Posted by Andy Martin on December 29, 2009 at 15:27:10 from (199.197.2.143):
In Reply to: M Rebuild posted by ChrisMO on December 29, 2009 at 07:24:14:
Am I right that you are measuring the ring gap with the pistons out? If so, pull the rings off and measure the gap with them in the cylinder bore. Use the piston upside down to get the ring in square. Then measure the ring gap and it will tell you something.
I never fix them "right" and I have very good results with H's and M's. My primary M got new rings and no valve job twenty years ago (was fouling out plugs) and still pulls my Vermeer 504 Super G for about 400 bales every summer. After I'd stuck the rings in it ran terrible and I felt I'd not fixed it when I realized it still had the last set of fouled plugs in it. I don't replace plugs just because I'm working on the tractor.
I can't speak to newer tractors and if you've got the money it's fun to make everything new again but I only fix what's wore out because if you are using it it will continue to wear. I only replace the bad tire too, and get all the life I can out of the other ones. Some respectable folks replace all four tires "while they're at it".
I have never regretted doing a partial job and I depend on my tractors year round.
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