Mr Majestic
New member
Hello everyone!
My 1993 Ford 1920 SSS 4WD needs an engine rebuild. Mice ate through the oil pressure sensor wire and I wasn't alerted the engine was low on oil. While snowblowing earlier this month, the engine started chirping/squeeking/knocking and blowing oil/smoke out the valve cover vent tube. After limping back to my garage, I determined the oil level was not registering on the dip stick. It took multiple quarts of oil to get the oil level back to full on the dipstick. Though the engine turns over, it smokes badly and doesn't want to start.
The engine only has 300 hours on it and has always been kept inside an old garage (where the mice live).
I'm totally sick about the stupid situation I'm in
I've taken half the tractor apart but cannot exactly figure out how to get the engine (Shibaura N844) out of the frame. Do in need to separate the front of the tractor from the back half at the engine/clutch mating surface? The Ford service manual I bought doesn't exactly show how to remove the engine.
Once the engine is removed from the tractor, I'm not sure how much of it I should take apart to look for damage. I'm very mechanically inclined but haven't repaired a diesel engine before. Obviously, the engine ran low on oil and I suspect it has spun a lower end bearing. Does anyone have an opinion regarding what other parts may have been damaged and should be checked...while I have it apart?
Any and all advice is appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
MM in Michigan
My 1993 Ford 1920 SSS 4WD needs an engine rebuild. Mice ate through the oil pressure sensor wire and I wasn't alerted the engine was low on oil. While snowblowing earlier this month, the engine started chirping/squeeking/knocking and blowing oil/smoke out the valve cover vent tube. After limping back to my garage, I determined the oil level was not registering on the dip stick. It took multiple quarts of oil to get the oil level back to full on the dipstick. Though the engine turns over, it smokes badly and doesn't want to start.
The engine only has 300 hours on it and has always been kept inside an old garage (where the mice live).
I'm totally sick about the stupid situation I'm in
I've taken half the tractor apart but cannot exactly figure out how to get the engine (Shibaura N844) out of the frame. Do in need to separate the front of the tractor from the back half at the engine/clutch mating surface? The Ford service manual I bought doesn't exactly show how to remove the engine.
Once the engine is removed from the tractor, I'm not sure how much of it I should take apart to look for damage. I'm very mechanically inclined but haven't repaired a diesel engine before. Obviously, the engine ran low on oil and I suspect it has spun a lower end bearing. Does anyone have an opinion regarding what other parts may have been damaged and should be checked...while I have it apart?
Any and all advice is appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
MM in Michigan