[AT] I want a M Farmall......

[Al Jones]

Yeah Charlie, I was tempted but then I got to thinking that there's no
telling what else is wrong.

Al

On Mon, Sep 26, 2016 at 8:01 PM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:
> I had one of these engines in a TD6 crawler. The head gasket went on mine too.   It would run on gas, but is soon as you opened up the diesel injectors and threw the compression lever it would bubble air through the radiator like a fountain.   I also was not convinced it was something as simple as a head gasket. It was simply way too much air. I believe there was a decent chance it was a head crack or something more serious.
>
> The scrap guy offered to come, winch it on his trailer and give me $700.   I took it. (-;
>
> Starting one of those gas over diesel engines, or starting an older John Deere pony motor diesel, is still one of my favorite things to do.
>
> Spencer Yost
>
>
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> Spencer Yost
>> On Sep 26, 2016, at 7:38 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm not at all familiar with that engine but putting a head
>> gasket on a diesel is a bit more complex than putting one on
>> a gasser.  Same process but higher torque on the head bolts
>> and sometimes the head bolts need to be replaced. Still it sounds
>> like a nice project.
>>
>> Charlie
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: John Hall
>> Sent: Monday, September 26, 2016 4:41 PM
>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>> Subject: Re: [AT] I want a M Farmall......
>>
>> My take was if its just a blown gasket you can crank it up and run it
>> long enough to find out the trouble. Even if the head is cracked, it's
>> still a reasonable deal with not too much work to get it going. It's
>> been a mighty long time since I have seen a running, inexpensive, field
>> ready M. I'll keep my ears open for him though.
>>
>> John
>>
>>> On 9/26/2016 1:35 PM, charlie hill wrote:
>>> John I was thinking the same thing but the next line after that is
>>> "oh,  I thought it was just a blown head gasket".  Could be a broken
>>> piston or major valve train damage or bad rings or any number of
>>> things depending on the symptoms.  Still That is a fairly rare machine
>>> compared to a Super M and if I was an IH guy and wanted a project
>>> I'd be tempted.  Of course Al isn't looking for a project.  He wants
>>> something
>>> he can put in the field soon!
>>>
>>> Charlie
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