Posted by Paul in MN on March 14, 2021 at 20:04:31 from (65.128.134.42):
In Reply to: Z129 Rebuild posted by luxpatriate on March 14, 2021 at 19:44:31:
Welcome to the group of guys who know too well that old tractors can eat more $$$$ than they are worth. Many of us are feeding the same dragon.
My brother has a Massey 202 with the Z 129. As they are a wet sleeve engine, they do not have a great deal of casting holding the 2 sides of the block together. Many of those engines have split at the center main of the block and the 2 sides of the block now bow outward. This results in the antifreeze gushing down into the oil pan. There is a shop somewhere in Missouri which will furnace braze the engine block back together, but due to the great heat, the block must then be line bored to get the 3 main crank bearings lined up with each other. So your block should be carefully inspected for this possible damage, and if you decide to go ahead with this repair, then it should be done before any engine machining is performed. Maybe you got lucky and found an engine which has not had that failure, but I am told that there are more Fergies than engines, so this is pretty common.
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