Welcome to my Nightmare!!!!

[Kyle_in_Tex]

This is a great thread Eddie! I've been lurking (and learning) as I have not had anything more to offer than Plowrup and the other guys. I know that the liquid nitrogen can work wonders to help get out old sleeves and to install new dry sleeves with as much as a few thousandths interference fit. I'm guessing your wet sleeves went in easier than pulling the old ones out?

I wonder if these engines last as long as say a JD 6cylinder that is common to get 7000 hours or more out of them??? I sure hope so. It is good that you are documenting the overhaul in case you ever sell it. I hope you have some shade to work under. Good luck getting her going. Be careful on the valve setting/timing. Not Cool if you get it out of sync.

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

This is a great thread Eddie! I've been lurking (and learning) as I have not had anything more to offer than Plowrup and the other guys. I know that the liquid nitrogen can work wonders to help get out old sleeves and to install new dry sleeves with as much as a few thousandths interference fit. I'm guessing your wet sleeves went in easier than pulling the old ones out?

I wonder if these engines last as long as say a JD 6cylinder that is common to get 7000 hours or more out of them??? I sure hope so. It is good that you are documenting the overhaul in case you ever sell it. I hope you have some shade to work under. Good luck getting her going. Be careful on the valve setting/timing. Not Cool if you get it out of sync.

 

[TBDonnelly]

<font color="blue"> I hope you have some shade to work under. </font>

Would that make Eddie a shadetree mechanic? /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Eddie, Your ambition to learn, and then to share your creativeness and successes are admirable.

Don

 

[TBDonnelly]

<font color="blue"> I hope you have some shade to work under. </font>

Would that make Eddie a shadetree mechanic? /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif

Eddie, Your ambition to learn, and then to share your creativeness and successes are admirable.

Don

 

[plumboy]

Yea,this is a great post to read eddie.Great detail.

 

[plumboy]

Yea,this is a great post to read eddie.Great detail.

 

[hockeypuck]

I agree, this has been a great learning experiance for me. Thank you Eddie for taking the time to detail this for us. I have started projects before where the task seem more than formidable and now it seems you are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel . /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
This website has to be one of the most useful and productive that I have come across. Cheers to all involved /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Puck

PS I am thinking about printing this whole darn post to keep in the filing cabinet. It would be hard to find a book with so much info.

 

[hockeypuck]

I agree, this has been a great learning experiance for me. Thank you Eddie for taking the time to detail this for us. I have started projects before where the task seem more than formidable and now it seems you are starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel . /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
This website has to be one of the most useful and productive that I have come across. Cheers to all involved /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif

Puck

PS I am thinking about printing this whole darn post to keep in the filing cabinet. It would be hard to find a book with so much info.

 

[bbse]

One thing I learned the hard way was the value of wet sleeves over dry sleeves or no sleeves at all. I had a tractor that had to have the dry sleeves replaced and they were the thin type, I believe they are called tin can liners. Anyways, I had to split the tractor and take the entire engine to the shop to have the sleeves replaced. If it had wet sleeves or the normal dry sleeves I could have done it in my garage. It is now on my list of things to check if I ever get another piece of field equipment to make sure that it is field serviceable. Most of these compact tractors on this board are not. I realize the odds are slim to none that you would need to do something like this to one of these modern works of art but, like in my case, sometimes slim shows up. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[bbse]

One thing I learned the hard way was the value of wet sleeves over dry sleeves or no sleeves at all. I had a tractor that had to have the dry sleeves replaced and they were the thin type, I believe they are called tin can liners. Anyways, I had to split the tractor and take the entire engine to the shop to have the sleeves replaced. If it had wet sleeves or the normal dry sleeves I could have done it in my garage. It is now on my list of things to check if I ever get another piece of field equipment to make sure that it is field serviceable. Most of these compact tractors on this board are not. I realize the odds are slim to none that you would need to do something like this to one of these modern works of art but, like in my case, sometimes slim shows up. /forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif

 

[Syncro]

<font color="blue"> "Eddie, Your ambition to learn, and then to share your creativeness and successes are admirable." </font>

Got that right! There are few people out there that can/would jump into such a project, and even fewer that have the ability to see it through. My hats off to you.

