[AT] MF 2244 crawler with Perkins diesel

[Cecil R Bearden]

I would second that  Charlie.  If I was 10 years younger, I would take 
on a project like that.   Knees and back keep me from getting a lot done 
anymore.

Cecil in OKla

On 12/9/2012 11:40 AM, charlie hill wrote:
> Ivan,  if you give the guy the info and he wants to dump it you might want
> to offer him scrap price
> or a little more for it and get yourself a good project.
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ivan
> Sent: Sunday, December 09, 2012 11:11 AM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] MF 2244 crawler with Perkins diesel
>
> 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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