Soundguy
Old Timer
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- Mar 11, 2002
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- Central florida
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- RK 55HC,ym1700, NH7610S, Ford 8N, 2N, NAA, 660, 850 x2, 541, 950, 941D, 951, 2000, 3000, 4000, 4600, 5000, 740, IH 'C' 'H', CUB, John Deere 'B', allis 'G', case VAC
I hope you realize thatt he oil filter is a partial flow system.. and is LAST in line after everything else gets oil.... what you did.. really didn't do much.. my guess si the pump finally self primed on it's own.. and it just happened to do it after filling the oil canister that is past everything in the system anyway..
good luck.
unless it does it again.. i wouldn't worry about it.
soundguy
good luck.
unless it does it again.. i wouldn't worry about it.
soundguy
Update...
I pulled the top off the filter canister, pulled out the filter and poured oil in the canister all the way to the top. I let the oil flow itself into the lower line until the level in the canister was 1 inch below where I originally filled it. (20 minutes) I put the cover back on the canister without the filter and fired up the tractor. As soon as I started cranking the engine I had 30 PSI of pressure. The tractor settled into idle and I was showing 40 psi pressure.
Should I look at replacing the oil pump gears in the near future?
BTW I do have small oil droplets in the antifreeze so a replacement block may be in my future. Hmmm maybe it is time for a flat head Ford V-8
Speedy