Weekend work around the kingdom

Not much tractor related this weekend. Spent Saturday working on the garage door. It wouldn't lift easy, I believe because it originally had a lightweight door that was replaced by an insulated door which was too heavy for the springs. So first it got new springs which made it work good. Then I put in an opener. That took longer than I would like to admit. Lol. Then added new seal under the door and seals outside where there were none.








By the time I went to town and got that done Saturday was about shot. But the queen is very happy, so things are good in the kingdom.

Yesterday I worked on getting projects in the shop first. Getting the 1030 started was tough, the batteries were bad so I tried to pull start it first, but there was so much ice and it was so warm that the DC couldn't get enough traction to pull it. After some wasted time there I remembered I had 2 good batteries in the shop, so with two good batteries it started right up. So I was able to use it to pull the 400 in the shed to get worked on. Going to pull the block on it and have it bored because the counter bores are bad. And the 1030 needs some work too, a water pump and new fuel lines etc.








The rest of the day I spent piling up a bunch of junk wood that was laying around. There was a pile from an old deck, some old fence posts and feed gates that we're rotten and such. Most of it was burried under snow and froze to the ground, but the DC and loader worked good for digging it out. Sadly the water pump went out on the DC too. Must be the time for water pumps.




Then last night it was time for a bon fire to burn the pile. The weather was good for it, the snow kept it from spreading or getting too hot, and the wind was in the right direction to keep the Sparks away from everything. Had a bit of trouble getting it going because of all the snow, but once going it burned good.




The fire burned all night and still had a pile of coals this morning. I had hoped to get to the tin on the quanset shed this weekend, but that didn't happen. Maybe next weekend.

looks like you got a lot of space in the shop
nice when you can get most of the good stuff under cover

Jon, Is that the King's Throne next to the overhead door? Gee, the spittoon next to it is bigger than the throne.
The other John S probably has a new water pump with your name on it sitting on a shelf.
Loren

King Loren,
How can there be two Kings? Are there two different tribes? What's going on? Are the knights of the round table in jeopardy?
Geo

That's the prince/princess's throne, the Kings throne is behind me in the pic. And John already has 2 water pumps on the way. Seems like he is going to get all my money this year. Lol

Does the engine block on your 400 have counterbores? How do they go bad? Something new, to me.

There is a step in the top bore that a ledge on the sleeve sits on. On mine that ledge is corroded in one cylinder allowing the sleeve to drop and not hold a head gasket. By over boring it I will get to a fresh part of the block.

Might put shims in counter bore under sleeve lip to bring sleeve up to correct height.

The height is correct, one side is low. Only half of the counter bore is corroded. The deck of the block need to be planned anyway due to the same reason. I'll take a pic of it tonight.

So will planing the block make it that when you bore it be enough to equal the depth you have to bore it?

No, but the sleeves I'm using are enough larger that the bore will be in good block. Think out, not down. Can't go down much because of piston clearance with the head.