[AT] Super MTA oil pressure

Spencer Yost Spencer.Yost at piedmontsystems.com
Wed Mar 17 10:25:06 PST 2004


That is the way it worked on the two I worked on....


Spencer

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On 3/17/2004 at 10:32 AM charlie hill wrote:

>Spencer, I take it that you are saying the IH valve train is like the
>Allis
>stuff where one of the rocker studs has an oil passage in it that feeds the
>rocker arm?
>
>Charlie
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>> You should see more.   The center oil passage in the head, the one to
>middle stud, is often blocked.   I fixed one Farmall A by removing the
>remnants of a stud that had been broken.   Several little pieces in it.
>The other was gunk in the stud.  Check the passage in the rocker arm too.
>>
>> I know you said it was rebuilt but I would check everything real closely
>myself.
>>
>> Spencer
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>> On 3/16/2004 at 8:32 PM D. Day wrote:
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>> >We just put the rebuilt head on the M and fired it up without the valve
>> >cover in place so we could make sure oil is circulating through the
>rocker
>> >assembly.  How much oil should we see?  The engine oil was totally
>drained
>> >about a week ago. Tonight we filled it up and put a new filter on prior
>to
>> >starting it.  We ran it a few minutes and didn't see a significant
>amount
>> >of
>> >oil.
>> >
>> >Should we see a gusher or a trickle?  Since the engine sat dry for so
>long,
>> >will it take a while before oil reaches the head?  Oil pressure hit
>about
>> >70
>> >the second it was started and held there until we shut it off.
>> >
>> >Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
>> >
>> >Dick
>> >
>> >Dick Day Software Services
>> >83712 552nd Avenue
>> >Norfolk, NE 68701
>> >402/379-1606
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