[AT] Q. for JD "experts"--or anyone--SOLVED!

[John Boehm]

Are you sure the head can't be fixed? The machine shop
I use regularly replaces valve seats as needed in two
cylinder Deere heads.

John Boehm
Woodland, CA
Visit my web site at http://vintagetractors.com


--- John Wilkens <jwilkens at eoni.com> wrote:
> Thanks everyone four your suggestions!   The problem
> is 
> solved.  Magnafluxing revealed a hairline crack in
> one valve seat....which 
> apparently was opening up after the engine ran for
> 15-20 minutes and 
> letting air into the water jacket.  Now to look for
> a new head (too 
> expensive to fix I think).
> John W.
> 
>