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    New cub radiator not fitting right.

    Congrats on your running tractor. Aftermarket bolt on parts can be challenging. I know first hand about buying a new tractor and then have to figure out what the previous owner did. Sometimes it makes sense and other times not. Then at times, you have to go over what you just did too. I had a...
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    Fighting weeds in a new hay field that used to be corn

    It is real easy to obsess over weeds. Unless your a real farmer who is depending on milk production, I might just keep mowing it. Not like your yard, but eventually the field will take care of itself. I had same thing happen when I bought my farm years ago. By the time we closed on the farm, the...
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    Farmall A, oil in Cyl after valve job mystery

    Possible, but the head was pretty cleaned up and no sight of oily surfaces, spilt or otherwise. Also air cleaner had only a minimum of oil in it. I think someone was playing games or trying to be helpful but afraid to ask or tell me that I should of oiled the pistons. When I take pistons out and...
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    Farmall A, oil in Cyl after valve job mystery

    Well that is true, halloween goes on forever for some. I was concerned that I would have to pull the head again and find out where or why the oil seemed to appear out of nowhere. I am not a mechanic and finding oil where there shouldn't of been any fired me up. I know I was grasping at straws...
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    Farmall A, oil in Cyl after valve job mystery

    I get that, just trying to figure out how and where the oil came from. I seriously doubted that could of caused it. I have over filled oil in tractors before and they are pretty resilient. In my GMC K3500 I kept adding oil but nothing showed on dip stick. Here the tube that you fit the dip stick...
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    Farmall A, oil in Cyl after valve job mystery

    I did not oil pistons, never had them out. I did spray a little CLP in cyl to wipe them to get dirt out before installing the head. I too think it had to be added probably through spark plug holes. When I blew the cyl out with compression from engine and then again after adjusting the valves...
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    Farmall A, oil in Cyl after valve job mystery

    Ya put the head on Tuesday, changed oil and left it till today. I can't say how much, but being I never saw oil in cyl doing a valve job, I was shocked. I could of overfilled the oil when putting it in? After I checked the oil it was still plenty full. Frankly I do not think that was it, but I...
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    Farmall A, oil in Cyl after valve job mystery

    OK here we go and please keep it civil with less snarky comments to those who actually try to help. Sorry I had to say this. Reassembled with rebuilt head, new gaskets, and oil change. Went to adjust valves today and found fresh motor oil in the cylinders. Two Cyl had a fair amount of oil in...
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    Farmall A sn# questions?

    This is where my original concern came from about piston size and head gaskets came from. No, I only plan on running the Woods mower deck and I do understand the limited use v/s wrapping myself around the driveshaft questioning things. The Super A is the main reason I was thinking of retiring my...
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    Farmall A sn# questions?

    Ok I will accept this. Guess my question on this tractor is why did the original {from when I bought it} head gasket let go? Which was my original concern. That gasket looked pretty new? Maybe warped head or not enough torque. Guess I will never know for sure. Thanks, John.
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    Farmall A sn# questions?

    Thank you GL for the confirmation. I do not know what the parts guy was talking about or his supplier or his qualifications. I am new to the Farmall Super A. I do question the crush of head gasket with the enlarged bore holes, but that is me. I have a Woods L59 deck on it with new belt, bearings...
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    Farmall A sn# questions?

    Some of these "nuances" can be hard learned lessons so I trudge along not knowing? Any clue on the current thoughts of torque specs for the head? I read that Farmall/IHC upped them to approx 80 lbs and that was what I planned on using. On the other hand as the thought/memory comes to mind. A...
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    Farmall A sn# questions?

    Thank you all for your thoughts and replies. Another question related to Farmall Super A. The head gasket I removed has bore size of approx 3" 5/16. My tractors pistons/bore size is 3". I almost missed this read up and in conversations about bore size. The top end looks good, head didn't look...
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    Steering wheel crack repair ??? Steering wheel restorations??? What to do here?

    This is my kind of "restoration". Bolt on a new one! IF the quality is there I might add.
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    Farmall A sn# questions?

    Hello. I am searching for my builders date and am not sure but think it is 1948. A bit confused as the SN indicates it might be a super A but I doubt it. Sn# is FAA 258262. Found 1 7 R cast on right side and is the only casting numbers I found on the block? I Found a sn# 23 digits older than...
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