Posted by dunniteowl on February 23, 2011 at 13:04:26 from (24.173.233.232):
If ever I made a bad wish it was that last day I drove my Farmall A. I was mowing the "lawn" (I have 10 mowable acres or so of 16.5) and as I crossed into overgrown territory, the front right wheel of my "44 A took a sudden dip downward and I heard this hard metal popping crack!
I immediately wished, "Oh, God, please don"t have broken another tie rod!" (Because a few weeks earlier I had gotten caught in a bad spot and bent/broke a steering rod between two trees -- don"t ask, sometimes I"m an idiot.)
Well, I got my wish. The steering rods were fine and as I thought, "Wow! That was lucky," I noticed that oil was dripping rapidly off my tractor onto the ground.
I shut down immediately and inspected closer. I have two small stress cracks in the crankcase along the frame edge. The Cause? I got caught in a rabbit warren under the brush I was clearing and instead of damaging the steering rods, it torqued the frame a bit and cracked the crankcase.
I didn"t want to leave Betty out there all by herself, so I started her back up, got to the house (with oil still leaking out) and shut her down. I am absolutely certain the engine is fine. I am just as sure that I can"t afford to get a complete crankcase right now and was wondering:
Is there any way to repair this with something like JB Weld or QuickSteel or something similar?
Please advise. Spring seems to be coming early and I"d really like to get Betty running again without fear of burning her up from lack of oil.
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