Posted by Dusty Jones on May 11, 2008 at 03:53:18 from (12.64.102.82):
Well where to start....? I was gifted a 1953 Super-W4 Serial# 284D. It had been stored for around 6 years with the engine head removed but still set on top. Apparently the old girl was having some mechanical issues and showing her age. The aged gentleman who owned the tractor went to do its "GASP" yearly oil change, and found about 2 gallons of gas in the oil pan, no wonder with yearly oil changes.... So he changed it out and hoped for the best after running for about 5 or 6 hours the W4 began to lose power , by the time "Ken" got it back to the shed she had to be pushed up a 10' grade into the garage...... Not Good.
He began a little exploratory investigating and stopped at the point of having the head off as it became a little to involved for him to tinker with. His wife passed away shortly after and Ken very shortly after that from a broken heart.... He loved his wife e measurably and without Marry had no will to continue on in this life so passed to the next to be with his love once again.....
But he left me his tractor .......
So Ive got a great tractor that needs to have its heart rebuilt. I'm an ASE certified technician so Ive got mechanical skills to spare . Just not the working knowledge of the little nuances of these great old machines. Now if this were a Chevy v8 and a customer had come in with oil in the gas id tell them you more then likely have blown a piston ring or two or posably cracked a piston or god forbid cracked a cylinder wall , pretty much the only way to get gas from the top end to the bottom end is to break something between the two halves. Now comes the nuances of these old tractors is there a point somewhere on the old engines that would allow gas to travel to the bottom end other then by way of the piston bore? Im not seeing any from visual inspection but my x-ray vision went down yesterday so I could be missing something.
And before I start a rebuild and not fix the original offending problem and waste cash I by no means have to waste I would truly appreciate a second opionion. As muhc as I would like to purchase a complete rebuild for the c-164 I simply do not have the means to afford the $600 plus for an entire kit. But I know im probably going to have to save up for the next year or so to buy a complete kit. At the very least new gaskets rings and bearings if I'm lucky......Ive got a better chance of being struck by lightning and hitting the lotto and coming home from the hospital to publishers clearing house on my door step . But I can dream cant I...... So what do you enlightened gentle folk think????? any second gas avenue to the lower end....
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