[AT] Bad valve on an M

[charlie hill]

Hi Wayne.

I thought I had a bad valve on my D-10 once.  I stopped by an Allis dealer
( when there still were some) and asked the mechanic how much he would
charge me to fix it.

I had never seen this guy before and he didn't know me or the tractor.  He
said, "you don't run the tractor much do you"?  I said no.  He said, " you
don't need a valve job,  the valve guides are loaded up with carbon.  Go
home and hook a bottom plow or something hard to pull to it and run  it hard
for an hour or so."

I did what he told me and it cleared up and ran fine after it blew a bunch
of carbon out the stack.

Charlie
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Wayne Snelling" <wsnelling at southplainscollege.edu>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Bad valve on an M


> Dick: Probably is valve. However, I had an experience similar, it was
> popping and it turned out to be cam lobe. Maybe best thing to do is
> remove the valve cover and start the engine-don't worry oil want go
> everywhere, just a little loss. See if all valves are making the full
> travel and none are too tight. If too tight and not proper valve lash
> then it would pop also. Head job would not be too much ? $100 depend on
> if new valves are needed. One thing to remember is that after doing a
> head repair job you are going to use more oil because of the increased
> compression.
> Now the best thing would be to let me come take it off your hands and
> you need worry no more!
>
> Wayne
>
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