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So there I am pulling my 6 foot disc harrow when all of a sudden I feel the tractor start to lurch. Then smooth out. Then lurch. Oh shit! I look at the front end and see oil pouring out. I limp it up to the barn, pushing the travel pedal as little as possible. I see a trail of oil behind me on the ramp, then the puddle starts to form. I took off the grill and saw the carnage. There was oil all over the bottom of the oil reservoir and everything in the vacinity of the pump. I noticed a steady drip coming from this area in the picture.
I wiped everything down as best I could with a few rags to see where it was coming from. I checked all the hoses and they seemed secure. I fired it up and watched as there was a steady drip coming out from under the pump. Then noticed there was more fresh oil on the underside of the reservoir again.
I was pulling the harrow with a total of 10 16"x8" and 2" thick patio blocks on it in low range in 4WD at about 60% throttle. Was I working it too hard or was this going to happen no matter what? Do I buy another pump? A new one or used? How much to rebuild a pump?
And worst of all the harrow is now sitting in the middle of the garden! What a day...

I wiped everything down as best I could with a few rags to see where it was coming from. I checked all the hoses and they seemed secure. I fired it up and watched as there was a steady drip coming out from under the pump. Then noticed there was more fresh oil on the underside of the reservoir again.
I was pulling the harrow with a total of 10 16"x8" and 2" thick patio blocks on it in low range in 4WD at about 60% throttle. Was I working it too hard or was this going to happen no matter what? Do I buy another pump? A new one or used? How much to rebuild a pump?
And worst of all the harrow is now sitting in the middle of the garden! What a day...