Opinions on this WD-45's cranking
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Topic: Opinions on this WD-45's cranking
Posted By: JoeM(GA)
Subject: Opinions on this WD-45's cranking
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2018 at 2:39pm
This ole girl belongs to a friends of mines Dad, back in the summer it was over-heating
and not running well. They flushed the cooling system, cleaned radiator, replaced thermostat and water pump. They just have had time to go down to the deer camp it stays at and this is how it's running and blowing white smoke at startup. I'm not real up on these but I was leaning towards a leaking head gasket but I'm told there are no bubbles in radiator and no oil/water transfer - so crack in sleeve or sleeve o-ring??. It's farther than I really want to travel to look at, so what do y'all think?
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Allis Express North Georgia
41 WC,48 UC Cane,7-G's,
Ford 345C TLB
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Posted By: Stan IL&TN
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2018 at 3:07pm
Might be a head gasket but for me it would have to get worse that that to motivate me to fix it. It sounds good to me and no white smoke after starting.
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1957 WD45 dad's first AC
1968 one-seventy
1956 F40 Ferguson
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Posted By: wfmurray
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2018 at 3:20pm
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Wihte smoke can be unburned fuel ,black to much fuel blue smoke oil.
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Posted By: Don(MO)
Date Posted: 16 Feb 2018 at 4:02pm
Let it sit over night next day hold a rag under the drain plug look for coolant then hold a clean white rag over the ex start her up fun it for three min. stop it and look at what's in the rag. if coolant is in the rag then check the comp.
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3 WD45's with power steering,G,D15 fork lift,D19, W-Speed Patrol, "A" Gleaner with a 330 corn head,"66" combine,roto-baler, and lots of Snap Coupler implements to make them work for their keep.
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