kleinhhl
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Hi all,
First off, this is my first post and first time working on tractors. I have worked on my Ram 2500 diesel truck. :thumbsup:
I just bought a John Deere 1050 with a Woods LC108 loader. It starts right up with no blow-by that I can see... no pressure to speak of from the crankcase breather or from the oil fill cap. It does have a front crank oil seal leak, a slight fuel leak from the injection pump where the fuel lines attach and a rather large leak of gear oil from the front MFWD axle area.
1. The tech manual says to take the entire front end of the tractor off to replace the front oil seal. It looks like I can just remove the hood, battery box and radiator/fan shroud and the radiator support without removing the whole axle assembly? I should then be able to get at the timing cover... fingers crossed.
2. For the gear oil leak out of the MFWD, the differential case breather tube was clogged with mud... I'm thinking mud daubers. There was significant pressure released when I removed the oil fill cap. I think the leak is coming from the area where the front differential drive shaft attaches to the front differential case. There is also a small leak out of the bottom cover of the left final drive housing. So, I think I'll have to replace the seals in those two areas... sigh.
Would post pics but I can't yet...
First off, this is my first post and first time working on tractors. I have worked on my Ram 2500 diesel truck. :thumbsup:
I just bought a John Deere 1050 with a Woods LC108 loader. It starts right up with no blow-by that I can see... no pressure to speak of from the crankcase breather or from the oil fill cap. It does have a front crank oil seal leak, a slight fuel leak from the injection pump where the fuel lines attach and a rather large leak of gear oil from the front MFWD axle area.
1. The tech manual says to take the entire front end of the tractor off to replace the front oil seal. It looks like I can just remove the hood, battery box and radiator/fan shroud and the radiator support without removing the whole axle assembly? I should then be able to get at the timing cover... fingers crossed.
2. For the gear oil leak out of the MFWD, the differential case breather tube was clogged with mud... I'm thinking mud daubers. There was significant pressure released when I removed the oil fill cap. I think the leak is coming from the area where the front differential drive shaft attaches to the front differential case. There is also a small leak out of the bottom cover of the left final drive housing. So, I think I'll have to replace the seals in those two areas... sigh.
Would post pics but I can't yet...