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HELP !!NO OIL PRESSURE IN A 1948 CUB

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HELP !!NO OIL PRESSURE IN A 1948 CUB

Postby ridgeroadrunner » Thu May 09, 2013 8:10 pm

Tractor Has been restored Parked it about a year ago was running fine at the time . I cleaned out the fuel tank , carburetor put a new battery in it started it up but the oil pressure gauge says no oil pressure. un screwed oil pressure gauge and no oil came out of when I started it again , but the oil pan is full What could be wrong ????

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Re: HELP !!NO OIL PRESSURE IN A 1948 CUB

Postby Jim Becker » Thu May 09, 2013 8:26 pm

Your oil pump has lost its prime. Check this thread for procedure/discussion of that problem.
http://www.farmallcub.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=77204

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Re: HELP !!NO OIL PRESSURE IN A 1948 CUB

Postby Chris D » Thu May 09, 2013 8:45 pm

I still wonder why this happens to some cubs. I have had a dozen or so running cubs. Some bought that had been sitting for a few years to the most of one sitting 12 years. Do the basics, clean carb, new plug, points, ect and all have started up and had oil pressure. I just wonder why some will lose the prime?

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Re: HELP !!NO OIL PRESSURE IN A 1948 CUB

Postby Rudi » Thu May 09, 2013 9:41 pm

Ditto to what Jim said. There are lots of resources available to our members, suggest you follow the links below:

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Re: HELP !!NO OIL PRESSURE IN A 1948 CUB

Postby gusbratz » Thu May 09, 2013 10:50 pm

double check your level, my dipstick is bent like a leaf spring and reads wrong if poked in upside down. it will show level when there is only a trace of oil in my cub and can be misleading.

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Re: HELP !!NO OIL PRESSURE IN A 1948 CUB

Postby bythepond88 » Fri May 10, 2013 11:48 am

Chris D wrote:I still wonder why this happens to some cubs.


I suspect that this will forever remain a mystery, like the two holes in the floor plate. When I rebuilt my engine, I didn't know enough to prime the pump, but I got oil pressure anyway. Then, for some unknown reason, my cub lost prime two weeks running last summer (I was using her at least once a week to mow). However, I haven't had a problem since, even during the winter, when she may go a month or more between snowstorms. Go figure.
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Re: HELP !!NO OIL PRESSURE IN A 1948 CUB

Postby ridgeroadrunner » Fri May 10, 2013 8:46 pm

Thank you Jim Becker I did what you said and it started right up . And thanks to everyone else for all the comments they helped alot .

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Re: HELP !!NO OIL PRESSURE IN A 1948 CUB

Postby Scrivet » Sun May 12, 2013 9:18 am

Welcome from another show me resident. You're only a couple hours drive from Cuba-rama in September and even closer to a few minifests. Glad the oil pressure issue got resolved, do keep an eye on the oil pressure gauge EVERY time you start it.

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Re: HELP !!NO OIL PRESSURE IN A 1948 CUB

Postby Eugene » Sun May 12, 2013 10:29 am

A Cub fest will be held in California, Missouri, May 18, 2013. You are about 1 hours drive from California, Mo.

Very knowledgeable Cub folks will be there. Link to the Cub fest follows.

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Re: HELP !!NO OIL PRESSURE IN A 1948 CUB

Postby LindafromMN » Tue Jul 23, 2013 7:44 pm

I had my '48 Cub sitting for a couple of years. When I started it this year, it was really knocking and pressure gauge was not registering pressure. I double checked with another gauge and found zero pressure. I had changed the oil and filter already. I started checking this site for answers and found this thread. I just am posting here to thank you for being so helpful to us folk. I have a repair manual...but it didn't tell me about priming. I found the priming plug, removed the oil lines from in front of it so that I could get the plug out without wrecking it. Primed up the pump and started it up and within 15 seconds had 30 psi. You folks really saved me. :worthy:

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Re: HELP !!NO OIL PRESSURE IN A 1948 CUB

Postby Rudi » Tue Jul 23, 2013 8:31 pm

G'day to you and glad you were able to solve your issues through a little research on the forums. I guess you already have a good idea of the resources we have available to our members. There are more .. suggest following the links below :

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