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

[John Hall]

 I've heard of using dry ice but can't recall knowing anyone that has ever 
done it/needed it. Reminds me of some IH tractor the dealer dad worked for 
had in the shop. They had a water leak around a sleeve. Apparently they had 
been into the tractor a couple times already. This time their mechanic 
coated the sleeve with something, I think it was Copper-Coat. Anyway he let 
it set up pretty good before putting in the sleeve. It got almost all the 
way in and stopped. He yelled for my dad and they set a bottle jack on the 
sleeve and chained it to the block. No more leaks. I'm guessing something in 
that hole was bored oversize. Either way, IH wasn't offering a completely 
new engine so they took matters into their own hands.

John Hall