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Jim -- No, for oil to pile out like that WAS NOT normal for the Unstyled A. This problem seems to crop up every now and then, and for some tractors, there are three possible reasons this happens. One is too high of an oil level where oil from the operating sleeve (also a slinger) returns to. For tractors like the model H which lube the pulley bushing with differential oil, accumuilated water in the main case will aggravate this issue. For other models, check oil level. A second is (of course) lack of a path for slinging oil return. I am not eminently familiar with the oil return on the earlier models, but I HAVE put in plenty of SEAT time and have only once experienced what you are going through. That tractor was not ours, and I didn't ever learn why it threw oil that bad! And a third possible cause is a miss-alignment of the dust cover. There must be no rubbing or scraping between the belt pulley's parts and the dust shield as it is mounted. It needs to be centered about the crankshaft with care. Again, this delicate arrangement forms a part of the oil slinging and recollection system on JD tractors. This is an off-the-cuff and not a first-hand or experienced response so far as the model A is conerned, but may help. Please post back when you learn what was the cause. (PatB)
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