Posted by George Marsh on November 12, 2013 at 13:32:30 from (50.121.112.194):
I mowed leafs for about an hour, then backed farmall C in to pole barn. Noticed every 2 ft a large drop of oil. Then I noticed the front wheel had run over the oil too. Come to find out the 0-ring like gasket on the OEM oil filter was leaking. I tightened oil filter bolt. The filter has about 50 hours. I lost about a pint of oil in an hour. Got to thinking, if this old girl had been working in the field for 8 hours, it would have cost an engine.
Not to worry, my 1950 C only spends an hour or two in the yard mowing. Still the same, it's a little scary thinking just how fast this happened and how much oil leaked out.
My pole barn floor may not be the cleanest, but oil spots stand out. Good think I have a concrete floor. Oil drops may not have shown up as well on a dirt floor.
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