Hi and thank you for your time.
Ford 3600 (unsure the year)
can't find the source of the leak.
the visible apparent leaking spot is out of the front right side of the top of the oil pan which I did have off before the problem started.
Thus the immediate conclusion the gasket to the oil pan was needing replaced. Which i did. 3 times. The first with a gasket maker, then i bought the actual gasket on line (twice) and still the problem continues.
Where it appears the leak is happening at the front right of the oil pan ... just above that is also some oil splatter and my opinion the only other possible source of the leak as gravity would suggest, it can only fall down.
If I hadn't replaced the gasket so many times with such an effort to the detail, I would still think that is where the problem is because that was what i was f-ing with before the problem came to be.
You can't see very well just what is going on above the oil pan in that area so its really hard to tell but i will offer this as a clue which I am thinking somebody will hear it and recognize right off my problem.
When I put oil into the tractor ... the leak happens as the oil is falling down towards the oil pan. I have not only checked but redone the gasket where the oil is initially poured in to: where the gear is at (sorry don't know the correct language/ term to call it).
Now the oil comes out at a faster rate when it is poured into the tractor than when the tractor is running.
If I didn't think it sounded so crazy I would say that it seems like there is hole in the tractor just above the oil pan but below where the gears are visible through the place where you pour the oil into the tractor.
I don't want to have to take all the stuff off that would have to come off .. in order to see the area ... unless I absolutely am forced.
again thanks in advance for your time and knowledge.
Cheers.
Ford 3600 (unsure the year)
can't find the source of the leak.
the visible apparent leaking spot is out of the front right side of the top of the oil pan which I did have off before the problem started.
Thus the immediate conclusion the gasket to the oil pan was needing replaced. Which i did. 3 times. The first with a gasket maker, then i bought the actual gasket on line (twice) and still the problem continues.
Where it appears the leak is happening at the front right of the oil pan ... just above that is also some oil splatter and my opinion the only other possible source of the leak as gravity would suggest, it can only fall down.
If I hadn't replaced the gasket so many times with such an effort to the detail, I would still think that is where the problem is because that was what i was f-ing with before the problem came to be.
You can't see very well just what is going on above the oil pan in that area so its really hard to tell but i will offer this as a clue which I am thinking somebody will hear it and recognize right off my problem.
When I put oil into the tractor ... the leak happens as the oil is falling down towards the oil pan. I have not only checked but redone the gasket where the oil is initially poured in to: where the gear is at (sorry don't know the correct language/ term to call it).
Now the oil comes out at a faster rate when it is poured into the tractor than when the tractor is running.
If I didn't think it sounded so crazy I would say that it seems like there is hole in the tractor just above the oil pan but below where the gears are visible through the place where you pour the oil into the tractor.
I don't want to have to take all the stuff off that would have to come off .. in order to see the area ... unless I absolutely am forced.
again thanks in advance for your time and knowledge.
Cheers.