A.lewski85
New User
Ok so Ive been in the process of rebuilding my '39 B and I have gotten to the point where everything on the engine is coming together well until I started thinking about the front cover and lubrication for the gears/gov assembly. This particular tractor sat out in the elements for 25+ years with no covers on the exhaust manifold. Needless to say water got in there, froze and blew out the #3 cylinder sleeve, and the block was cracked. So I have done a full rebuild on it and the cam, crank, and cylinders are good to go. Point being the cam gear that cam off the old engine had four little oil holes between the teeth Im assuming to lube the gears and slosh around up in the gov housing. Also that gov housing didn't come with the tiny oil link attached to the top of said housing. THIS is where my curiosity is....if the cam gear I installed doesn't have those little holes can I have a machinist drill them out and be ok?? Or do I find a different gov housing with the later style oil tube?? In any case since it came without the oil tube anyway, how did the gov thrust bearing and bushing for that shaft get lubricated? Please if anyone knows this info would be very helpful. Attached is a pic of what the original gov housing looks like. Thanks!!
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