It took a lot of scraping to get it clean. This crud was set up like concrete. Just what I need, more projects.Hey cjet you have that machine looking good, that should work good, I could send you a bunch of valve to work on
John Deere 60 repairs
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It looks pretty caked on in the photos but its nice and clean nowIt took a lot of scraping to get it clean. This crud was set up like concrete. Just what I need, more projects.
After receiving my order of stones for the valve seat grinder, I found the thread insert isn't long enough to turn the stones around on the mandrel. Normally I would turn the stones and cut a different angle on the other side of the stone for a top or bottom cut of a 3-angle valve grind. I ordered 2 more stones so I should be good to go now. My cousin dropped off a gasket kit and I still need to do a final cleanup and measure to see if we need just a valve or a guide also.
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We got our chamfering attachment for the valve grinder which is one of the first steps you need to perform before grinding the valve face. Still waiting for a new exhaust valve to arrive but got started on the others. My brother came over last weekend and wanted to try out "the new to us" valve grinding machine. He faced and chamfered the stems and then chucked them up for the grind. The machine works well and with great results. We then moved on to refacing the rockers. The rockers look like they had been ground before and the face wasn't square. We were able to get them cleaned up good enough to work correctly.
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I've never been into the JD so its all new territory, those darn rodents sure seem to find there way into spots and make a mess
My cousin dropped off a new exhaust valve and a carb kit. Its been really cold in the shop (38°F) with our recent weather so I haven't been doing much on this project. The temp will still be cool overnight but in the mid 40's during the day so I should be able to warm the shop up enough to get some work done this weekend. Today I need to cut some wood (dead dry Cedar) for shop heat and tomorrow will be cleaning the cattle feedlot.
Decided to clean the outside of the carburetor today. It had 3 layers of paint and primer and a layer of rust underneath all of it. I was able to scrape some of it first, then into the sandblast cabinet, and finished in the bead blast cabinet. I found one of the idle needles was stuck, but with some penetrant I got it loosened up. Also cleaned the lower intake and lower water inlet. I ran out of epoxy primer, so I ordered up some more.
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Another day of cleaning parts. Only a few more things to clean up now. I'm also going to pull the front frame off so I can clean the block and paint the whole engine while its torn down this far. My brother stopped by and touched up the new exhaust valve so it's ready to go when I get back to the cylinder head.
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Cleaned the oil cup for the air cleaner, radiator shutter thermostat, and the intake/exhaust manifolds which are new replacement pieces that were just rattle canned and starting to surface rust. Tomorrow I will start removing the frame so I can clean up the engine block for painting.
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Fabbed up a stand to support the frame and got the tractor split. Now I can get the engine block and inside of the frame prepped for paint. Couldn't get myself to just shoot paint on it without splitting it since it was only 6 bolts away from where it stood. This will make it nice for my cousin if and when he decides to paint the whole tractor.
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Exactly what I was thinking!
My cousin wants to add power steering and a wide front end to this tractor. I think he has gathered up some of the parts but not all of them that are needed so that will happen at a later time. When he decides to paint it, I am willing to help him out. The painting I am doing now will make it so he won't have to back track as far to complete it.