Farmall A

[Mark.Vollmer]

I am restoring my grandfather's Farmall A - any recommendations on what type of sleeve puller I should buy?

 

[Red Dave]

I am restoring my grandfather's Farmall A - any recommendations on what type of sleeve puller I should buy?

You can buy one, but I made one out of a piece of threaded rod, a couple blocks, a big washer and a puck for the bottom of the sleeve that a machinist friend made to size. Crude, but it works. You don't need to move the sleeve far, just until it moves a little. Once it breaks free it will just lift out.

I have heard of some push the sleeves up from the bottom using a wood block and a hammer, but I haven't tried that. I am leery of distorting the bottom of the sleeve and making removing it harder, so I use the home made puller.

 

[old]

I am restoring my grandfather's Farmall A - any recommendations on what type of sleeve puller I should buy?

I've never used a sleeve puller on any of the Farmall engines I have pulled the sleeve in. I take a piece of wood like a 2X4 and lay it on the sleeve and then wack that with a hammer and the sleeves pop out

 

[Powered By IH]

I am restoring my grandfather's Farmall A - any recommendations on what type of sleeve puller I should buy?

A Farmall A should be a wet-sleeve engine, meaning that the sleeves aren't a press fit in the block.

If you give the bottom of the sleeve a couple good whacks with a 2x4 or 4x4 and a sledgehammer, they should pop right out.

Just don't miss.

And make sure when you put it back together, clean up the o-ring grooves and the sealing surfaces real well otherwise you'll have oil and coolant mixing.

If you have any more questions just ask!

 

[Charlie M]

You can buy one, but I made one out of a piece of threaded rod, a couple blocks, a big washer and a puck for the bottom of the sleeve that a machinist friend made to size. Crude, but it works. You don't need to move the sleeve far, just until it moves a little. Once it breaks free it will just lift out.

I have heard of some push the sleeves up from the bottom using a wood block and a hammer, but I haven't tried that. I am leery of distorting the bottom of the sleeve and making removing it harder, so I use the home made puller.

The home made deal is what I have - cheap and works good.

 

[Charlie M]

Once good thing about pulling sleeves, you always find a lot of crude from the years in the block that I never had a lot of luck getting out by just trying to flush the block. With the sleeves gone its easy to clean our the crud - probably mostly minerals.