[AT] Update on '40 (39) Farmall A

Cecil Bearden crbearden at copper.net
Tue Jan 26 05:23:43 PST 2010


Al
Should have mushroom head cam folowers, so just pull the rods out of the 
block and soak the rocker assembly before working on it.  If you have a 
soaking tank of solvent, it works great..

cecil in OKla

Al Jones wrote:
> Last week I took the A to the MF dealer in town and got them to steam clean it for me. It wasn't too bad to start with but every little bit helps. I got it rolled into the shop at school, ready for my class to get started on it.
> 
> I did some research at the IH archives website, and according to the production records they have online, it was actually built in December of '39.  So, I'm calling it a '39 :)
> 
> Anyhow, the first day of the semester was today.  I took the class into the shop the last 30 min. of class and introduced it to them and told them the goal was to drive it out of the shop under its own power.  Then under my supervision a couple students took the valve cover off. All valves are loose.  Tomorrow if they finish in time we are going to start preparing to pull the head off.  The crew seems pretty enthusiastic about it and were amused at the thought of an actual hand crank engine.
> 
> I wanted to study up tonight but I left my service manual at school.  Can we just unbolt the rocker arm assembly and pull the pushrods out of the block?
> 
> Thanks,
> Al
> 
> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Hall <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
>> Sent: Jan 19, 2010 9:53 PM
>> To: Farmall/IHC mailing list <farmall at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>> Subject: Re: [Farmall] Setback on '40 Farmall A
>>
>> Al, don't get too excited just yet about having a cracked block . Usually a 
>> wet sleeve engine will just bust the sleeve. Dry sleeve engines are the ones 
>> more likely to bust the block, that's what happened to the ID-9 that I sold 
>> to Travis 10+ years ago.
>>
>> John Hall
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