[Farmall] Sleeves for a Regular
olmstead at ridgenet.net
olmstead at ridgenet.net
Mon Jan 19 07:46:07 PST 2009
If the sleeves are that bad, I wonder how much metal is missing from the
block in the areas where it holds the sleeves. Definitely worth
inspecting.
If the block was okay, and I couldn't find new sleeves, then I'd think
about sandblasting the corroded areas, filling them with JB Weld or PC-7
and filing or turning the joint areas smooth. That'd at least give the
new seals a smooth surface to work against.
On my Farmall C, the block to new sleeve fit seemed a bit loose, so I did
use silicone sealant on the O-rings. They need to be lubricated anyway.
I know what you mean about old lubricant. I doubt that transmissions ever
got drained and refilled. And I KNOW that steering gearboxes on the O-12
type tractors never did; there's no drain plug. I spent a couple of days
scrubbing the goop out of one.
-Karl
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> Son and I seriously got into the old 1928 Regular this week.
> Basically we stripped her down to the bare bones to take to the
> sandblaster. 80 years of corrosion does make things interesting,
> especially when trying to pull pins and cotters. The list of new
> fasteners to be obtained is getting longer. The old lube, some of
> which was probably put in at Chicago was approaching asphalt. Ther is
> nothing, so far, that the parts tractor can't cover for replacement.
> You start to wonder, did we start restoring the wrong one?????
> Meanwhile, the machine shop called up finally from the last session we
> had before Thanksgiving. He'd finall gotten the head and block tanked
> and pulled apart
>
> Valve guides and some valves need replacing, no surprise there. Big
> surprise, to me anyway, was the sleeves. Bores seemed OK but corrosion
> had encroached into the seal are pretty badly. Shop is concerned about
> leakage.
>
> Called Gordon Rice, he wasn't there but I was told that new sleeves
> were just not available. Also was told by others that generally used
> ones will be no better than what I have. Still, I'm on the hunt for
> some better used ones. It was suggested that we use black silicone on
> the seal area. I decided to try and tap this brain trust and see if
> there was any insight here to my dilemma. An option might be a custom
> sleeve house but that looks like a thousand dollar + solution and a
> major bite to the budget.
>
> John G
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