Oil Seeping out of Steering Box Housing - 64 4 Cyl 2000

Is it common for a pretty good leak where the steering gear housing attaches to the frame?

No! Need a gasket or maybe just tighten the attaching bolts. That'd be transmission fluid coming out there.

If you don't have a SOS trans, you'd better take another look!

Need some more Bern. By SOS, assume you mean select o speed ? Mine is a simple 5 speed. What am I looking for?

Like exactly where the oil is coming out of. You say that the box is leaking where the "steering housing
attaches to the frame". In my mind, this is where the steering box bolts to the transmission housing. This
can only happen with the SOS trans.

If you don't have the SOS trans, take another look, or clarify your comment, and/or send pics with your next
post of where exactly the leak is.

verify that you actually have a leak at the box to transmission area... the trans area under there should be dry.

Remember a little oil looks like alot of oil.. and oil can run down then puddle.

I'll post a pic this weekend. Basically it is where the "console" that contains the dash and steering wheel attaches to the frame. Dad gave me the tractor. I hauled it 4 hrs on a trailer to get it here. Maybe all that shakin' wore our the old gasket.

wild guess... is the oil bath air filter spashing oil out? the bottom bowl does have about a half quart of oil for the air filter to work.

Or is the gear box a bit over full of 90wt and it leaked a bit where the two steering arms come out


Or does the valve cover or side cover leak and they have run down the engine and appear in that location. wind blowing will push the oil back to that location if your drove very fast.

the area where the steering box attaches is over the bell housing and clutch, and it should have drain hole on the bottom with a cotter pin hanging out of it to keep it from stopping up.. so the bell housing should NEVER be full of fluid or have any fluid it it.

Basically it is where the "console" that contains the dash and steering wheel attaches to the frame.

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Exactly what are you calling the "frame"? Also, you didn't mention whether it has power steering assist or if it manual steering.

Below are the parts drawings for both the manual and power assist steering gears. Please tell us whether it has power steering or not and what part number in the appropriate drawing below is nearest to where it is leaking:

Here is the parts drawing for the manual steering gear:



here is the parts drawing for the power steerign gear:

Here are the pics fellas. Those 5/8's bolts were all tight. Guessing the gaskets just played out. I'm guessing pretty difficult to lift all that up and change the gasket. Notice my custom hood latch. The old hinges had rusted away and these latches pull it down pretty snug - no rattles.

As has already been said by others, that area below the steering column should not have any oil in it. That is the bell housing portion of the transmission case where the clutch and flywheel reside, and there should never be any fluid in there. As has also been said, there should be a hole on the bottom of the bell housing with a large cotter pin in it. The hole is to allow any fluids that do leak into the bell housing to be able to drip out the bottom so that the clutch does not get contaminated. The cotter pin should fit loosely in the hole so that it rattles around when the tractor is running so that it keeps dirt and mud from building up in the hole so that the hole doesn't become clogged. If it really is leaking out at the bottom were you see the oil, then either the front of the transmission or the rear of the engine is leaking into the bell housing and that hole is clogged so that the entire bell housing has filled with fluid to where it is leaking out the top, or possible the hydraulic pressure tube is leaking into there.

It looks like yours may actually be leaking around the sector shaft, up above where you think it is leaking. The sector shaft is the shaft that has the steering arm connected to it with that large nut. I would use a good degreaser and clean the area up and keep an eye on it to see where the oil is coming from. A good trick, once the area is clean and dry, is to dust it with baby powder, as the powder should turn dark and clump at the first signs of oil so it will be easier to spot where it is coming from.

Thanks Sean, we will get it sorted.