Dave Allgire
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I restored, excuse me, rehabbed this tractor in 2006. It's an F-12 with a #90 plow. I had sandblasted all parts, new seals, bearings throughout, block decked, head redone, crank reground, new gaskets, new tires, paint, decals, etc. I installed all new fluids, filters also. When I drained the transmission, it was like tar. OK, so I cleaned it out with diesel fuel. I installed 80-90 SAE gear oil. Today I removed the transmission top cover because of too much gear lash for the belt pulley. Going to take care of that. Surprise, surprise! I now have a light rose colored, maybe light pink, fluid in the rear end. Indicates water right? So how did IH seal the top cover from the factory to keep water out? Put the tractor together and then paint everything? And that was enough to keep water from getting in around the cover bolts? Some of the bolts go all the way through to the interior of the transmission. Do I need to seal these bolts with Permatex or "gasket maker"? Frustrating to say the least. I'm open to ideas, suggestions, etc.