[AT] MF 2244 crawler with Perkins diesel

[Ivan]

Cecil ,  it belongs to my buddy Mark so its ultimately up to him . He 
takes care of state inspections for me ,and I do tractor repairs .
   I have been looking a little ,I found a rebuild kit from 
Tractorjoe.com for $230  which I think is decent .  I do want to run the 
head thru the washer and clean it real good . Also think I'm going to 
make a trip back over to the garage where its at and check the other two 
sleeves . They looked shiney on top like they were making good contact 
with the steel ring in the gasket .But I didnt gauge them .   I was in a 
rush to get it apart and find out what happened .  Strange though, the 
steel insert in the gasket was OK ,but the paper was all shot . And the 
head and the sleeve showed minor signs of leaking . The few blown 
gaskets that I've seen have blown the ring too .
Wish the guy who had ran it was still alive ,I'd like to find out how 
long he ran it when it overheated . I wonder how bad the bottom end is 
from the green stuff . Mark told me he went to use it one day and when 
it started right off it was blowing stuff out the radiator so he shut it 
down .
  Where could I get a copper ring to put on top of the sleeve ?  I 
havent found any except a Cat dealer and they were bigger . Are these  a 
common thing ?
  I hate to see it go for scrap and would like to see it run . Then I 
could get a test ride or two ,maybe hours :)   Never been on a real 
dozer before .

  Richard , I've had two experiences with green stuff in the oil . One 
was soon as I sarted my A after a fresh  rebuild for the first time ,I 
let it run long nuff to come up to temp hoping that it would swell up 
and seal . Naaah ! But some block sealer cured it and its ran ever since 
. Of course a couple oil changes were necessary .
I have also seen them lock up tight but they were run longer .   I'd 
like to try and do just a new gasket if I could get that sleeve to seal 
,along with two oil changes to flush the lower end . With the hope to 
get maybe 20 or 30 hours out of it .    My first time tearing a diesel 
apart so I'm learning a lot .  But ya , the green stuff wories me ,not 
knowing how long it ran that way .    If I just  could convince Mark to 
do a in frame rebuild with new bearings .
  Ivan