Posted by James Tabor on February 06, 2008 at 11:36:46 from (206.166.230.5):
In Reply to: Re: Beware posted by Gun Guru on February 06, 2008 at 09:19:29:
No plowing. This tractor is a show tractor. It is so slick with so much attention shown to detail(Cosmetically) it is hard to believe that the engine wasn't gone through too. You can tell by looking at it that all the gaskets are new. There are absolutely no oil leaks or rust anywhere and this is four years after restoration. The engine pops like it should and didn't smoke any. It is a hand crank and usually starts on the 2nd spin. I checked for end play of the crank and it has the factory spec 1/8'. The stearing is tight and the tires are new. Every bolt is correct. It has a new radiator, manifold, guages,flawless sheet metal,magneto, Jorde decals I could go on and on. The only thing I can figure is since it did run so well that maybe it hadn't seen much use in it's life so the restorer saw no reason to rebuid the engine. Nevertheless it should not have been advertised as having been completely overhauled. The reason I notice a problem was because I flushed the cooling system and washed all of the Stop leak out of it. The leak was coming from the push rod sleeves. I spoke with a head rebuilder here who has been in business for forty years. He says he has rebuilt hundreds of these old heads and has never had to replace the sleeves. From what I can find out this is somewhat of an uncommon problem although it does happen sometimes.I did test drive it in every gear, low and high range. Put the PTO in gear. Every thing works fine. I am having the head rebuilt with new sleeves. I will probably be out an additional $300.00 plus my own labor when all is said and done. A small price to pay for a leason learned and in the end I will have a very nice B.
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