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The way I have gotten stuck sleeve/pistons out in the past is a little worky, but it has always worked!! Yank the pan off, remove the connecting rod caps so the rods are loose (Please mark em!!) and reattach the front motor mount/bar with pan off. Yank the head off. Find a railroad tie, or something very solid that will not flex that is wide 6-8", and at least 4' long. Next, run a couple chains down from the framerails one on each side, under your 4' long rairoad tie and back up so the railroad tie is resting on the ground, but just by a little bit, it should be almost able to swing back and forth. place a common bottle jack on top of the railroad tie, use something fairly stout that will not split as a ram, slowly jack the ram up to the bottom of the sleeve, which is kind of just hanging down by about an inch or so from the blocks bottom water jacket. Slowly add pressure with the jack, the sleeve will pop out of the top of the block allowing you to pull the piston/sleeve/con rod combo out and have it pressed out. The chains/railroad tie setup keeps the jack from simply sinking and allows you to use more than just the tractors weight to shove the sleeve out. keeping the railroad tie on the ground keeps the whole deal from squishing out at an angle. Disconnecting all the connecting rods first usually allows you to turn the crank around, if you wanna keep it in the block, and access the sleeve bottoms. This has worked every time, I have never broken or cracked a block yet, and as long as you go slow, and be safe, (strong chains etc) it is a safe one man job.\ Good luck
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