D7E Commemorative Project

Pics 7,8,& 9 are upside down. I assembled the engine on its side (left/pony/starter side down, right/fuel injection pump side up). Pic 7 just shows the oil pan and front cover in place-but in order to get this far, all the rotating assembly guts, oil pump, balancers, gears, gaskets, and goo had to be in place-including the PTO shaft and its new rear support bearing
Pic 8 shows all the front cover accessories in place, new front crank seal(and speedy sleeve)...also had to recut the threads in the crank and turn down a socket so it would fit down in the front pulley.
Pic 9 is one I took when I used my wrecker to right the side-lying d339.

Sorry about the pics being upside down-first time loading them.

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Thanks for posting the pics and story. I think Neal is smiling.

Is that engine a later serial number? 886 would have the one piece oil pan. Your 2 piece is vastly more desirable.

Ask me how I know!!!

cab is correct, the two-piece oil pan was not introduced until 47A1654. The pan in the photo could have been added as an upgrade? I did notice that it appears that the pan was removed/installed as a one-piece. Nice observation cab.
Thanks again Nate,
Craig

Is that engine a later serial number? 886 would have the one piece oil pan. Your 2 piece is vastly more desirable.

Ask me how I know!!!

[quote="cab"]Is that engine a later serial number? 886 would have the one piece oil pan. Your 2 piece is vastly more desirable.

Ask me how I know!!![/quote]

You're correct, cab; that early a sn would've had the one piece pan...you're also correct that it IS vastly more desireable!!!

When I got the new-to-me pan, i noticed the rear section directly communicated oil with the flywheel housing. Is this unique to powershift 48A's?

The engine oil should not communicate with flywheel housing oil on your tractor. The rear of the pan seals against the front of flywheel housing, but the two sumps are distinct and separate.

I am not familiar with powershift, but imagine engine oil is separate in them as well.

Thanks for the reply, Cab; and my apologies for not clarifying-i should proofread! I just reread my last post and am embarrassed.
Here's the behind story:
The gentleman who sold me the oil pan had several other d7e engines and parts lying about-some of which had come from military machines, which I understand to be powershifts. He showed me several pans, but some of the sections of these pans had a trapezoidal relief of approximately 3" deep x 7" wide directly under where the rear main sits in the block. I didn't need the rear section of the pan I purchased, partially because mine was good and partially because it looked different than mine in this rear main area, so I left it with him.
My engine's rear section doesn't communicate with the flywheel housing...if it did, I wouldn't have bothered with the new seal in the rear main-more significantly, when my buddy drove it that 1st 100yds the oil levels in both the engine and the oil clutch would have remained fairly constant--and as an end result- I wouldn't own it now...I don't know why those rear sections had that relief cut, unless it has something to do with the powershift?

Thanks Cab! 😊