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Re: Re: Sick 285 MF
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Posted by Brad_fromTN on July 23, 2004 at 07:19:51 from (207.48.34.48):
In Reply to: Re: Sick 285 MF posted by Ron on July 23, 2004 at 05:19:04:
The shrinkage effect upon cooldown after welding a vertical bead the length of the sleeve generally allows them to be easily removed. I think the most important thing to avoid is burn through of the sleeve...that could make it harder to remove. The proper driver etc. is a good way also. Enough of that, now to the real problem. Cracked sleeves and Head/Block warpage. IMHO, that block needs to come out of the tractor, be completely torn down, hot tanked and the head and block completely magnafluxed for cracks and checked for warpage. Any less and you risk doing it all again at least one more time. As mentioned previously, it would seem that the engine may have been badly overheated at some point in it's life. Important to have a working temperature gauge on a tractor and watch it often.
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