Randall wrote:
The dynamo (aka generator) on a TRactor motor is mounted to the engine
block partly by a bracket (aka bent piece of steel with holes in it),
that has three bolts that go through it and into the block.
On the TRactor engine there may well be three bolts - on the trACTOR
engine there are just two <smile> with a third going at right angles
into the engine front plate via the governor housing.
>Turns out they not only go into the block, but all the way through
into the crankcase area. Many racers safety wire those bolts, for
just that reason (oil on the track will get you disqualified, possibly
even barred).
Foolhardiness, I suggest? We 'purists in grey' who drive the real
thing have (mostly) entirely oil tight engines - though the same can't
necessarily be said for emissions from our steering drop arms and rear
axle trumpets. We deal with oil leaks by simply ploughing them into
the ground and then obliterate them with 11.28x28 redlines (with water
ballast)!
Jonmac
1950 Ferguson TED20 152318 - Grey/Grey
1970 Triumph 2.5PI MG4305DL(O) - Sienna/Tan
1974 Triumph 2000 ML2294DLO - Mallard/Black
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