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I need to identify and repair the engine on the '39 H my grandfather purchased new. One of the cylinders has no compression and thought this would be a good project with my 2 boys. The engine was rebuild in the early 70s and very little time was put on it. When I took it out in the early-mid 80's for a few tractor pulls (running on the good cylinder) the cylinder had no compression and I didn't have enough engine experience to address at the time. In retrospect, I should have checked the simple stuff.
I do plan on doing a leak down test prior to opening it up.
I stopped running when I found 2 1/8" to 1/4" ball bearings (so long ago, I can't remember the size) in the oil the last time it was drained. As this was before the internet, I had no easy way of identifying where these could have come from.
Any ideas where these balls could have come from? Obviously, I can't run it until this is fixed.....
I do plan on doing a leak down test prior to opening it up.
I stopped running when I found 2 1/8" to 1/4" ball bearings (so long ago, I can't remember the size) in the oil the last time it was drained. As this was before the internet, I had no easy way of identifying where these could have come from.
Any ideas where these balls could have come from? Obviously, I can't run it until this is fixed.....