1955 oil pressure

counterclockwise · Dec 10, 2013

Posting this question for my brother. He has a 1955 that is slow to build oil pressure on start up. Has good oil pressure otherwise. The filter is empty when he removes it (after running the tractor the day before). Should it be empty? He thinks it has to fill the filter before it builds pressure when he starts it up. It has acted this way for the few years he has owned he tractor so it is not just a cold weather problem.

J.Wondergem · Dec 10, 2013

Does that filter suppose to have a check valve?

Don-Wi · Dec 11, 2013

Being a sock filter they don't have an anti-drain back valve. I put on a spin on conversion on our 1855 but it'll still drain out in short order, so even the anti-drainback really doesn't do anything. If the 18 sits for a while, I'll just spin the filter off, fill it with new engine oil and put it on quick, just to avoid such a long dry start after sitting all winter.

Nothing else a guy can do, unless he relocates the filter so they hang instead of standing on the filter base.

Donovan from Wisconsin

bison · Dec 11, 2013

There's only a small 1/16 ID x 3 ' long tube going to the gauge so it usually takes a while to get that thick cold oil moving.
Put a gauge in the block and it builds pressure pretty fast.

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