browns40
Gold Member
Well I was sitting down to have a smoke last weekend, looking at the tractor, when I noticed a funny drip...
About 6 seconds later, another... so I crawled under & looked around and there was oil throughout the front clutch (center piece of traCTOR TO REAR OF OILPAN/ENGINE BACK) housing per the flywheel! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
The dealer said he'd never seen it on a new CUT, but that it should not be too bad of a fix... sad thing is it's almost time for snow now.
Thing is, I just noticed this at 112 hours! Could have happened a day earlier, but I'm pretty meticulous about maintenance...
So here's a question: why the cup would fail at such low hours? Would a poor install hold that long? What could an operator do (beyond over-revving/oil pressure) to cause it--could they?
Boy, it's quiet around here without my diesel... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
hAPPY TRACTORING! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
About 6 seconds later, another... so I crawled under & looked around and there was oil throughout the front clutch (center piece of traCTOR TO REAR OF OILPAN/ENGINE BACK) housing per the flywheel! /forums/images/graemlins/frown.gif
The dealer said he'd never seen it on a new CUT, but that it should not be too bad of a fix... sad thing is it's almost time for snow now.
Thing is, I just noticed this at 112 hours! Could have happened a day earlier, but I'm pretty meticulous about maintenance...
So here's a question: why the cup would fail at such low hours? Would a poor install hold that long? What could an operator do (beyond over-revving/oil pressure) to cause it--could they?
Boy, it's quiet around here without my diesel... /forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif
hAPPY TRACTORING! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif