TheOldHokie
Well-known Member
- Location
- Myersville, MD
This oil pump showed up in the mail yesterday. I was supposed to install a new gear and bushing in it but as soon as I took it out of the box I saw this scoring in the main bearing housing. It appears the engine had spun the main bearing and wallowed the housing out substantially. The other thing I noticed is there is no part number stamped on the housing. I don't normally pay any attention to that but I thought the housings all had the Ford part number stamped on them. The only pumps I had handy to look at are all the later ones with 3/4" gears and they all had part numbers on them. This one is the earlier version with 9/16 inch gears. The absence of a part number led me to suspect the cap was an aftermarket replacement. I asked the guy that sent it to me but he said he just bought the tractor and has no idea what may have been done to it. So just to satisfy my curiosity has anyone ever seen a factory front main cap that did not have the part number on it?
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