If you are running nondetergent oil it will look good - it doesn't carry dirt. All the dirt is settled to the bottom of the crankcase making a nice thick layer of sludge.
I remember my dad changing the oil in my grandpa's (his FIL) M Farmall. It had sat for months and dad just pulled the plug and let it drain. A little water came out then the oil came outlooking like it had just been poured in - dad was a little taken aback because he knew there were some hours on the oil as he had borrowed the tractor several times while he was farming grandpa's land. He also knew the oil had to years old. He dropped the pan and about an 1/2 inch of sludge covered the bottom of the pan - how the oil came out looking clean with that on the bottom .... Scraped the sludge out and rinsed the pan with gas and reinstalled it with RTV since he didn't have a gasket (and it looked like that was all that it had in the first place). Never forget the contrast in the clean oil and the filthy sludgy oil pan.
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Today's Featured Article - Timing Your Magneto Ignition Tractor - by Chris Pratt. If you have done major engine work or restored your tractor, chances are you removed the magneto and spark plug wires and eventually reached the point where you had to put it all back together and make it run. On our first cosmetic restoration, not having a manual, we carefully marked the wires, taped the magneto in the position it came off, and were careful not to turn the engine over while we had these components off. We thought we could get by with this since the engine ran perfectly and would not need any internal work. After the cleanup and painting was done, we began reassembly and finally came to t
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