Posted by El Toro on October 08, 2007 at 04:26:21 from (205.188.116.73):
In Reply to: breaking an A lose posted by Pat-CT on October 07, 2007 at 18:41:53:
When I did my Farmall A the head and oil were already off and the engine was stuck. I pour ATF into the cylinders and started to pull the engine.
Once I had the engine on my teardown stand I removed all the rod caps and loosen the main bearing caps. Then I took a piece of 2X2 oak and started tapping on the connecting rods. Two of the sleeves came out with the pistons and 2 of the pistons came out without the sleeves. Then I drove out the other 2 sleeves. The block looked as if the engine had never been changed and I took it to work and steam cleaned the block. The crankshaft looked worse than it was. Our local machine shop called and said it only needed to be polished, but it would need .002" undersize bearings. They had the bearings too.
I bought a new sleeve kit and had new guides installed and the valve seats ground by the machine shop. Then I put in new valves and springs. I had to replace the tires, rims, fenders and steering wheel. Cleaning the dirt and grease was the hardest job. It looked new when finished and then I plowed the garden with it. Hal
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