Posted by charlie M on September 11, 2011 at 07:00:56 from (74.34.200.218):
I've been wanting to start a new tractor project for a long time but they always seem to be either too much money for my wallet or way to far away. This week a guy had an A for sale just around the corner from me and I grabbed it. Glad I did as he had a ton of guys calling for it. Guy said he replaced 3 sleeves that were cracked and replaced all rings. He couldn't get it to run and since he's really more of a JD guy decided to sell it. I got to look at it this morning and it has virtually no compression. I pulled the head. He said he cleaned the valves but looking at them it looks like they were originally badly corroded and all he did was free them up and maybe wire brush them. I'm thinking valve job. My question is if the pistons look good with what he did is it most likely the problem is the valves? Head gasket was tight. Anything else that could cause a compression problem. Valves were set with the correct clearance. Is it cheaper to by a rebuilt head than for me to get the work done on this one?
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