my to20 shows some trace of coolant in the oil, for what it is its not bad, changing the oil every spring for what I use it its fine, thou I wonder if I could do better,
now looking into solutions I learned about the webs cracking in between the sleeves, and a common repair called Pinning, as I looked over mine, guess what it already has it done.
so I wonder either the cracks got worse, doubt it, I don't get enough of a leak to justify a large crack, or maybe the rods stretched a bit over time, for all I know the repair was done before I was born,
previous owner had some engine block sealer in the coolant, I added some too, used it before on other engines with much success, thing is the engine needs to be run regularly for that stuff to work, I used it on a semi truck and it worked well but that truck ran at full capacity 10 hrs a day, what I noticed from that experience it would leak more coolant in the oil bath when we parked it for a week rather when it ran all week.
so I wonder, by now I may have a light film of the copper stuff in the crack, maybe I should try and tighten those pins a bit see what it does, I saw a picture of a pinned block once and the rod looked very rusty, the kind I would be afraid to snap it trying to take it out or tighten it.
I am currently planning some other work on this tractor and this would be one item to address while I am at it,
question is what is a good approach?
it will need an oil change come spring I was debating pulling the oil pan, may never have been done and it could likely use a cleaning anyhow, inspect the cracks, and see about tightening those rods, maybe if I felt frisky try and replace them, but either way messing with them I risk snapping one and making this a bigger job than I bargained for.
on the other hand if I pull this off it would be well worth it, I am impressed with this machine still kicking after all these years, it still needs some help but for the most part its simple stuff, and I have worked it as is and got a lot done, I feel I owe it a little love see if I can make it better.
any suggestions, should I mess with the pins or leave them alone for fear of snapping the rods
now looking into solutions I learned about the webs cracking in between the sleeves, and a common repair called Pinning, as I looked over mine, guess what it already has it done.
so I wonder either the cracks got worse, doubt it, I don't get enough of a leak to justify a large crack, or maybe the rods stretched a bit over time, for all I know the repair was done before I was born,
previous owner had some engine block sealer in the coolant, I added some too, used it before on other engines with much success, thing is the engine needs to be run regularly for that stuff to work, I used it on a semi truck and it worked well but that truck ran at full capacity 10 hrs a day, what I noticed from that experience it would leak more coolant in the oil bath when we parked it for a week rather when it ran all week.
so I wonder, by now I may have a light film of the copper stuff in the crack, maybe I should try and tighten those pins a bit see what it does, I saw a picture of a pinned block once and the rod looked very rusty, the kind I would be afraid to snap it trying to take it out or tighten it.
I am currently planning some other work on this tractor and this would be one item to address while I am at it,
question is what is a good approach?
it will need an oil change come spring I was debating pulling the oil pan, may never have been done and it could likely use a cleaning anyhow, inspect the cracks, and see about tightening those rods, maybe if I felt frisky try and replace them, but either way messing with them I risk snapping one and making this a bigger job than I bargained for.
on the other hand if I pull this off it would be well worth it, I am impressed with this machine still kicking after all these years, it still needs some help but for the most part its simple stuff, and I have worked it as is and got a lot done, I feel I owe it a little love see if I can make it better.
any suggestions, should I mess with the pins or leave them alone for fear of snapping the rods