Farmall 560 sediment bowl assembly replacement

dsp · Jun 1, 2020

Hi,

I need to replace the warped and badly leaking sediment bow assembly on the 560 diesel and was wondering if any of you guys have done something similar? It has been warped forever but now it just started leaking like a sieve. There was a mix of 4 different thick and thin cork gaskets above the glass bowl and no matter what I try now it will not seal up at all. It seems like the quickest way is to just put a ball valve on (not sure of thread size) but it is nice having a water separator since often times there is at least some water in mine. I don't care about stock appearance, I just need something that that works effectively and doesn't leak. Any help will be appreciated.

Chris NW Ind · Jun 1, 2020

New assemblies are everywhere. Not sure
what to tell you about quality. Check out
what this site offers. I can say make sure
the gasket is good whenever you pull the
bowl. I work fast so the gasket doesn't
dry out and then it always reseals.
Otherwise you find yourself overtightening
and warping it. Failing that, I keep
plenty of extra gaskets. Threads are 3/8
npt, I believe

P I Pete · Jun 1, 2020

All my tractors have cork gaskets on the sediment bowl, if I take it off I tip the gasket over to get new surface on bowl and never had a leak.

Pete

rustred · Jun 1, 2020

that is a rubber gasket and it get warped from over tightening! the thumb screw needs to be only tightened with your thumb not pliars. plus I have never seen a cork gasket on a diesel tank bowl. been around these tractor all my life. a ball valve is no good and may cause you an injection pump. there is nothing better than a sediment bowl. easy to see, easy to service. and yes I have seen warped ones.

dsp · Jun 1, 2020

(quoted from post at 21:02:55 06/01/20) that is a rubber gasket and it get warped from over tightening! the thumb screw needs to be only tightened with your thumb not pliars. plus I have never seen a cork gasket on a diesel tank bowl. been around these tractor all my life. a ball valve is no good and may cause you an injection pump. there is nothing better than a sediment bowl. easy to see, easy to service. and yes I have seen warped ones.

Have you found any aftermarket ones that are decent quality, because unless I can somehow straighten this one it is currently unusable. You're right about the gaskets, the new ones I got from Case/IH were a thick rubber.

gene bender · Jun 2, 2020

why not get a new one from the dealer most aftermarket ones are not good

rustyfarmall · Jun 2, 2020

(quoted from post at 05:25:34 06/02/20) why not get a new one from the dealer most aftermarket ones are not good

My thoughts exactly. If you want a good one, your friendly local Case-IH dealer is the place to go.

dsp · Jun 2, 2020

The whole assemblies are no longer available from the dealer and they think the housing is still available but shipping estimate is 3-4 weeks. It was a pain butit seems like I was able to get the housing straightened out pretty good. When I rest the glass bowl on the housing there is no side to side wobble and only an almost imperceptible bit of movement front to back. Before there was about a 3/16 inch gap front to back.Hopefully the thick new rubber gasket should be good enough now to seal it up. Only issue now is whatever that sealer/packing material is on the shutoff valve crumbled and fell apart. It was so old and crappy I can't even tell what kind of material it was or how it was originally packed in there. Anybody have any advice on what to use andhow to reseal those things?

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