[Farmall] Setback on '40 Farmall A

[Barney Van De Weert]

As John says this is a wet sleeve engine. When I did mine I was trying to get the pistons out and the one that had water in it came out sleeve and all.. Pretty simple engine and not a lot of work to completely rebuild. Also I'd want to do the o-rings as well, mine had anti-freeze in the pan when I drained the oil so the o-rings could have been a problem. 
 Barney Van De Weert
3828 Heartwood St
Uniontown OH 44685 


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From: E. John Puckett <ejpuckett at centurytel.net>
To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Sun, January 17, 2010 3:13:37 PM
Subject: Re: [Farmall] Setback on '40 Farmall A

Remember, an A and Super A are both wet sleeve engines, so no special 
tools are required to remove the sleeve and replace.

Al Jones wrote:
> I went to Agri Supply yesterday and got a gallon can of PB Blaster to put
> in the cylinders on my '40 A I drug home last weekend. I just got back from
> filling the cylinders so they could soak. #1 didn't look too bad in there.
> I was filled with cautious optimism. #2 you could see water inside. Dang. 
> I stuck my funnel in the plug hole and put about half the can of PB in
> there to try and flush out the water.
>
> The other cylinders didn't look too bad. They're all full of PB now. I was
> so hoping that maybe the rings were just stuck a little bit, but I am
> afraid #2 is in pretty bad shape. Gonna let her soak a while and see what
> happens. I am afraid I'll be putting new sleeves and pistons in before it
> runs.
>
> I have aspirations of making this one run again "ALL BY MYSELF."  Hopefully
> I'm not getting in too deep.....
>
>
>
> Al Jones
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