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- Tue Apr 23, 2024 1:29 pm
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
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Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
Thanks for thinking about it for me. Yeah, leaky diesel pumps are a common thing. Some old crankcase scavenged 2-stroke diesels would "run away" from fuel leaking in, or lubrication oil buildup. Old shippers said that such an engine in a barge would create huge damage; usually an accident ...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 5:04 pm
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
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Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
When the control valves were leaking, it was internal; the 3-point lift system is entirely inside the gearbox casing, so all oil falls back to where it lives. The auxiliary control block is fairly new, I replaced it a few years ago. The difference was large; the old valve block was very very old, an...
- Mon Apr 22, 2024 12:26 pm
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2659
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
Of course the implements staying up overnight has nothing to do with it, but the pump is fairly new. I upgraded from 14cc to 22.5cc. it is gear driven. I had a hell of a time figuring out which pump could bolt onto the same flange and fit the same spline, and I was lucky enough to find an old unused...
- Sun Apr 21, 2024 5:35 pm
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2659
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
I did take the time to measure each of the bores in multiple places. I used a hone with 3 long stones; one wore out too fast so I didn't hone as much as I would have. In any case, it's been running without excessive smoke for the last couple of days, since I used it for some hours at a fairly high p...
- Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:46 am
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2659
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
First job after reassembly was hedge cutting; the cutter is hydraulic, so the tractor engine had to run between 650 and 800 rpm with very little load for 16 hours (over 3 days). The next time I started it, there was so much oil burning I was sure I'd broken an oil ring, a huge cloud of sweet stinkin...
- Tue Apr 16, 2024 6:03 pm
- Forum: Lathes
- Topic: Tailstock Mod
- Replies: 11
- Views: 659
Re: Tailstock Mod
I like it.
One day, I might use that idea myself, thank for posting it.
One day, I might use that idea myself, thank for posting it.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 9:37 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Expansion fixture for the lathe
- Replies: 6
- Views: 546
Re: Expansion fixture for the lathe
I usually just cut a lump of rod to an interference fit.
It works if you don't take deep or hard cuts, and if the work doesn't heat up enough to expand and get loose.
It works if you don't take deep or hard cuts, and if the work doesn't heat up enough to expand and get loose.
- Wed Apr 10, 2024 6:00 am
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2659
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
Believe me, everyone knows when the tractor is running! Friend of mine in Amsterdam had a little canal tug that blew great big smoke rings. We all loved that, but he had to repower it with a stronger motor so that was the end of the rings. It was quite interesting, you could see the way the ring rol...
- Tue Apr 09, 2024 12:55 pm
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2659
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
Went out for some nice tractoring today; it sure is nice not to get poisoned by clouds of smoke while working! I pushed a small (5 inch pine) dead tree down and hauled it out of the ground with a chain. Cut down a larger (14") tall pine and hauled it out of my forest too. The bugs that kill the...
- Mon Apr 08, 2024 11:39 am
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: Slotting screw heads
- Replies: 6
- Views: 551
Re: Slotting screw heads
I once mounted a propeller shaft that way, and cut a keyway into the tapered end. I supported the weight with a bungie cord at the other end. Setup took hours, but it worked well. Now that I have a milling machine... actually, I would still have a lot of trouble mounting that shaft if I had to do it...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 8:00 am
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2659
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
The block has a straight 12x1.5 thread. The new switch is 1/8" tapered pipe. The adaptor female is 1/8" straight pipe thread. I ordered the 1/8" pipe switch because I have the 1/8" tap. I actually thought I could just drill and tap a 12mm bolt, but the resulting wall was too thin...
- Sun Apr 07, 2024 6:00 am
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 50
- Views: 2659
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
I actually thought you were just going along with it; but you know how things run away on the board sometimes.