OK, so while out and about in town just now I stopped by a mechanic's shop and spoke with an old timer. He knew what I was talking about (yes, the illustration someone posted here -- the oil sump). He said "where'd you get this tractor." I said my dad. "No, what state?" "Texas," I said. "And they have, what, 50, 60, 70, 80 percent humidity there, while here in Arizona we have 10 to 20 percent most of the time," he said. "Some old boy way back when drilled that hole in the sump to drain the condensation from it." "What about the oil?" I said, telling him it's leaking because after I dumped the oil-gas mix from the sump, I cleaned out about a half-inch of gunk -- the hole is now clean too. "Since it's so dry here (Arizona), just clean it and leave it empty -- if you're going to store the tractor inside; if you store it out in the elements, fill the hole with JB weld and fill the sump with oil." DOES ALL OF THIS SOUND RIGHT?
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