Super H

[jd36a]

Have a friend looking at a Super H for a purchase. It has a small leak of what he assumes to be gear oil coming from the lever that activates the belt pulley. How involved is the fix for this
issue. Thanks

 

[DeltaRed]

All that is is splash. no biggie. Let it seep. If the mess bothers,was probably originally a rawhide seal.Or could a felt seal(most likely). Tear it apart and see.You can get a 'rubber' seal at napa. Take the old with you as a sample.

 

[Janicholson]

A stop gap cure (if it isn't used much) would be to take teflon tape and twist it into a string and wrap it under the lever about 4 or 5 turns. then use nylon garden string to tie a millers knot on top of that to put pressure on the teflon. Trim the ends and drive. Jim

 

[DR. EVIL]

I just checked my parts book, TC-49, and there's no seal of any kind on the belt pulley shifter rod, not an O-ring, felt, lip seal, nothing! Just a close tolerance long bored hole with a close tolerance long shaft through it.

I'd check the oil level in the transmission/rear end, square headed pipe plug just ahead of clutch pedal, and the oil viscosity. Oil level should be even with or just above bottom of threads of pipe plug. Should be 90 weight, not Hy-Tran, not 140w.

I can't remember either tractor I have ever leaking from that location and I was primary operator on the Super H from '68 to present, and been around the '51 M from about '57-'59 to present. Both belt pulley gearboxes were removed and replaced with plates decades ago. Both gearboxes are safely stored out of the weather. They were just in the way on the tractors.