Welding an oil pan on a 3-53 diesel

So, what kind of setup did you use for gravity flow?

Belt *AND* suspenders ...

We had the opposite, brown Christmas and white New Year. Went from 55 one day to 2 below the next. Have to have good batteries and motor oil to keep going with that sort of swing. Not unusual for the area, the record temps are over 100 degrees F apart for Jan. Guys can be golfing in shorts one day and need snow shoes the next. I can actually get some short outside projects done in the warm spells, just can't count on it staying that way.

Stan

Those specifications are almost certainly long out of date. I'd run Mobil 1 5W-40TD, or perhaps the Rotella 5W-40 synthetic, both of which are very popular. Any of the new CJ4 spec oils will be "low ash" as a result of DPF requirements.

"Gunner Asch" wrote

Snowed here in SW Utah last night. About 4 inches here at 3700' elev. It has been too cold the previous nights, down in the low teens. Last night was 28. Supposed to warm up this week to near forty.

That means only one thing.

MUD!

Steve

"Steve B" on Mon, 3 Jan 2011 07:28:25

-0800 typed in rec.crafts.metalworking the following:

Yeah. We've had snow on the ground, and the freezing temps it requires, for the last week. But the rains are due back Wednesday. I think I'm going to stay off the roads Wednesday morning - while the rains wash the sand off the ice before the ice melts completely ...

I was suggesting it - can be a gas can with hose connected to the filter and 'oil tight'.

On my saw, it is in line with the fluid pump. The filter is for very fine particles - and the oil based coolant flows through nicely. It pumps up from the bottom of the machine and through the filter then up over the pivot arm into the jointed plastic magnet mounted spray unit.

But you could simply have a dip (into the tray tank) line - siphon up into the filter and the filter drain back into the tray tank (in another place.) Have the pump on the clean side - 'suck' through the filter - so the pump gets clean oil not dirty. Saves the pump. Then it pumps the oil back into the tank.

The leak I had was pin holes in the metal can. I suspect it was to be normally changed out on a x month basis.

I don't use my saw but once or twice a month. When I do, I do a good job of it - lots of cuts. Sometimes only a single pipe or rod.

Mart> >

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Here in Fargo where I'm visiting until tomorrow, it's -11 F, same as yesterday night. Outside the window is a 10-foot-deep drift of snow, the result of relatively little snowfall (15" or so) but lots of wind.

I reused the old oil for now.

These were pretty good engines in their day but they are not as fuel efficient as a current engine. They like to run loaded and at high throttle. Extended idling or low load operation in cold weather will make them slobber lube oil and unburned fuel out to the exhaust system.

Good luck, YMMV