[AT] MF 2244 crawler with Perkins diesel

[Cecil R Bearden]

I don't know how long it has been sitting, but if the anti freeze is 
still green and not milky in the oil, it probably just leaked in there 
without running very long.Copper rings are hard to find, even harder to 
get to stay in the place you put them when you install the head.  I 
remember one old time mechanic who spent 2 days on an old 203 MF diesel 
cutting a small piece of copper out of an old gasket and getting it to 
clamp down into the groove that had burned into the block making a seal, 
instead of milling the block or welding it up and milling it.

I have not seen it all, but I have seen a lot of poor boy repair attempts.

Cecil in OKla


On 12/9/2012 10:11 AM, Ivan wrote:
> 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
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