Sleeve removal help

I am trying to get the sleeves outta my little farmall A and im not having very good luck. I do not have a sleeve puller so i was wondering if any of you guys on here had any ideas on how to go about doin it. Thanks in advance

(quoted from post at 10:16:17 12/08/10) I am trying to get the sleeves outta my little farmall A and im not having very good luck. I do not have a sleeve puller so i was wondering if any of you guys on here had any ideas on how to go about doin it. Thanks in advance

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An oak, hickory, or other hardwood stick of sufficient length and a big hammer. Drive the sleeves out from below.

i have taken some ornary ones out this way: put pressure on them from the bottom with a hyd. jack, almost lifting the tractor. then set a block of hard wood on top the block hext to sleeve. then i used a post mall and let the weight of it fall on the block and out popped the sleeve. and dry sleeves can be removed by welding 2 beads 180 degrees from each other. then just reach in and make a fist and they pull right out.

Do what Rusty suggested and use a piece of 2 X 2 oak and a big hammer to drive them out. I did that on a Farmall A in 1975. They're not a pressed fit in the block. Once you remove the sleeves be sure to clean that block area where your new seals go. Hal

The driving out doesent always work if you dont have a sleeve puller they are easy to make or even rent one. If you have a welder just weld around the bottom on the inside of course as thats where its stuck along with a pile of crud rusted fast to the outside water side of the sleeve. Sometimes you even need a hy press iv done a pile of them and you never realy know how hard they can be stuck same way getting a stuck piston out as there are times when they are rusted fast and theres no way to remove them just have to press sleeve and piston out together then you can use a portable band saw to split the sleeve and remove the piston to salvage the rod which can also be a huge problem BTDT i can think of three rite quick that waws that way. In fact i have one rite now mite be the same way as its pretty bad and theres nothing that would remove the crud and even if you got it removed the piston is still rusted to the sleeve. Two pices of 1/2x2 flat bar one long enough to cover the bottom and the top long enough to clear the rim of the sleeve use a spacer on top and having a 3/4 hole in each piece then use 3/4 theraded rod you can probaly do the job. I have a lathe amd welder so i made my own puck for the bottom and bracket on the top.

Here's a sleeve puller made by Keith for his Super C. Your local metal/welding shop can make you one. You would need to measure the diameter of your old sleeves for the puck. May still have the 3-inch sleeves or 3-1/8" if it has been rebuilt. Hal

Thanks to all who replyed, I got all the sleeves out (what a fight) and the block cleaned up only to find that the block is cracked between all the cylinders.

What did you use to remove them? Hal