Posted by MaxDamage on January 16, 2015 at 15:32:23 from (208.53.248.253):
Some may recall I have an IH560 with the famous moisture in the hydraulic oil problem. Simple enough to fix, if it's bad I'll boil the water out of the oil otherwise I just change the filter and away I go. Three full oil changes so far, it's getting better. Just a little aggravating.
With the oil topped off, removing the filter cover only lets out maybe a half-gallon of oil. That seems strange. If it's gravity-fed it should empty the sump. Is it suction-fed? If it's suction-fed, that would explain a filter full of ice (which floats in the sump). So the pickup tube should be near the top of the transmission case, and oil flow is suction on that tube, through the filter, through the feed tube to the pump, then pressure through the rest of the system and finally returned to the sump?
I had an idea to block that pickup tube, then bore and thread a hole into the transmission case from inside the filter housing. That would allow oil in from towards the bottom of the sump, which should remain nearly ice-free in the winter.
Wouldn't be the first time I've had a silly idea while fixing a tractor. Am I at least correct on the oil flow path?
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