Anonymous-0
Well-known Member
Hi All,
Once again this will be a long post to give you as much info as I can.
1) bought 41 9N with bad ring gear last year, fixed the ring gear, did the pilot bearing, the input shaft seal, throwout bearing and clutch. She cranks fine now.
2) Had trouble starting her after the split, would only run on full choke. On advice of the board, rebuilt the carb. She starts now, runs pretty good with no choke (thanks all).
4) Changed the oil awhile ago when I did the plugs and wires, went with 20W50 (Castrol GTX) cause I"m in Northern NJ and that"s what I had a case of. Before I got her started, she sat for weeks without any oil leak under the engine.
5) After I had her running last weekend for about 15 minutes I"ve got a little oil slick under the engine about 3 inches wide and a foot or so long. It stretches from the oil drain plug to the cotter pin. Now I"ve had a big fluid leak in the back due to the infamous hitch pins... that"s my next job, but this one is new and seems like engine oil.
So, my questions are:
a) Should I be concerned? Is this just some blow out from the old engine running once again and draining the way it should?
b) I need to put a new gasket on the oil drain plug, will probably replace the whole plug and screen assembly since it looked pretty crappy. That should stop the front end part of this oil slick, since I"ll have to drain her for that should I continue with 20W50? We get down to the "teens in the winter and into the 90s in the summer around here. I want to use her all year round but she will not be put into hard service (no bush hogging or heavy plowing). I doubt I"ll ever run her for more then an hour at a time.
c) I know the purpose of the cotter pin and the possible reasons for oil to leak from there. This is not a gush or a stream, I didn"t even see a drop hanging. I"d rather not split her again, but I don"t want to foul up my brand new clutch or even worse have to rebuild the engine! Do you think the tuna can trick is all I need? Hope so!
Thanks again for your help,
Steve
Once again this will be a long post to give you as much info as I can.
1) bought 41 9N with bad ring gear last year, fixed the ring gear, did the pilot bearing, the input shaft seal, throwout bearing and clutch. She cranks fine now.
2) Had trouble starting her after the split, would only run on full choke. On advice of the board, rebuilt the carb. She starts now, runs pretty good with no choke (thanks all).
4) Changed the oil awhile ago when I did the plugs and wires, went with 20W50 (Castrol GTX) cause I"m in Northern NJ and that"s what I had a case of. Before I got her started, she sat for weeks without any oil leak under the engine.
5) After I had her running last weekend for about 15 minutes I"ve got a little oil slick under the engine about 3 inches wide and a foot or so long. It stretches from the oil drain plug to the cotter pin. Now I"ve had a big fluid leak in the back due to the infamous hitch pins... that"s my next job, but this one is new and seems like engine oil.
So, my questions are:
a) Should I be concerned? Is this just some blow out from the old engine running once again and draining the way it should?
b) I need to put a new gasket on the oil drain plug, will probably replace the whole plug and screen assembly since it looked pretty crappy. That should stop the front end part of this oil slick, since I"ll have to drain her for that should I continue with 20W50? We get down to the "teens in the winter and into the 90s in the summer around here. I want to use her all year round but she will not be put into hard service (no bush hogging or heavy plowing). I doubt I"ll ever run her for more then an hour at a time.
c) I know the purpose of the cotter pin and the possible reasons for oil to leak from there. This is not a gush or a stream, I didn"t even see a drop hanging. I"d rather not split her again, but I don"t want to foul up my brand new clutch or even worse have to rebuild the engine! Do you think the tuna can trick is all I need? Hope so!
Thanks again for your help,
Steve
