John Deere 60 Oil Pressure Adjustment Different

[hrbburn]

I have a JD60 and currently no oil pressue. I see other post on here on where and how to set the oil pressure but mine is different. What I have saw is loosen a jam nut on the side and adjust the pressre screw. Mine doesn't have that setup. You take a pipe plug out then there is what would appear the adjuster with a spring at the end of it. I don't see if I adjust that, what would hold it in place after adjustment. My concern is I don't appear to have any oil pressure. If I just take that plug out and crank the engine over, I would expect to have oil come right out of that hole, I don't have anything. Kind of the second part of that is how that adjustment works. When I took that ajustmer out with the spring on it. I measured from the face of teh bolt to the end of the spring. It seems that If I screw that adjuster all teh way in, there would still be about 1/8 gap between the end of the spring and what appears as a little flap that is where I assume moves to adjust the bypass. If I reach that little flap with a manget it seems to move a little bit but not exactly how that works. If anyone has a picture of how that assembly works, that would be great. Our manual has the other type of oil adjuster shown. This information is actually for my son that has several antique tractors and still learning a lot of this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much, Bud

 

[used red MN]

I have a JD60 and currently no oil pressue. I see other post on here on where and how to set the oil pressure but mine is different. What I have saw is loosen a jam nut on the side and adjust the pressre screw. Mine doesn't have that setup. You take a pipe plug out then there is what would appear the adjuster with a spring at the end of it. I don't see if I adjust that, what would hold it in place after adjustment. My concern is I don't appear to have any oil pressure. If I just take that plug out and crank the engine over, I would expect to have oil come right out of that hole, I don't have anything. Kind of the second part of that is how that adjustment works. When I took that ajustmer out with the spring on it. I measured from the face of teh bolt to the end of the spring. It seems that If I screw that adjuster all teh way in, there would still be about 1/8 gap between the end of the spring and what appears as a little flap that is where I assume moves to adjust the bypass. If I reach that little flap with a manget it seems to move a little bit but not exactly how that works. If anyone has a picture of how that assembly works, that would be great. Our manual has the other type of oil adjuster shown. This information is actually for my son that has several antique tractors and still learning a lot of this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much, Bud

Some information about what came previous to no oil pressure would be helpful. Was it a running working tractor with good oil pressure that just dropped to nothing? Or is it a project tractor that was bought in an unknown condition or has the engine just been rebuilt?

 

[matthies]

Have you tried a different gauge? Does yours have a regular sediment bowl or an oil pressure one?

 

[maqbill]

Is the oil pump turning, or is the coupler broken? Water in the bottom of the crankcase could have froze and broke it on startup

 

[hrbburn]

Some added info. This engine was rebuilt and will start and run but seen it does not show oil pressure after a minute or two so shut it down. Pulled the as mentioned different type of pressure adjustment out to see if any oil bypassed. No oil comes out of it at all. Because we are not sure if something is wrong with that bypass we are trying to understand exactly how that works. Based on measurements it doesn't seem when that bypass is put back together, the spring would not even hit the gate. Would like to understand if the spring needs to press that gate in, toward the engine to bypass or if the gate needs to move out toward the outside of the engine to bypass. We have not pulled the covers off to see if anything looks wrong but just trying to make sure we didn't have a gauge issue. Trying to verify we actually don't have oil pressure. Thanks in advance for all you support.

 

[a49deere]

Some added info. This engine was rebuilt and will start and run but seen it does not show oil pressure after a minute or two so shut it down. Pulled the as mentioned different type of pressure adjustment out to see if any oil bypassed. No oil comes out of it at all. Because we are not sure if something is wrong with that bypass we are trying to understand exactly how that works. Based on measurements it doesn't seem when that bypass is put back together, the spring would not even hit the gate. Would like to understand if the spring needs to press that gate in, toward the engine to bypass or if the gate needs to move out toward the outside of the engine to bypass. We have not pulled the covers off to see if anything looks wrong but just trying to make sure we didn't have a gauge issue. Trying to verify we actually don't have oil pressure. Thanks in advance for all you support.

Did you prime the pump after rebuilding engine? Did you install drive coupling? Did you rework oil pump and put too thick of a gasket on the gear surface?

 

[buickanddeere]

I have a JD60 and currently no oil pressue. I see other post on here on where and how to set the oil pressure but mine is different. What I have saw is loosen a jam nut on the side and adjust the pressre screw. Mine doesn't have that setup. You take a pipe plug out then there is what would appear the adjuster with a spring at the end of it. I don't see if I adjust that, what would hold it in place after adjustment. My concern is I don't appear to have any oil pressure. If I just take that plug out and crank the engine over, I would expect to have oil come right out of that hole, I don't have anything. Kind of the second part of that is how that adjustment works. When I took that ajustmer out with the spring on it. I measured from the face of teh bolt to the end of the spring. It seems that If I screw that adjuster all teh way in, there would still be about 1/8 gap between the end of the spring and what appears as a little flap that is where I assume moves to adjust the bypass. If I reach that little flap with a manget it seems to move a little bit but not exactly how that works. If anyone has a picture of how that assembly works, that would be great. Our manual has the other type of oil adjuster shown. This information is actually for my son that has several antique tractors and still learning a lot of this. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks much, Bud

Wondering if the parts manual and service manual have been considered?

 

[hrbburn]

BuickandDeere, So the section 13 engine 15 is the setup we have img 6037. So if we just take that plug out of the side of the tractor I expect oil would run out, and it does not. A friend that has rebuilt a few of these old tractors said he don't think we let it run long enough to build presure. We let it run a minute or two but hate to scare it up with no oil presure. What is your opinion on how long we should let it run? We have tried just cranking it over but the battery don't last long doing that. Back to my original concern, that spring part 7. When I measure the from the front of the adjuster bolt which would bottom out if you screw it all the way in, to bypass strip the length of the spring doesn't seem like it would reach it. Im just trying to understand how that all works. Probably not related to the lack of oil presure but hate not understanding the process. Again, I appreciate your guys knowledge and passing it along. Thanks again, Bud

 

[buickanddeere]

Odds are it is an oops darn with a missed coupler, missed oil line etc . We need to know if the pump gears are there and turning.
For testing , remove the spark plugs to reduce loading the bottom end bearings. And to reduce starter strain .

 

[used red MN]

We have tried just cranking it over but the battery don't last long doing that.

Hook some jumpers to it from a vehicle with a good battery, pull the spark plugs out and whirl her over for a while. That will tell you if it is going to pump oil or not.

 

[matthies]

BuickandDeere, So the section 13 engine 15 is the setup we have img 6037. So if we just take that plug out of the side of the tractor I expect oil would run out, and it does not. A friend that has rebuilt a few of these old tractors said he don't think we let it run long enough to build presure. We let it run a minute or two but hate to scare it up with no oil presure. What is your opinion on how long we should let it run? We have tried just cranking it over but the battery don't last long doing that. Back to my original concern, that spring part 7. When I measure the from the front of the adjuster bolt which would bottom out if you screw it all the way in, to bypass strip the length of the spring doesn't seem like it would reach it. Im just trying to understand how that all works. Probably not related to the lack of oil presure but hate not understanding the process. Again, I appreciate your guys knowledge and passing it along. Thanks again, Bud

Oil will not run out of the plug unless it is WAY over full on oil.

 

[miangus]

I would remove the oil line to the gauge where it connects to the engine, remove plugs, crank over. Hopefully it will spray oil over your nice clean engine. If not, you need to open it up.