Hi all, fairly new here, I posted awhile back on getting my 44 A running. Finally got it started this afternoon! It hadn't run in 15-20 years, been working on it since June. Little time here and there between work and young kids finally got it to fire up.
Anyways...on to the question that I have...I installed a new oil pressure gauge JD pn AF-2752-R as per what was subbed out for parts. I worked with a very knowledgeable parts guy (brought out the paper copy of the A parts manual) and we settled on this gauge. Upon start up, the needle is between the 0 pressure and Low. Can anyone tell me what pressure L, M ,H actually are set to on this gauge? If this is not the correct part, please let me know so that I can get the correct one in. If it's correct, I need to adjust my oil pressure. I do understand that putting an actual gauge with numbers on it will tell me what I have but I am having trouble finding one that has low enough readings to be accurate. I am assuming that screwing the bolt in is higher pressure? Approximately how many psi per turn? I currently have 15-40W in the engine. I did extensively flush the crank case, removed and cleaned the oil pump, new filter, etc so should be like new in there. I am planning to run it a little bit and drop all fluids and refill anyways just to get it cleaned out.
Thanks in advance for any help.
This post was edited by JoeR83 on 11/05/2023 at 03:51 pm.
Anyways...on to the question that I have...I installed a new oil pressure gauge JD pn AF-2752-R as per what was subbed out for parts. I worked with a very knowledgeable parts guy (brought out the paper copy of the A parts manual) and we settled on this gauge. Upon start up, the needle is between the 0 pressure and Low. Can anyone tell me what pressure L, M ,H actually are set to on this gauge? If this is not the correct part, please let me know so that I can get the correct one in. If it's correct, I need to adjust my oil pressure. I do understand that putting an actual gauge with numbers on it will tell me what I have but I am having trouble finding one that has low enough readings to be accurate. I am assuming that screwing the bolt in is higher pressure? Approximately how many psi per turn? I currently have 15-40W in the engine. I did extensively flush the crank case, removed and cleaned the oil pump, new filter, etc so should be like new in there. I am planning to run it a little bit and drop all fluids and refill anyways just to get it cleaned out.
Thanks in advance for any help.
This post was edited by JoeR83 on 11/05/2023 at 03:51 pm.
