If you’ve got a slow oil leak on a gearbox, possibly even an engine crankcase or hydraulic reservoir, consider this temporary fix to get you by until you have time to fix it “right.”
Brazing is a skill that approaches art. Do it right and it’s a thing of beauty. Do it wrong and you’re reaching for a can of spray paint to hide blobby abominations.
John Steinbeck wrote in “The Grapes of Wrath” that, “A man has to do what a man has to do.” That’s my excuse for some of the repairs I’ve made over the years.
Let’s consider all the moving parts that must mesh to make complicated parts distribution networks for agricultural equipment work correctly in a “good” year.