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larry@stinescorner

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I decided to take the radiator out,,I gave it my best try,it went pretty well
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IM Ashamed to admit the valve cover gasket has been leaking a long time
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I took off the air cleaner so I Could clean up the valve cover, I want to put a new gasket
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Ithink I Shold put a new thermostat too and an upper and lower radiator hose while they are easy to get at?
 
Good job Larry, what about a new water pump? But
I guess if it ain't broke don't fix it. Just a thought
thought.
 
I did ask advice,made a conference call to a fellow y/t mechanic,,,there is no play in the fan and no leakage at the waterpump weaphole
 
You did a good job! Could you tell where the leak in the radiator was? I would definitely change the hoses and the thermostat while you had it apart.
 
Crossflow? As in intake manifold on one side, exhaust on other side. Relatively common now on 4 cylinder cars- crossway or inline mount. Sometime in early 1980s the old GM 'Iron Dukes' 2.5 liters got the crossflow heads, some other OHVs also. OHC relatively common to be crossflow, Early OHV inlines more common to have the intake and exhaust on same side, pushrods and spark plugs other side. RN
 
If the water pump feels tight and is not leaking, I wouldn't mess with it now. For sure replace thermostat and all radiator hoses while its apart. Looking good!
 
Ell Larry, I can take them apart too.
My problem is putting them back together!
Yer phreind,
Jim
 
Larry/ FWIW your camera is worth it's weight in gold taking pictures as you disassemble any thing mechanical,so re-assembly is a piece of cake so to speak.I'm still of the opinion that the radiator is plagued with rust and pinholes. Have a body shop give you an estimate on a radiator core (only) as that would be the cheapest way around the cost of repairs. The top and bottom tanks are braze-able. If you intend to keep the tractor workable for years,it is best to do it right from the git go.
We have had radiator core replacement on the O,C 46 and the 92 Ford pickup with great success, and small cost. I have repaired heater core in many of our vehicles ,again with good success.Old equiptment requires some major repairs with the water systems from time to time and I can tell you it's well worth the time and money to fix em right the first time. HTH,
LOU.
 
(quoted from post at 18:14:49 12/02/15) I did ask advice,made a conference call to a fellow y/t mechanic,,,there is no play in the fan and no leakage at the waterpump weaphole
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I am working on an old car right now. I have had water pumps fail on older vehicles a few times, so while I had the radiator out of this car I elected to replace the water pump. I sure am glad that I decided to go after it because one of the bolts that holds it is giving me a bad time.
 
i would, and do the water pump too, even if its not leaking, it will save you from having to strip the tractor down for quite a time in the future its easy to get at right now so its the time to do it all while your in there
 
Yes the 1965 and newer Fords were cross flow.
I have some original dealer literature here where Ford touts it as an improvement.
Not sure what the reason was.
Along with the cross flow they put a wet intake manifold on the gassers to preheat the intake air. The older engines didn't need it as the combined in/ex manifold did the same thing.
Larry, good for you for doing it right.
Now it'll be good for another 40-50 years.
 
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