[Farmall] M oil pan

John Hall jthall at worldnet.att.net
Mon Mar 17 18:43:14 PDT 2008


 I imagine the repair was originally done with brass. Dad pretty much wants 
to replace the pan so I imagine that is the route we will go instead of 
repair. Now that his Cub is painted maybe we can bring this repair job to 
the front of the to-do list.

John
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Subject: Re: [Farmall] M oil pan


>A pan from the junk yard should be OK. Check for flatness at the gasket
> surface, clean it up using something like carb cleaner and look for
> possible cracks, make sure the drain plug is not stuck or stripped.
>
> Not knowing how bad the original pan was cracked, have you considered
> repatching the old pan using JB Weld? I've used it on several patch jobs
> and it works wonders. The key thing is getting the surface clean and
> roughing it up a little to get a good bond. You can apply a coating to
> both the external and internal surfaces
>
> Carl Szabelski
> 




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