Sure it's not coming from the breather? If not ......... pull it apart again.......... think how much quicker you will be at it this time......
You can tighten the solonoid better if you put the FNR lever into ...... reverse I think. That way the selector plate is on the stops. Same goes for undoing it - but in fwd.
:shf Pull it apart AGAIN ?!:crying
Well I did not look up top but I suppose it could be leaking from the vent. I don't know if that would be good or bad.
If I take that SOB out again I will jack the thing up so I can sit on my butt vs lay on my back.
I have a bad shoulder with a rotator cuff problem at the moment plus I am laying on a piece of cardboard in the hall of a big barn with no water or power.
It's like a one armed man working in the dark with a flashlight.
Also before I pull it out again I will somehow CLEAN the whole thing so I can tell what parts I am working on more clearly. Especially up top where the vent is..
I've never even seen the vent.
In the beginning I thought the leak may have been coming from the vent because I seen oil running down both sides. This time it's NOT overfilled.
I will try to get the solenoid a bit tighter and watch it closely. Right now I am in no mood to pull this rascal out again. Do I have to drain any/all the oil out again to remove the stem?
Even if I took it out I don't know what to look for. I thought I done a proper job replacing the parts.
Mel I will try the punch idea. If it's normal for oil to get up inside the solenoid then I may just need to get this thing tighter.
Looks like it needs another rubber washer or something around the solenoid threads. Was I suppose to put thread sealant on these coarse threads?
Another thing I noticed was oil coming from around the solenoid wires. This was when I had the thing sitting upright draining the oil from within.
But this leak is NOT from around the wires.
Many thanks again for the help. Hopefully others are learning stuff from reading about my problems.
I got to get me a footswitch ordered to work this solenoid because it's good.
My neutral switch is also good. Closed in neutral, and open in Fwd or Rev. Yet the thing still starts in gear, so I suspect there is a jumper someplace.
The jumper is not down at the connector, so this is something I will find later. I don't know why they put a jumper on unless it was giving some trouble?