Hey all, I bought a stuck 400 a few weeks back basically as a
donor tractor. The sheet metal and emblems were perfect. I
was going to use them on another 400 I already have. As I
started looking the donor over, I noticed that the pedals were
minimally worn and that the tach only showed 4000 hours. It's
also a factory TA delete and has the standard pto. Those aren't
too common here, so it intrigued me and I started thinking that
maybe this one could be saved. I removed the head to see just
how stuck it was and wow it was bad. 3 of the 4 cylinders were
full of water. So I got all the water and crud out and found that
in the #2 cylinder the sleeve has broken and pushed in
towards the block. I've never torn into a farmall engin this far,
but is this block junk now? If not, how can I get that sleeve
out? Thanks for the help, sorry the post is so long!
donor tractor. The sheet metal and emblems were perfect. I
was going to use them on another 400 I already have. As I
started looking the donor over, I noticed that the pedals were
minimally worn and that the tach only showed 4000 hours. It's
also a factory TA delete and has the standard pto. Those aren't
too common here, so it intrigued me and I started thinking that
maybe this one could be saved. I removed the head to see just
how stuck it was and wow it was bad. 3 of the 4 cylinders were
full of water. So I got all the water and crud out and found that
in the #2 cylinder the sleeve has broken and pushed in
towards the block. I've never torn into a farmall engin this far,
but is this block junk now? If not, how can I get that sleeve
out? Thanks for the help, sorry the post is so long!