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49WF 
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019 at 4:01pm |
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I put in a new ring gear,clutch, crank seal and rebuilt the oil pump. Assembled and ran, getting drips of oil out of bell housing. Tough to see in bellhousing. Appeared to be crank seal, new seal was felt. I ordered a cork seal and split again. My crank seal is dry, wick on crank is wet. Does anyone offer a new wick or can I eliminate the wick. Pilot bushing is not wet, it is new also.
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49WF
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019 at 4:15pm |
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I just thought about my comment on eliminating wick, didn't think that one through. How much is to much oil, it is already making a mess in bellhousing.
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CTuckerNWIL
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019 at 5:25pm |
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Plug the crankshaft hole and use a sealed bearing if you don't want a bit of drip, every once in awhile. My WC is plugged with a sealed bearing.
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019 at 5:37pm |
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Maybe Dick L would know the sealed bearing info for the B & C?
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019 at 5:48pm |
 CTuckerNWIL wrote:
Plug the crankshaft hole and use a sealed bearing if you don't want a bit of drip, every once in awhile. My WC is plugged with a sealed bearing.
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Charlie has it: Although it more than that simple. The C tractor only uses a pilot bushing which a dab of grease will last a long time. Plug the crank hole. Put a speediSleeve on the spiral groves on the crank. Use a seal housing and seal from the D10/12/14/15 tractors
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019 at 5:57pm |
It's been a while, but I may have had to bore the flywheel for that bearing, since it just had a bushing in it too. 
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019 at 6:06pm |
chaskaduo wrote:
Maybe Dick L would know the sealed bearing info for the B & C? |
The flywheel would have to be sent to a machine shop to bore it out for a sealed bearing. Not worth the effort. Those bushings will outlast the person now driving the tractor with the wick hole plugged.
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49WF
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019 at 7:13pm |
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Is the wick hole pressurized? 1/8 pipe plug is to small. Called around for a pound in plug, no luck. If is not pressurized I might put in epoxy
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019 at 7:54pm |
If you want to plug the hole, just insert a tapered cork after pulling the wick out.
Edited by littlemarv - 13 Apr 2019 at 7:54pm
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019 at 9:00pm |
Dick L wrote:
The flywheel would have to be sent to a machine shop to bore it out for a sealed bearing. Not worth the effort. Those bushings will outlast the person now driving the tractor with the wick hole plugged. |
I drove to a machine shop every work for day and ran a lathe of some sorts most of the time. It didn't cost me anything, but a few minutes of my time after hours 
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019 at 9:14pm |
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I put in a cork with a little Indian Head gasket shellack on my B and WC. If you want to replace the bronze pilot bushing and your closer to a case IH dealer it's the same as a Farmall C I believe. I'm 15 min from IH dealer and hour from an Agco dealer.
Edited by oldways - 13 Apr 2019 at 9:15pm
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Posted: 13 Apr 2019 at 9:54pm |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2019 at 11:18am |
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Posted: 14 Apr 2019 at 11:30am |
Nice setup, I would live in there. 
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Posted: 24 Sep 2023 at 6:32am |
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The wick is there to lubricate the pilot bushing. It is supposed to leak oil on it. Old school technology. They quit doing this many years ago, and now lubricate with grease. Probably not as effective but less of a mess.
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