[Farmall] 39 Farmall A: Getting sleeves/pistons out.

[Mike Sloane]

There is a tool made for that. For the A, pulling the "wet" sleeves and 
installing them isn't too difficult. But for tractors with "dry" 
sleeves, pulling them out can be quite a chore. Here is an image of one 
of the dry sleeves coming out of my Farmall H using my sleeve puller. 
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/tools__equipment/sleeve_puller_fh.html> 
Having the right tool for the job makes it MUCH easier. I have used the 
puller on a Farmall 706 and a Ford 2N (and some other tractors that I 
can't recall at the moment). The puller is regularly advertised in Red 
Power magazine (if anyone needs the name and number, I can look it up). 
On the Ford, I had to give the liners a "whack" from below to get them 
started.
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/1946_ford_2n/2n_overhaul_3_31_05_11.html>
<http://public.fotki.com/mikesloane/farmall_706_tractor/ns-2.html>

I have never tried dry ice, and never had a problem putting the new 
liners back in - just some gentle taps on a block of wood.

Mike

Thomas O Mehrkam wrote:
> I pulled the dry sleeves on my H using part of an old disk that just 
> happened to be the correct size to catch the lower lip of the sleeve. 
> The pistons were not stuck as this was a running tractor. I moved the 
> crank out of the way and used a jack to apply pressure from the bottom.
> 
> Did not have to remove the crank or split the tractor.
> 
> Putting them back in involved dry ice on the sleeves and a wooden block 
> and mallet to drive them back in place. If I remember correctly we used 
> dry ice to shrink the sleeves to get them out also.
> 
> Main bearings were good and were not replaced. Just had worn sleeves and 
> stuck rings.
> 
> John Hall wrote:
>> Al, since you are replacing everything it doesn't really matter how you beat 
>> and bang on the old ones. If you should try to salvage the stuck ones, a tad 
>> o
> 
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