I asked a few weeks ago about the governor thinking it may have been my issue. It wasn't. I pulled a rod and a main cap and found major bearing wear. So I proceeded to order rods and mains for it. Crank was ground in or around 1979 according to the bearings ( crank is .010 rods are .020). Anyways, I was thinking it might have been from a bad cylinder head repair and someone never drained the oil out of the engine. I have had it apart now for a few weeks (finished up my 1st year teaching and those bearings are a SOB to install!) and noticed that I have coolant seeping around the 3rd lifter from the front. I cleaned it off and let it sit and confirmed that's where my coolant is coming from.
Now I need to know how the coolant is getting to that point so I can order some more parts. Do I need a complete top end set or can I just do head gaskets? I would like to get this out of my parking spot soon and I will have a bit more time now that school is out, so if I can order parts once and actually fix this tractor I would be thrilled! Then I can move on to bigger and better things.
Thanks,
DS79
Now I need to know how the coolant is getting to that point so I can order some more parts. Do I need a complete top end set or can I just do head gaskets? I would like to get this out of my parking spot soon and I will have a bit more time now that school is out, so if I can order parts once and actually fix this tractor I would be thrilled! Then I can move on to bigger and better things.
Thanks,
DS79