Oil Pressure Thread.

Later tonight I removed the top line half from the gauge to the crank case cover and blew it out onto a white rag. You can see oil came out, but no debris.


I attempted to run a wire down the the line from the cover down to the pump. My wire was too thick but had oil residue on it. I also blew that out.

I bumped the starter a couple of times with the ignition off and rag over the line. Nothing.

I opened up the cover and was able to get a picture inside.




Good and bad that it seems like everything is tight and together.

After I post this I'm going to attempt to reach my hand down in there and feel the screen........

Any further work I might remove the steering colum and seat to lay across the platform. This might be a harder project to attempt with my injuries......

lyric11 said:

I’ve found that some of the gauges are not the best quality & aren’t accurate. I believe the adjustment for your B is on the outside of maincase under belt pulley area also. I had to change out the pump in my An earlier this year, not a fun job, but doable without splitting the tractor. Another common problem is the drive coupler for the oil pump. make sure it’s not cracked

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Thanks for the advise. I got these gauges off ebay which I was very skeptical of vs buying them from steiner or another more legit dealer. I've read about a cracked or busted sqaure head coupler. Mine seems to be in good shape.



I guess I never thought about trying "dialing" the pressure from outside. Who knows maybe it's not set correctly.........simple fixes first.

Unfortunately I'm in the house for night. Sore and time to walk away. It's going to be a super rainy weekend so plenty of time to toy with it.

I feel like the news another hourly update.
I reached my hand down into the crank case and felt around. No sludge or anything around the screen.........good and bad again.

I ended up hooking up the upper line again but not running it through the dash. I have a compressor attachment with a ball needle I stuck down into the line. This time blowing air I could hear oil bubbling.



I put my hand down in the crank case again to see if I could feel the bubbles. They weren't coming from the screen but from the 2 connections on top the pump.

That picture is just from one online as an example. The lines feel tight, but I wounder if something isn't tightly sealed and letting air out. Or maybe I'm not experienced enough with the pump and it's like cleaning out a carb air can't go through a passage?

I took the compressor to my old gauge and was able to move the needle. I removed the newer gauge, removed the elbow and was able to move the needle too . I did notice there was some oil between the elbow and gauge though.

I was starting to feel sore and figured it was time to walk away. I feel like I'm getting somewhere or eliminating what could be wrong. I got oil and it's clean so that's a plus. This weekend is going to be a good weekend to hide in the shop and look it over more. Blowing the compressed air I'm going to put the cover back on and see if I can get any oil out from the lines.

Is there a way to prime these pumps?

I'll check the oil pressure screw too.

Tonight on channel 3 news......

I unplugged the spark plug wires and bumped the starter with a cloth over the line hoping I blew something free with the air......no luck.

I figured might as well play with the pressure " dial" I took off the nut cover, loosened the smaller nut turned the bolt to the left just a hair and tightened everything up. I wasn't expecting anything so I didn't cover the line........ I struck gold when I bumped the starter. I ended up pinching a nut fitting where the line comes in so I couldn't put the line back on to the gauge. Unfortunately my local Napa is closed on Sundays but hey I got oil up the line so that's progress. Now the questions are if my gauges are accurate, and how much do I need to dial in the pressure and why was it off?

Well today I went on a goose chase for the adapter. My local napa had hardly anything in stock. I went to a nearby ace that has an excellent plumbing section, nothing either. I figured fastenal has everything under the sun and was the go to place for any little nut or bolt growing up and went to the next town over. Arriving there the place was locked up more than fort knocks. I called to see what was up. I had a really nice lady and she said with covid and lack of help they had to close up the store part, and just be a special order ware house. She took my line and adapter and looked around but they didn't have anything in stock and it would be 100.00 minimum for special orders. She said more than likely things for Fastenals won't be getting any better. She suggested some places for me to try. I figured since I was out of town to try another napa. They had more in stock and decided to just get a whole new fitting off the line.

I got everything hooked up and got the tractor fired up which took some effort but still 0 oil preasure. I adjusted the dial on the side with no luck. My buddy is going to bring his gauge to hook up and see.

While I was checking the gauges. My new amp gauge is maxed out too at almost full throttle.

The tractor seems rough unless at full throttle. I checked the spark plugs. They're auotlites 386's which is what was recommended. They were pretty black so I cleaned them up but I'll still get new ones.

I noticed some rust in the bowl so the carb might need some cleaning too. It's just odd all at once I'm having all these issues. I'd like to tackle them but not working I have limited funds.

I guess wait and see what the gauge reads tomorrow evening and go from there.

I planned on doing a whole oil change, coolant change, clean out the oil bath, change the plugs. This winter......which should've done right away maybe a dirty or clogged air filter could be the reason for the dirty plugs, and rough start up/idle.......maybe even oil pressure.

I opened up the oil bath tonight. It looks pretty clean from the outside. A few little bugs floating around. The videos I've been watching theres usually a pudding like mix in the canister. What I knotice is the moister droplets off the conister and the red rust type residue. I never had the tractor sit outside.......not to say the past owners didn't but I can completely see how rain can get in there.