1925 Essex Rear Question

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edited April 2012 in HUDSON
Hey everybody, I posted a few months back about a 1925 Essex I had picked up and you all gave a lot of really great and helpful information/tips. We finally got her up and running after going through everything with a fine tooth comb. Here is a video of the initial start up! youtube.com/watch?v=wkAXaxU7ljU

Anyway the real question follows, after draining/refilling all the fluids, we got to the rear, and there is a 3/4inch pipe plug on the back facing the outward and a plug up toward the top facing the front. The instructions that we found in the resources section of hetclub.org say fill the rear up until oil drips from the filler plug opening. Well we replaced the pipe plug and filled the rear with a little over 2 gallons of oil through the top plug, and it started leaking out behind the rims, the oil seems to have leaked out of the axle tubes, through the brake drums and out. So my question is, is this way too much oil? Is that top plug not the fill plug? Or does it take this much oil and its just bad seals inside the axle tubes? I attached a picture from the instruction manual that we referenced from. Sorry for the long winded post, just want to cover all bases. Thanks guys!

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  • Geoff
    Geoff Senior Contributor
    Yes, you have overloaded the seals. You will have to drain all that oil out and re-fill to the level of the bung in the rear cover and no more. You will not need more than a quart of oil in there. You will have to remove the wheels and probably replace the felt seals and also clean off the brake linings.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Can't help you on your questions, but do have a comment on the video - one word AWESOME.
    Nothing like firing one of these old girls up for the first time in years. Loved the OOOOGAH horn too. Reminds me of something Alma Marks said about Roy - for years he'd been searching for an ooogah horn, like the one you have. One day he came home all excited - he'd found his horn. He said the only problem was it was attached to an Essex!!!! LOL

    Once you have it running the rest is easy in restoring it. Until you get it running it's just a big hunk of metal. Enjoy.

    Hudsonly,
    Alex Burr
    Memphis, TN
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    Geoff, thanks for the advice, as soon as we saw it dripping we figured we had way over filled it. And Alex thanks for the comments, it was a great feeling to hear her start up for the first time, and yeah the horn is so unique but so well loved. Thanks again
  • RL Chilton
    RL Chilton Administrator, Member
    Too Cool!! Thanks for posting the video. Glad you are getting her back on the road.
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