560 Diesel engine kit

Back in the mid 70s, I had a new neighbor. Everyone seemed to know him but me, and also knew his credentials as a top diesel mechanic for a large company. My 560D and 300 both needed engine kits, thus another neighbor introduced us. This guy regularly worked on large marine deisels. He checked and told me what he could get kits for, and gave me a quote on both tractors. I guess your telling me he was not the sharpest knife in the drawer. I've always suspected that, however the job he did on 300 was excellent. I think it was a case of not being familiar with 282 diesels.

Back in those days I was busy milking cows, all mechanical work got farmed out. At the time, I though the IH dealer was getting a bit heavy and it wouldn't hurt him to miss a couple. But you know, he would have stood behind his engine work.

The sleeves didn't fit tight, movement allowed them to break off at top, piston pulled the sleeve down into crankcase. Problem occured big time when piston came back up. It didn't go straight up.

I had a 560, got close to 10,000 hours on the original sleeves and pistons. The aftermarket kit I bought, put two pistons in middle of barn yard at less than 1,000 hours. It was working on a silage blower. I know of a few other 282s and 188s that did this. 188 is just 2/3 of a 282. Now they will give you warning in time to shut them down. In my case it was a teenager, and he ran for help, leaving the tractor running. The tractor was still running when he got back, hole in block, and two pistons out in the barn yard.

Do your home work is all I can say. When I rebuilt my 656 I took it right to IH, no more damn cheap rebuilds for me.