Re: Farmall M live hydraulics conversion

Posted by captaink on December 22, 2004 at 13:22:53 from (66.115.214.56):

In Reply to: Re: Farmall M live hydraulics conversion posted by Allan in NE on December 22, 2004 at 09:33:40:

I’ll give you a “stupidity” story that will make what you are doing to your 966 sound like something Einstein would recommend.

Many years ago when I was doing a little “oddball” mechanic work on the side, I had a guy come to me that had an M with a cracked block and wanted me to put a different block in it. He said that the engine was in decent shape and didn’t want to spend any more money on it than he needed to. Well, I got into it and it needed a complete re-do from the rings on up. The crankshaft bearings were so bad, I hated to even consider putting them back in. I priced parts out at my cost in an effort to entice him to do it right. He refused! I couldn’t believe it! For another $100 he could have had fresh rings and bearings in that M and refused!

I ended up putting in the old rings, shimming the crankshaft bearings so that they were halfway close to spec, and then to top it off, he told me since it was June to put in just water, no anti-freeze! After that comment, I didn’t wonder any more why the block was cracked!

The guy came and picked up the M, and was amazed that it had 45 PSI of oil pressure at half throttle, and he said he’d never seen the gauge up that high before! I just took the cash, and told him that the first time the temperature got to 33 degrees F, the warranty expired on my work. I heard through the rumor mill that the block was cracked again the next spring, and that he was having problems fouling plugs.

Now “Einstein” (Allen in NE), tell me again how fixing up something the right way is “stupid”?

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