U302 on the 4th.

ejb17

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Happy Fourth of July to all of us in this Great U.S.A. Finished up all the things the U302 needed during the "lockdown". As I was going through all the small repairs , fixing leaks, putting in a thermostat, fixing all the gauges, etc... I found out that it would not hold oil pressure when warm and working. Well I pulled the rod bearings and found those to be correct, .010 undersize. Pulled the center main and got a surprise. Found that standard size mains were installed on the crank that measured to be needing .010. So I used plastigage on the mains to double check and upon torqueing the caps it didn't even touch the plastigage. I could actually see light using a flashlight between the crank journal and bearing. Long story short, got .010 mains in and all is good again. Put a new wiring harness in and rebuilt the Elwood transfer case. Elwood stamped some numbers in the transfer case and am wondering if anyone would know what those numbers mean?
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Very nice U302. My step dad has a '65 M670 that he and I restored in 2014. Minneapolis Moline definitely built a solid tractor. Thanks for the picture. Happy 4th of July!
 
I had that happen also, the place that ground the crank, is where he got the bearings from, the parts man gave the parts chaser standard bearings, when the mechanic put them he didnt look, which was careless of him, put em in, it had oil pressure when it was cold! And i mowed with it like that till the pressure went down,let it cool, and on and on.
 

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