Loren in Iowa
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It's seems that I've been trying to invent something that has been around for about ninety years. The belt pulley on our 1925 McCormick Deering 15-30 has leaked grease, ever since we restored it, about 13 years ago. It was equipped with a grooved slinger. Years ago, we put some metric o-ring cord, in the grooves, and it seemed to slow the leak, for a while. Took it back apart the other day, and started trying to figure out how to machine a pocket into the slinger, to accept a seal of some kind, possibly a felt seal. After several days of head scratching, I grabbed the parts book, and after some cyphering, we figured out that McCornick Deering solved this problem, in 1926. Apparently they had complaints about the leaking slinger, and changed over to a new casting that accepts a seal! Now the search is on to find that "new" 1926 part, that fits the rest of the 15-30s, until the 22-36 came out. Several of the retailers are offering the seal, once we find the new casting. I posted an ad on this site, and would hope that one will turn up. Just shows that you never stop learning new (old) things,
