Oil in reverser gettiing hot

[eclark492]

For Digitup or Lavoy,
I have a 1965 350 and the reverser oil seems to be getting too warm. If I put my hand on the stick after I run it awhile it"s almost too hot to touch. Otherwise it seems to work fine. Is it normal for it to run that hot.

Eclark

[digitup2]

This is almost always a sign of the Clutch plates sliping If your oil pressure is up them the clutch is wore out watch it close but it is the best news I can give you .Digitup.

[jdemaris]

This is almost always a sign of the Clutch plates sliping
Digitup.

Not necessarily true.

They all get so hot you can hardly touch them - once used hard for awhile. Never operated one that didn't, even when brand new.

Since we're dicussing imprecise terms here - "hot to touch" alone doesn't mean much of anything. Now, if it heats up unsually fast - or gets so hot it's going to reach the flash-point of the oil inside - then there's bad trouble.

A 350 reverser will get just as hot as the engine after awhile - there's nothing to prevent that. Try putting your hand on the engine after it's hot - and it's going to hurt too.

Flash point of the HyGuard oil (or equivalent) is around 458 degrees F. At 200 degrees F you won't be able to hold your hand on the reverser - yet at that temp there is no danger.

Lowest rated equivlanet to HyGuard still has a flash-point of 381 degrees F which is pretty hot.

[Stan Disbrow]

Hi,

Yeah, hot to the touch means over 120 deg F, which really does not say much, does it? Time to get one of those cheap infrared electronic thermometers, I think, and come up with an actual temperature.

Stan

[jdemaris]

Hi,

Yeah, hot to the touch means over 120 deg F, which really does not say much, does it? Time to get one of those cheap infrared electronic thermometers, I think, and come up with an actual temperature.

Stan

When we were selling 350Cs new - our dealership had a 10 acre wood/dirt lot out back. Every crawler,backhoe and skidder we sold got run for a few hours pushing or moving dirt before it left. That includes new 350Cs and also any older machines we'd just repaired. I never ran a 350 that you could hold your hand on the reverser case after that workout.

[Lavoy]

I have had the reverser case on a two cylinder crawler at over that temp after a long run on the dyno. In the world of modern lubricants, that is a low temp.
Lavoy