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01-13-2023, 01:16 AM
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My Hydro Seal Saga
Earlier in the winter I figured I should split the 149 to replace the cork gasket and fix up the trunnion controller and clean up some other stuff. The hydro was not leaking and was working fine, but I figured I might as well have at look inside and replace the four seals. The guts were in very good shape and I should have quit right there.
I pulled one trunnion seal and the rear seal and headed down to my old work place which is a hydraulic shop. At first I just asked Colin to order a seal kit for a Sundstrand 15U. After a couple of weeks of inquiring it came to light that the long list of previous owners had sold that little line to a new company and they were of no help at all. The trunnion seals are a very odd size and configuration and all they had on hand for the drive shaft were low pressure grease seals. Rather than waste their time, I headed over to the JD dealer with a part number for the trunnion seals in a early '70's 112. My part number was obsolete, but no problem they have the update and ordered the two seals. a week later they came in and the size was not even in the ballpark! Apparently they don't sell the old one anymore, but they don't tell you that, they just send the the later model that they have in stock. Got my money back there but not my time. Ok, I'll order the four seals from CC Canada and pay the price and shipping, at least they will be right. I finally got them today, took them out of the IH bags. I was a little suspicious when I saw the seals all in CR packages, just like the packages that low pressure grease seals come in. What the #*!@!!! Grease seals!!  I just paid $85 for friggin grease seals that I could get for free from work!! So the only thing worth a hoot in the whole order was two spiral pins! I briefly contemplated sending them back and eating the shipping and start over, but this tractor has been taking up space for half the winter and I have other projects to get too. So I installed the seals and put the whole unit back in the tractor and I'll just hope it doesn't blow a seal. But I do think that is a pretty scummy thing to do. Take a $2 seal and put in an International bag with their part number and sell it for ten times what it's worth instead of just sourcing the correct seal. Or just say No Longer Available. 
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