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Wow, lets kick this restoration into high gear!

Posted on June 21, 2011 by dd

So, I came into work this morning and these were sitting on my desk! A cylinder hone and a ridge reamer…. One of my co-workers, whose hobby in his youth was restoring/working on British sports cars, had mentioned a couple … Continue reading →

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Not really great day, but..Got the shaft keys off! Yay!

Posted on June 20, 2011 by dd

Today was not so good of a day, as LTGal’s bike steering failed on the way back from the bike repair place and she fell… Possibly a fractured wrist, so today was a lot of not good stuff, and trying … Continue reading →

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Finally got the drive pulley off

Posted on June 19, 2011 by dd

Of course, I left the camera out in the garage, so I don’t have the pictures…  Took me nearly the whole afternoon of soaking with penetrating oil, hammering with the convincing mallet, pulling with the pry bar, and finally I … Continue reading →

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Drive pulley trials…

Posted on June 19, 2011 by dd

Gentle tapping with the persuading mallet will get the pulley to slide about 1/4″ along the shaft, but I can’t seem to get it any further… Got it to the point where I can fit a pry-bar behind  the pulley … Continue reading →

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Got the flywheel off

Posted on June 19, 2011 by dd

Wow, that was a pain! Had to use a flywheel puller (which meant buying one…) a rubber mallet and lots of PB Blaster ( a penetrating spray). Lots if good advice from the tractor forum folks again… Next up, the … Continue reading →

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More fantastic valve information

Posted on June 16, 2011 by dd

Wow, I am CONSTANTLY amazed by the wealth of knowledge available at MyTractorForum!  As a TOTAL newbie to valve maintenance and repair, I posted my previous questions on MTF late last night as well as here on the blog…  By … Continue reading →

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All About Valves!

Posted on June 16, 2011 by dd

So, tonight LTGal let me go out and play tractors again… She EVEN let me go SHOPPING!… Off to Princess Auto to pick up a valve spring compressor… Of course, while I was THERE (unsupervised, bwa ha ha!)… How could … Continue reading →

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Here’s what I got done today

Posted on June 12, 2011 by dd

Here’s Bror’s cylinder head after a light cleaning some weeks ago Here it is after today’s work Tried using JUST the degreaser to get the carbon off, didn’t work… Tried using a screwdriver, gently, and not on the gasket facing… … Continue reading →

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Feeler gauge

Posted on June 12, 2011 by dd

As I approach working on Bror’s valves, I’m gonna need a feeler gauge for measuring clearances.  Fortunately/surprisingly, I already HAVE one…This is one of the tools I inherited from mygrandfather.  When my grandmother passed away in the late 80s, I … Continue reading →

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Work slowdown… If that’s possible!

Posted on June 11, 2011 by dd

So, not much work getting done on Bror this weekend , as Littletractorgal pulled 3 evening shifts (Fri, Sat, Sun) and so the rest of our time is either running around trying to get essentials done (recycling, garbage, lawn mowing, housecleaning … Continue reading →

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