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Re: New Project Model A
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Posted by El Toro on March 31, 2006 at 05:40:18 from (152.163.100.65):
In Reply to: New Project Model A posted by blakesimpson on March 30, 2006 at 18:34:42:
You will probably need to tear that engine down to see what the condition of the engine is. Pull the head and soak the cylinders with transmission fluid. If the tractor is an A it will have wet sleeves. I restored an A 30 years ago and the engine was seized. I drove out the pistons with a 2X2 piece of oak and a big hammer. Two of the sleeves came out with the pistons and I used a torch to heat the sleeves, so the pistons would come out. I used a new sleeve and piston kit. Had the engine degreased and the crankshaft polished and used .002" undersize bearings. Hal
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