 

[Syncro]

<font color="blue"> "Eddie, Your ambition to learn, and then to share your creativeness and successes are admirable." </font>

Got that right! There are few people out there that can/would jump into such a project, and even fewer that have the ability to see it through. My hats off to you.

 

[Highbeam]

I am just imagining driving home with that big head on that plastic bed liner and then having to stop real quickly. Whammo!

 

[Highbeam]

I am just imagining driving home with that big head on that plastic bed liner and then having to stop real quickly. Whammo!

 

[EddieWalker]

Kyle,

Before I started this project, I didn't know there was different types of sleeves. Then I heard the terms wet and dry, but didn't know what that meant.

I was trying to find somebody to come out and pull them for me, but didn't know what type of sleeves they were, just that I wanted them out!!

Of course, everyone is so busy that it's about impossible to get somebody to come out for a small job.

Getting them out took me three days. Putting them back in took half an hour.


Don, Plumboy & Puck,

Thank you, but it's not something I want to do. Kind of got myself in over my head and my only option is to keed digging deeper.


bbse,

You mean there's a third type of sleeve???? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif


Syncro,

Thank you.


Highbeam,


I slid the bead to the front of the bed. Learned that lesson quite awhile ago. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

Kyle,

Before I started this project, I didn't know there was different types of sleeves. Then I heard the terms wet and dry, but didn't know what that meant.

I was trying to find somebody to come out and pull them for me, but didn't know what type of sleeves they were, just that I wanted them out!!

Of course, everyone is so busy that it's about impossible to get somebody to come out for a small job.

Getting them out took me three days. Putting them back in took half an hour.


Don, Plumboy & Puck,

Thank you, but it's not something I want to do. Kind of got myself in over my head and my only option is to keed digging deeper.


bbse,

You mean there's a third type of sleeve???? /forums/images/graemlins/shocked.gif


Syncro,

Thank you.


Highbeam,


I slid the bead to the front of the bed. Learned that lesson quite awhile ago. /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif


Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

Today started out with the simple plan of putting the head on the block and assemble enging parts. It sounded simple enough while having my cup of coffee and watching the birds in my yard.

Of course, I'd forgotten about the injector nozzle breaking off when I took the head to the machine shop. They fixed the exhuast bolts, but never new about the nozzle, so it was still in there this morning.

I tried to tap it out without any success. Then I tried to break it free with a punch, screwdriver and chisel with minimal results. After 5 hours, I had all sorts of little pieces out, but then I hit a point that I couldn't go any further.

This is when I got the idea to drill it out. I've never claimed to be very quick in thinking up solutions, but in time, they usually come to me.

I needed an 11/16 drill bit, which I didn't have. Luckily Tractor Supply had a few.

An hour later I had it out. Lots of oil, lots of compressed air and I added a handle onto my drill to control the drill. It was a little scary, but in the end, it worked.

This gives you an idea of what I was working in. The hole is 7 inches deep.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

Today started out with the simple plan of putting the head on the block and assemble enging parts. It sounded simple enough while having my cup of coffee and watching the birds in my yard.

Of course, I'd forgotten about the injector nozzle breaking off when I took the head to the machine shop. They fixed the exhuast bolts, but never new about the nozzle, so it was still in there this morning.

I tried to tap it out without any success. Then I tried to break it free with a punch, screwdriver and chisel with minimal results. After 5 hours, I had all sorts of little pieces out, but then I hit a point that I couldn't go any further.

This is when I got the idea to drill it out. I've never claimed to be very quick in thinking up solutions, but in time, they usually come to me.

I needed an 11/16 drill bit, which I didn't have. Luckily Tractor Supply had a few.

An hour later I had it out. Lots of oil, lots of compressed air and I added a handle onto my drill to control the drill. It was a little scary, but in the end, it worked.

This gives you an idea of what I was working in. The hole is 7 inches deep.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

That little nut looking thing is what finally came out. The rest was in shavings!!!

The brand new nozzle is at the bottom of the pictures and gives you an idea of what the old one looked like.

Eddie

 

[EddieWalker]

That little nut looking thing is what finally came out. The rest was in shavings!!!

The brand new nozzle is at the bottom of the pictures and gives you an idea of what the old one looked like.

Eddie