Progress on the R

Howdy folks,

Try to be brief here since I'm on one thumb (tore one up a little while workin the R's connecting rod out. Noticed the earlier thread on lousy weather in Ohio. I saw this coming so I was ready. This was an excellent day to work on the R. Turned up the kerosene stove, got the cat and dog inside on their respective beds, got my coffee and set to work. I finally to the fuel lines from the injector pump to the injectors off after some issues with the manual's recommending caps for the pump and injectors. I fabricated some out of plastic and electrical tape. Took the lifters off and thanked God when I saw that the rods come out without removing the radiator (unlike some JD's that I know). Worked the head off and then pulled the pulley side piston out. Didn't get to do a lot of lookin over it to see problems but did find worn rings as well as a few that appeared stuck. The piston had marks on its sides as did the cylinder wall. The marks don't look too bad so I doubt that any big work will need to be done on the cylinder sleeves. The pulley side sleeve was the only one with any apparent damage. The other (which I have yet to get the piston out of ) looks pretty good. I finally got a site to upload my pics so I'll post one here and then some more in replies. God bless.

--old fashioned farmer

p.s. Thanks to Jim.UT for posting those pics for me.

p.p.s. There is nothing little on a John Deere R.

Here's what the piston's damage looks like. Notice the streaked places, the cylinder wall has similar scratching.

Here's a shot of the piston. 5 3/4" in diameter and the piston itself is around 9" tall.