namyessam
Gold Member
Everything had been going well with the tractor until the 22nd of Dec - got home from work and needed to blow snow. Had the tractor plugged in while I was out, so started and went in to see wifey and son and get changed. Came out to find a puddle of oil under the tractor which was pouring out of the filter assembly at the top. I tightened the bolt as a first fix, and added oil and it seemed to stop leaking. I watched it as I blew snow and twice more it started leaking (not as badly though). I did decide that I was going to convert to a screw-on filter though - I got the parts at the local dealer and the conversion went smoothly. When I removed the old filter cartridge and assembly I saw this:
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Very evident what the problem was - the gasket had swollen in three places and was very hard. Has anyone else ever seen this happen? The filter (along with gaskets) had only been changed in the summer so age shouldn't have been an issue. Anyway, I've now eliminated that with the spin-on!
Also got lights working over the holidays!
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Didn't recognize the filter and looked back in the thread to find you had a perkins diesel. I have a continental. Are you running any oil additive that the probable buna o-ring did not like, otherwise I have no idea what would cause the deformation. Great looking lights. I like the combination of the front grill and flat fender lights. It looks like you have the rear work light fixed also. I bet that makes working at night a whole lot easier.
namyessam