Dexta Service

[dewaltdisney]

I am going to do a basic service and I am following a pictorial guide in an old Tractor and Machinery magazine. The process shows the removal of the sump cleaner gauze. My concerns are that if I remove the plate I will need a new gasket and I cannot seem to see any available at the usual places. Can I use a liquid paste type sealer??

Is this removal essential???

Thanks

DWD

[Jos Cuypers]

Took of several times the strainer (sump cleaner gauze) and never used a new gasket....
(and it is not leaking!)

advantage is that when you remove the strainer, you can wipe out all slodge at the bottom of the sump.
(having that black oil dripping down on your arm, finding slowly his way to your elbow, and as you are down on your back on the floor, it will slowly flow further towards your arm-pit ... eeeh When it is getting very close to there, you want to jump up but the footplate is just above your head, you just forget that as it is getting very urgent now, so with a big bang you hit that nice footplate full of mudd, knocking you back down where the oil is on the floor, and where does your head ends ... right... just in the middle of old black oil, so you grab the first thing you can get to come out underneath the tractor, grabbing the hot pipe of the underswept outlet as you just ran the tractor to get the oil as hot as possible to get all oil out of the engine.... let me spare you the rest of the story ...)

Ps : If you are using modern oils, no need to remove.

[dewaltdisney]

Brilliant Jos, described to a tee

I think that my tractor has had modern oil so I will leave it this time. I have just been messing around getting the air cleaner off to give that a good clean. A bit of sludge and black oil in there so I will give it a good wash through and a blow dry with compressed air.

It is times like this I realise I am very inept at this

Thanks for the help

DWD

[Mervyn Spencer]

Well said Jos, I think that was classic, really tickled my sense of humour. Haven't had a good laugh like that for a while.

Regards
Mervyn

[Mark]

Jos,
You are so spot on with that description!! That black oil don't come off to good either, specially when it's up in your arm pits, and it's not a good deodorant either.

[Brian]

Something else to remember. Used engine oil is carcinogenic! Bet you cannot guess where the most common site for skin cancer caused by waste oil is. Think of going for a quick pee. Always the need strikes when you have just got oil all over your hands!

I had to do a training course yesterday for a mixed group of young Australians and New Zealanders who had come over to work on British Farms for the harvest. That information is part of the course. It usually causes snigger's among the young ladies and a mass crossing of legs by the gentlemen.

[Wee59dexta]

Found this very interesting. I've just been reading about this on the workshop manual.
Is this a big job? I asked my dad today has this ever been done and he said he is certain it has never been done in his 30 years of knowing our tractor. I take it this is a must do job........?

Our tractor has always ran on the oil my dad could 'borrow' from the army, so what ever the landrovers ran on, so too did our dexta.

Would you recommend this gauze be cleaned and hpw do you go about it and what would you clean it with?

thanks again

[GERRY]

liked the story well decribed, just after changing oil an filter an cleaning screen on my dexta
before comming on the computer, iclean out screen with parrifin although petrol or i suppose
diesel will also ,i do mine every year an have never used a new gasket. jut be careful and dont over
tighten it shoud be alright , Gerry