Farmall A Final Drive Level Check Plug??

Here's the pic of the hole that was leaking on Larry's A

Is the drawbar on the tractor? If not, I suppose it could be one of the holes for mounting the drawbar, but I thought those were blind holes.

If it is one of the holes for mounting the drawbar, it'll take either a 1/2" NC or a 5/8" NF, depending which hole it is.

Ahead of that, though, is the 1/2" hole that takes just a bolt that holds the angle for the front of the drawbar. It's located just behind the cap over the bearing on the bull gear, at about the same level as your fill plug. Like I said earlier, I thought this was a blind hole with a bottom, but it's possible, where it is above the level of the pan that it's threaded all the way through or, as was suggested above, somebody wound a bolt in there and poked it through. Poke a broomstraw or something in there and see how far it goes in.

Is this happening on both sides? It might explain why they were dry.

The bolt that goes in there if you have a drawbar is 1-1/2" long. If you're not gonna mount a drawbar, I'd plug the hole with one that's shorter, say 1".

I make a practice of keeping well lubricated bolts in all those holes whether I'm using them or not. It keeps the threads clean should you ever wish to use them.

I recall with a little embarassment wonderin' just what I had run into when I was takin' the wire wheel to the torque tube on my SuperC, and came across those 50-year-old corks. First thought was mud daubers, but the holes seemed awful big around for them, and I couldn't imagine that they'd got all of 'em. There's a lot of wondrous things to be learned in a parts catalog!

I use my own web site to link to pictures, so I'm not sure how the others do it. Has something to do with posting it to one of the photo galleries on the left and then linking to that page.

If you want, email it to me at staylor48 at verizon dot net, and I'll put it up so the others can see it, as well.