</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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<p class="ydpe69913yiv4704547404ydpe2f2d0b6yiv5888147905ydpcd80734fyiv8063073656msonormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;">Oh,
and of course, as I
walked back through the
shop to close up the
doors and turn the
lights off, I stumbled
across that missing nut
about 15 or 20 feet from
where the Super M is
parked. Maybe I somehow
kicked it over there
without realizing I’d
done so, or maybe a cat
had been entertaining
itself, who knows. But
now I have an extra 5/8”
11-pitch nut in a shop
drawer, in case I ever
need one.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:sans-serif;"></span></p>
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