alberta dave
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While getting one of my 1850’s ready to drive to the tire shop I went to check fluids and found the transmission gear case full of emulsion again. I had flushed and drained the gear case a couple of times before haying and replaced all the fluid. It was still good early in September the last time I pulled the level plug but I was sad to see how emulsified the gear oil is now. As I replaced the transmission shifter boot in the summer I am left to conclude that the gasket at the top of the gear case is bad and rain and snow melt have trickled in to gear oil. Cant see anywhere else it can get in. I was thinking instead of ordering and waiting 10 days for a new gasket kit to come in I would use a tube of the gear case caulking I used on my trucks rear differential last summer. It’s not cheap at $40 bucks for a small tube but might be a better product. My only concern is what will this do to meshing of the hydraulic pump drive gear. Is the stock gear case garlock gasket important to the clearance on the hydraulic pump drive gear?