glenmorebuckman
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Hello all. My 1951 TO30 is getting tired and not feeling well. I want to help it! This tractor was rebuilt by my uncles back in the 80's and hasn't been used much other than by me in the last 10 years and it's mainly just a little plowing such as the garden or maybe bushhogging 5 acres. It's been having a smoking problem for a little while now and I originally thought maybe it was valve guides and seals so I had the head rebuilt and it did help some but it still smokes and when it does smoke it misses pretty bad. The oil pressure runs around 25 pounds at first start up then drops down to around 10 when warmed up. When the head was off there was quite a bit of oil on top the #1 and #4 pistons. I thought maybe it had ran down the bad valve guides but I'm still getting oil in the cylinders because it's on the spark plugs and they were a little loose after first starting it and I could see where oil had worked out around the threads on the plugs. It all boils down to me wanting to rebuild it. I have been doing my own mechanic work for over 35 years and there isn't much I haven't done other than rebuilding an engine. I have no doubt of my ability to do this I just need a little guidance as to the correct procedure. Is there a manual or a write up that someone has done that will explain the rebuild step by step? I have the I&T manual but is there something better?