Tx Jim
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Is it water or is it coolant ?
Op stated liquid was "yellow in color" so it's probably antifreeze.
Is it water or is it coolant ?
Sorry but I'm not a mechanic I don't understand what you're referring too, sleeve deck or both deck gasket and top gasket. Can you please tell someone that's not a mechanic what you are referring too......lol, Thank you for the information
Is it water or is it coolant ?
The Sleeve Deck and the Gasket can I replace those two items, or doesn't the Sleeve Deck just pull out and the new one set back into place. Does the head need to be machined down or does the engine block need to be machined (I made a living until I retired as a Electrical/Electronic person in Nuclear Power so I've been around very good machinist and I paid close attention) what I'm trying to say I know certain areas need to be resurfaced or resleeved, plus this is on a 1963 Diesel John Deere model 2010.
Thank you for your honesty, if I had not purchased this tractor when my late wife and I bought the land that I live on to this day, the 2010 may not have meant to me what it does but it was our first tractor and it means the world to me, I think I'll keep working on it a little longer and if I could not get it running again then so be it, it would look good sitting at the end of my drive way "Good Memories"
Anneal copperwashers by heating it to a red couler and the dropping it in cold water ! Thats how I was taught .I am a mechanic, but unfortunately I do not know that engine. Which means I can't help with the engine-specific little tricks that apply to it.
But I'd like to back up a step. If it did not leak before you did the initial work on the turbulence chambers and it does blow water out the exhaust afterwards then that's where I'd look. I'd ask myself, "Where could water be leaking in the work that I did? What could I have done?" and, "Can I test it somehow or do I need to unbolt and have a look?" It sounds to me like you are questioning the O rings, so that's where to start.
Those copper washers that the previous poster mentioned sound like a real good place to look as well. His advice is very good.
BTW, you anneal copper by heating the washer with a propane torch until it is quite hot and the letting it cool slowly. But I'd rather see you use new soft ones. That's because old ones have already compressed and annealing isn't always the answer for things that have been compressed - especially when the washer fits between two (steel) surfaces that are harder than the copper. Or if you aren't familar with doing it.
I can't tell you how many times I've had to go back and reseat something that I thought I'd gotten right the first time. It happens.
What I am saying is that lets not start talking about cracked anything until we are satisfied that it isn't something simple and obvious and due to the work that was just done. Double check that first.
good luck, rScotty
Anneal copperwashers by heating it to a red couler and the dropping it in cold water ! Thats how I was taught .