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leaking touch control??

Postby frankmarks » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:03 am

Hello People,

I have recently purchased a 1952 Cub and i think I have a leak in my touch control unit i think its leaking into my engine oil. I have filled the unit up to the fill point but after a while i have to add more Hytran to the unit and my motor oil has taken on a milky color. If I do have a leak were would it be coming from and is it a fairly easy fix. This is my first tractor and Im new tho this so any help is great...

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Re: leaking touch control??

Postby John *.?-!.* cub owner » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:14 am

That is a common problem. the seal or O-ring on the shaft of the pump lets it leak into the front of the crankcase. There are a couple of videos in the How to section on fixing it.
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Re: leaking touch control??

Postby thiggy » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:17 am

From your description, it sounds pretty certainly that your hydraulic pump is leaking. When it leaks, the fluid ends up in the crankcase with your engine oil. I would say that an overhaul of the pump is needed.
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Re: leaking touch control??

Postby thiggy » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:19 am

Oops, you beat me to it, John
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Re: leaking touch control??

Postby frankmarks » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:27 am

is a rebuild kit easy to find??

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Re: leaking touch control??

Postby thiggy » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:34 am

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Re: leaking touch control??

Postby frankmarks » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:42 am

thanks for the help when i order the kit which bone do i get?

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Re: leaking touch control??

Postby thiggy » Thu Jan 24, 2013 11:55 am

Assuming that the leakage is at the shaft seal, then you would need to replace the O ring. Stock# HY396
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drive shaft o-ring
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Re: leaking touch control??

Postby Mike in Louisiana » Thu Jan 24, 2013 2:00 pm

I think he has another problem also. He said his oil was milkey also.
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Re: leaking touch control??

Postby thiggy » Thu Jan 24, 2013 6:46 pm

If the milky did not appear till he started losing TC fluid and gaining crankcase level, might it be contamination in the TC unit? I know when I changed my TC fluid for the first time after sitting up for over 25 years,(the tractor, not me) I drained out some curious jelly-like substance along with the fluid. Maybe this could cause the oil to appear milky.
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Re: leaking touch control??

Postby John *.?-!.* cub owner » Thu Jan 24, 2013 10:12 pm

frankmarks wrote:thanks for the help when i order the kit which bone do i get?
HY288 is the one for the pump. some of the earlier ones had a seal rather than an o-ring., but a 52 probably has the o-ring
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