[AT] Spam> Blue Devil brand stop-leak

[Bruce Moden]

John,
We had a TO-20 Ferg for several years that had the same problem, it was explained to me that these tractors had a design fault in the block casting between cyls. 2 & 3, it was too thin & often cracked allowing water to enter the oil system when running warm.  There was a system to internally close this with a bolt mechanism, but it was back in the 70's and my recolection of the repair item is foggy1

Pharmr


--- On Sun, 9/28/08, John Hall <jthall at worldnet.att.net> wrote:

> From: John Hall <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
> Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> Blue Devil brand stop-leak
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Date: Sunday, September 28, 2008, 9:14 PM
> Now that sounds interesting!
> 
> The 2 sealers I swear by have never failed us--I've
> tried a few others years 
> ago that were pretty much worthless in my opinion.
> 
> Speaking of sealers, the Ferguson we rebuilt this spring
> had been leaking 
> water into the oil for quite some time. The owners had
> dumped quite a bit of 
> stop leak in it. To say there was quite a bit of gooey mess
> inside the block 
> is an understatement!
> 
> John
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "charlie hill"
> <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 9:45 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] Spam> Blue Devil brand stop-leak
> 
> 
> > I've seen folks use everything from Carnation milk
> to black pepper and 
> > every
> > kind of commercial block sealer made.  They all work
> some of the time. 
> > Some
> > might work all of the time.  They better have a double
> money back 
> > guarantee
> > to get me to pay $60 for that Blue Devil brand.
> >
> > You used to be able to get some block sealer from Ford
> dealers that was
> > pretty neat.  It had a flourescent die marker in it. 
> It would seal the 
> > leak
> > and then when you pulled the engine down you could
> shine a black light on 
> > it
> > and see where the leak was.  I don't know if they
> still have it or not.
> >
> > Charlie
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "John Hall"
> <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
> > To: "Antique tractor email discussion group"
> 
> > <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> > Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2008 7:40 AM
> > Subject: [AT] Spam> Blue Devil brand stop-leak
> >
> >
> >> I've used stop leaks for years when the
> occasion called for it. For minor
> >> leaks I use prestone Super sealer as it works and
> works well. Also I have
> >> used Gunk block seal a couple times where water
> was leaking into the
> >> oil--worked both machines where it was used.
> >>  Yesterday I spotted a sealer I never recall
> seeing. The name is Blue
> >> Devil
> >> stop leak (Google for more info.)--it is sold at
> most major auto parts
> >> stores. What caught my eye was the price--$60. 
> Anyone here ever use it?
> >> To
> >> me that is a whole lot of money for a Band-Aid
> unless it is last effort 
> >> to
> >> buy some time on a machine that is otherwise
> scrapyard bound.
> >>
> >> John Hall
> >>
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