Oil Pressure Dont know if I have any

(quoted from post at 11:35:57 06/19/14) I purchased this 50 8N and the guy started it it ran etc etc.
Me being the new guy to tractors and all excited did not check the pressure gauge.
So after a few weeks of just getting it to start regularly I know have gotten to no oil pressure.
Is there a way to check if it is working or exactly what do I need to do?
Now I have noticed when turning over I hear a metalic noise....Pls say it is not bearings or something.

Should have made nickname takentocleaners :roll:

Thanks all

Also a big Hello to all

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(quoted from post at 08:35:57 06/19/14) I purchased this 50 8N and the guy started it it ran etc etc.
Me being the new guy to tractors and all excited did not check the pressure gauge.

Hello,

Cheer up, maybe it's not all that bad.
If you didn't see blue, black or white smoke when starting or running, then you may still have a good enough working motor.

Get another good working oil pressure guage and do a test -- yours may be bad. Lets hope he didn't run it for a long time with super low pressure. Could be the oil pump itself is the culprit.

Noise when turning over is probably starter related so take the starter off and have a look for wear and examine the flywheel ring gear. Don't short out your battery cable when you disconnect the starter.

If everything checks out and the oil pressure is still too low then change the oil and put 20W50 in it -- unless you feel like rebuilding -- and that will increase your pressure and extend the life of old bearings with clearance so excessive that oil pressure is being lost.

Cheers,
Terry

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(quoted from post at 23:04:06 06/19/14)
Takeout the 15/16 plug on top of the timing? cover and fill with oil until it just runs out of the hole. Reinstall plug and see if that solves your problem.
This quick fix worked for me. I went from zero pressure on the guage to almost top of the green!

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(quoted from post at 21:51:06 06/20/14) Hi,

Are you wondering where the timing cover is?
If so, it is on the very front of the engine. The crankshaft end comes out to the crankshaft pulley (that drives your fan belt) through a seal in the timing cover. The timing cover covers the big timing gear on the end of the camshaft and a small gear on the crankshaft that drives that camshaft gear.

The piston strokes have to be coordinated with the actions of the valves driven by the camshaft; and so, the teeth of the crankshaft gear and the camshaft gear or sprocket have to be aligned tooth for tooth on assembly or the piston and valve movements won't be "timed". --hence, "timing cover".



According to the quick fix suggested above, there is a 15/16" plug on top of your timing cover that you can remove so as to fill the cover with oil -- completely full till it runs out, then put the plug back in as quickly as you can and start it up.

I guess the word "timing" got you thinking about the distributor where you time the spark.

Cheers,
Terry

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