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65 Ford 3000 leaking oil

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I was bush hogging some brush yesterday and went over a hump with the bush hog too low and about stalled the engine when the bush hog dug in. Now I am leaking oil pretty bad and it looks like it is coming from the rear main seal (oil dripping from the cotter pin hole and face plate by oil pan). Any thoughts on if the oil could be coming from somewhere else? Is it realistic that the rear main seal would be damaged from this?
Thanks
 
(quoted from post at 11:54:41 05/16/16) I was bush hogging some brush yesterday and went over a hump with the bush hog too low and about stalled the engine when the bush hog dug in. Now I am leaking oil pretty bad and it looks like it is coming from the rear main seal (oil dripping from the cotter pin hole and face plate by oil pan). Any thoughts on if the oil could be coming from somewhere else? Is it realistic that the rear main seal would be damaged from this?
Thanks
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Choking the engine out wont cause the rear main to leak.
Transmission input shaft seal can also leak oil in to the clutch housing.
Check to see if it's engine oil or trans hydraulic oil.
 
thanks for the response. Definitely engine oil. Tractor still starts and runs great- I just have to add almost a quart of oil for every half hour of operation now.
 

With it being engine oil there's only three places it can from and get it the clutch housing.
Rear main seal, most likely spot but not sure why it let go all at once.
Rear main seal retaining plate, a small gasket that might let oil weep out but not a major leaker.
Rear cam gear cover, they don't normally pop out but if it does it will pour oil out from the rear cam bearing.
There are a couple of oil galley plugs in the back of the block but I've never seen one come loose.

Any of these will require separating the engine from the transmission and removing the clutch and flywheel, the block plate will also have to be removed to check the cam gear cover.
 
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