Ron: There is one other thing that can put a lot of water in these old Farmall transmissions with gear shift lever on top of transmission deck. Tractors that sit out in rain, will get deflected water running down shift lever and into transmission. I never noticed this much when running 300 and 560 on the farm years ago and clocking 600-1,000 hours per year on each. Interesting part, they probably sat outside 300 days per year.
Today I run my SA, 130 and 140 around 20 hours per year, seems like if I let SA and 140 sit out over night they pick up a lot of water. My 130 has a 6"x6" double layer of inner tube, hole drilled in middle and down over shift lever to spring, with an epoxy around the hole. This runs off the water, makes a huge difference. The inner tube looks ugly, however it works
I try to keep SA and 140 inside as much as possible, however if I do have to leave them out in rain, I put a bucket over the shift lever.
As Haas said, run them long enough and hard enough so you wouldn't dare get on tractor in bare feet or sandles, the problem will go away.
The condensation factor never goes away, probably the worst when temperatures are fluxuating between freezing and thawing. Only way you'll cure that one is take the tractor to bed with you or keep the shop heated. I know this winter we've been getting a lot of freeze-thaw weather, and on those thaw mornings I walk in my unheated shop and tractors will be beaded all over with water. That cast will be same inside as outside. I know there have been a couple times this winter, had I taken the time with a sponge, I'll bet I could have collected 2 quarts of water off the outside of my Super A, most of it on castings. That will only be worse with larger tractors. If it happens 10 times per winter, that can add up to gallons.
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