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New Year to all! Most of the parts I had ordered on the 26th, arrived today via USPS. Still awaiting the crankshaft, which should be coming via UPS. THANKS, AFFORDABLE!!And so begins the rebuild process. I can get as far as assembling the pistons, rods, rings, sleeves, until the crank arrives. I have the block pretty well cleaned up and the old gasket material removed, thanks to
a wire brush mounted to my cordless drill. Yeah, I tried the old craping
routine, but decided the wire brush hadda be the better way. Blew out all the oil and water passages in the block, so there shouldn't be any sand, dirt, bearing remains left to muck up the works. Gotta remember to pick up some “stuff for checkin bearing clearances” (can't recall what it's called right now, dangit!) next time I am in town. Photos to come later.As an aside, make certain you have the clutch pushed in all the way when you are using the starter switch (there is a safety switch engaged when the clutch is pushed in all the way). If you using a jumper wire to engage the starter solenoid, make certain you have the transmission in neutral.
Nope, shouldn't hurt a thing. I'll do that before I put mine back together, as well as putting the rain cap on.
Highlights the need to go over these machines regularly, and check for loose or missing bolts and nuts. Just might save you from a major, expensive breakdown.
Carl, I got me a brand new parts washer with a pump and everything. I'll wash everything thoroughly with that and use my air compressor to blow thru the passages to make sure the innards are all clean. But you're right, I want it all as clean as it can be, prior to the rebuild.
Yup, I had bought one for my old Oliver and it was reasonable. Never seem to remember to measure the pipe size so I'll know for sure what size rain cap to buy, lol.
Good point regarding the rod failure. I figgered if I can't discover why, I can't do much to prevent it again, other than keep the air clean, keep the oil and filter changed and hope for the best.
Lets have no more “heart-stop” episodes TB. There's cheaper, better ways to get a “rest-up-vacation'.
I hadn't gone into the history of the purchase and what-not before because it didn't seem relavent to what was going on with the tractor. I still can't say for sure what caused the spun rod bearing, other than the “evidence” of dirt/sand/debris found in the lower parts of the engine. The bad liner for the #3 cylinder I am real certain was caused by water/moisture getting in during it's long sleep (still need to get that rain cap bought for it). The bad scuffing on the piston skirts and associated marks on the sleeve of both #2 and #3 are, I believe, caused by dirt.sand/debris. Possibly getting in thru a defective air filter. I'll be doing as someone suggested and replacing the filter with a Baldwin and re-configuring the mount and breather hose set-up. I still need to take all my injectors to a good diesel shop and have them tested to ensure I have 3 good ones.
I will grit my teeth tomorrow and call in my parts order. Then, after Christmas, I can get started cleaning all re-usable parts and cleaning old gasket material off.
Okay, first Iwent thru and measured all the bearing surfaces using the mm scale. Then I went to the inch scale and did it again. The last photo shows what I refer to as “the bread wrapper twisty-tie”. Found another small piece of it when I pulled the cam out. Anyway, to me the cam looks good, but if someone disagrees, I am anxious to hear your thoughts.
Bob, I can understand your reasoning, and if I was a spectator in all this, I might tend towards your line of thinking. But I remember when I went looking for this tractor, I called the dealer and asked about a new machine. At that time he didn't have one in stock and figured it would be a month or more before he'd have another in. I asked him then if he had or knew of a used one available. He said yes he had the one they had been using on the place, but his Father in law didn't get along well with the shuttle shift and he was gonna replace it. Can't imagine there would ha ve been anything hinkey with it if he was using it as his own personal tractor, and he didn't offer it to me. I asked him about it. All of which satisfies me the deal was all on the up and up.
Thanks for the kind words Larry. Glad to see you're still around, and would enjoy chatting/writing with you again, now that I am back on-line here.
We all knew, or should know, anytime you buy much of anything, it's a roll of the dice. Most times you come out okay, but once in a while, ya don't. In my lifetime, my wins have far outweighed the losses, so I figger the law of averages came to pay me a visit, lol. And Larry did right by me by sending me a new injector, twice. The second time was after the warranty period we had agreed on, had expired.
Anyway, to the good, I am forging ahead on this thing, and have a fair bit of confidence in it turning out okay when I get it back together. My only real trepidation involves making sure the timing is all correct. I'm pretty syre I have a full grasp of how it all has to be set, with #1 piston at tdc, and everything else should fall into place as far as the timing marks. The injector pump I am hoping, won't have changed it's setting with me unbolting the housing from the gearcase, and then realizing it didn't have to be. Time will tell, and if that's gonna be a problem, I reckon I'll deal with it when that time comes. Pulled the cam today, and to my untrained eye, it looks pretty good. I will post some pics later.
Larry, give me a shout on e-mail when ya get some time, let me know what ya been doing to keep from being bored!
