What not to do to a engine rebuild!

Don
Thanks for posting that it is sad to see someone who doesn't know and tries to do the right thing end up there from bad advice. I have had similar things happen to me and had to repair enough things I paid someone to do who didn't know what they where doing. It reminds me how lucky I am to have a mechanic I can trust now. I take things there and alot of the time I stay and help with the repair to learn how it should be done. Glad to know he will get it fixed right this time.

If a little goo is good, a little more is better and a whole lot must be a whole lot better. Dead

CA, WD, C, 3 Bs, 2 Gs, WC, I-400, 914

A bought lesson is a learned lesson.
I know I have bought many lessons in my time. And still learning every day. I can see how that happened, he was just doing what was suggested. Whatever site he got the info from must have a lot of hot heads and chickens on it if folks were scared to speak up and correct the guy that posted that.

Originally posted by Brian Jasper co. Ia

Brian Jasper co. Ia wrote:

Jordan(OH) wrote:

Wait, is that panky's engine you're rebuilding?

I knew this was coming! LOL
As far as the advice Don's customer got, SMH!

It DOES resemble the tennessee scud...

Don, I really think you should make a point of posting these mistakes on that other website to help educate those that are not educated in rebuilding these engines. The fools that provided this misinformation to the tractor owner should be singled out and shamed for how little they know.

'49 G, '54 WD45, '55 CA, '56 WD45D, '57 WD45, '58 D14, '59 D14, '60 D14, '63 D15D, '66 D15II, '66 D21II, '67 D17IV, '67 D17IVD, '67 190XTD, '73 620, '76 185, '77 175, '84 8030, '85 6080

Don(MO) wrote:

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I posted this so we can all try to remember to tell a new wrench how to do something. We all started out not knowing "how-to" at one time and I'm still learning....

Well said Don. I remember several years ago trying to explain to a guy how to adjust valve lash on a Kubota L175 on the other orange tractor website. Since the advent of hydraulic lifters in automobiles, there aren't a lot of people that know how to do it, and more importantly, explain it clearly, off the top of their heads.

Sometimes a little procedure that takes about ten minutes to do in real life takes three days to explain over the internet.

Robert

Good question Lon, I have not pulled the engine all the way down yet, I know the block is bad so after the replacement block shows up I will strip the old one down then I will know the full list of bad parts.

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.

Fred in Pa wrote:

There is NO FIX for what people get told or read that is BAD INFORMATION

Fred this is dead on!
We run into this all the time on old tractors that what I call the "The first timer" trying to find the INFO on the web or the coffee shop, I'm bad about not posting how I do the repair on here sometimes because I'm not ready for the no you are wrong coming back at me.

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.

Good post Don.
I learned many years ago, that learning is a learning experience. When I started out workin in a factory, I ran a press and we had to do our own insert replacement to keep the dies working right. Inserts were made by trainees and run thru heat treat and never finish ground to specs. When I came across something I didn't know about, I always asked at least 3 different guys on the floor for their opinions. One guy, I learned right away, "knew it all and could tell you exactly what to do". That was the first guy that got crossed off my list when asking for help later. Another guy would look at my last strip out of the die and say, " I think if you did so and so, it would make a better part. That guy ended up "learning me" a LOT about how and when to do different adjustments.
I only worked that job for 2 months, but learned more in that time, then what the guy that "knew it all" ever knew about progression dies.
I left that job to go work in the tool room cause the tool room foreman knew of my work and sometimes watched me from a distance when I took a die apart and fixed it.
If you take 3 or more opinions and think about it, you can sometimes find the best of all and blend them to come up with a good fix.

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Lena 1935 WC12xxx, Willie 1951 CA6xx Dad bought new, 1954WD45 PS, 1960 D17 NF

that's why this "misfit" posts some of the things I does/ have did, so's ya'll can learn from my mistakes and conquests! lol

mdm1 wrote:

As I told my son more than once. Another learning experience! His reply was-Dad I must be the smartest man in the world by now!

Did you tell him; "Nope, but getting to be the 2nd". LOL

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19?? WC / 1941 C / 1952 CA / 1956 WD45 / 1957 WD45 / 1958 D-17

That's some good advice ctucker

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