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

[Bill Boyd]

Get out your digital camera and take a picture of the rocker assembly 
before taking it apart.
Might save you time later.

Bill in NETX

At 09:26 PM 1/25/2010, you 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
> >