I pulled the lower leg housing off tonight. #54 screw was thoroughly stuck and the head already damaged long ago. I was able to remove it and the grease plug finally after soaking in penetrant and clamping the leg housing in a vise so that I could really hold the screwdriver down. Blew compressed air and sprayed water through the water passages in the lower leg and into the water inlet slot on the side of the #40 tube. Not sure if I just wasn’t holding the hose properly before, but at any rate I was able to get good waterflow through such that it came out the exhaust. I’m now waiting on my new rotor from Brian Wilcox.
Next problem: I opened up the gearcase and it only contained a small amount of rusty water. Cleaned everything off with gasoline and while it doesn’t look great I think it will be functional? I’m not really planning to use this motor heavily, mostly just so my dad could see it run again. Anyway, there is a small bit of side to side play in the propshaft bushing but quite a bit in the driveshaft bushing. I think I can rock the powerhead end of the driveshaft more than 1/4″ side to side. Is that normal with the leg loose and prop gear out? Hard to see how this thing could keep grease in well.
How full do you fill it with grease? What’s the process? (How do you know when its full?) I have a new tube of John Deere Cornhead grease and a grease gun.
