Gary Fowler
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- Jun 23, 2008
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- Bismarck Arkansas
- Tractor
- 2009 Kubota RTV 900, 2009 Kubota B26 TLB & 2010 model LS P7010
It is obvious that you arent using it enough to keep the proper amount of oil 'sorb (dust) on the tractor. And by the way a 2002 is not OLD, heck it isnt even grown till at least 18 and 5000 hours or so. Most of the old farm tractors were used heavily spring and fall for 2-3 month and likely averaged 12 hours or more per day so it wasnt unusual to put over 1000 hours per year on one for the first 5 years or so, then they were usually replaced and or put out to pasture for a more gentle life. The engines were built to overhaul easily back then and parts were heavily constructed so you rarely saw a broken axle etc like on the CUT tractors today.
Machining of surfaces likely werent at the tolerances of todays equipment and relied on thick cork gaskets to seal. Cork is wood and over time will dry out and no long seal like many of the synthetic rubber type gaskets of today so I would say that all old tractors that havent been rebuilt recently will leak a bit of oil. If it is leaking like an old Harley then you may have to spring for a new gasket along with some mechanic work to install it.
Machining of surfaces likely werent at the tolerances of todays equipment and relied on thick cork gaskets to seal. Cork is wood and over time will dry out and no long seal like many of the synthetic rubber type gaskets of today so I would say that all old tractors that havent been rebuilt recently will leak a bit of oil. If it is leaking like an old Harley then you may have to spring for a new gasket along with some mechanic work to install it.