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42Ford M-H · 01-30-2019, 02:15 PM

I was working on my hydraulic pump\ram (GarWood dump box) for my 42 last night to try and stop the oil seepage around the input shaft. It's not much, but figured since it was on the work bench i'd fix it now. So I took the fit off that goes over the input shaft and figured I'd find either a leather or rubber seal of some sort. It turned out its some kind of copper mesh packing material. Kind of like an SOS pad but finer. Seems to be in decent shape, but obviously its not sealing tight enough to the shaft. I cant seem to find anything to replace it with, I was thinking about maybe adding some felt packing material just to tighten things up just a little. Anyone have any other ideas? or have has anyone seen seals like this??

Thanks in advance for any info.

01-30-2019, 02:15 PM	#1
42Ford M-H Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: NY Posts: 190	Copper packing material for oil seal? I was working on my hydraulic pump\ram (GarWood dump box) for my 42 last night to try and stop the oil seepage around the input shaft. It's not much, but figured since it was on the work bench i'd fix it now. So I took the fit off that goes over the input shaft and figured I'd find either a leather or rubber seal of some sort. It turned out its some kind of copper mesh packing material. Kind of like an SOS pad but finer. Seems to be in decent shape, but obviously its not sealing tight enough to the shaft. I cant seem to find anything to replace it with, I was thinking about maybe adding some felt packing material just to tighten things up just a little. Anyone have any other ideas? or have has anyone seen seals like this?? Thanks in advance for any info.