DaveNay
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- Joined
- Aug 13, 2003
- Messages
- 811
- Location
- Waterman, DeKalb County, Illinois
- Tractor
- John Deere 855 MFWD; Oliver 1850 Gas
I am thinking that my tired 1850 needs to have the engine rebuilt, and I am contemplating doing the job myself. I am asking for opinions on what the level of difficulty is for this task for a person with a good amount of mechanical experience but no engine rebuilding experience itself. I am quite familiar with tolerances, run-out, end play, backlash, torque, etc from having done mechanical design of industrial automation equipment but I have never torn apart an engine. I have replaced a couple, but that was a simple swap. Obviously if there was any machine work to be done, a shop would be involved, but what about replacing the cylinder sleeves? Can that be done in an average garage shop environment?
There seem to be two primary distinctions in the rebuild kits; in frame and not in frame. I am assuming that the single biggest difference is that I couldn"t do any work with the crank (or mains or rear seal) on the in frame method?
Finally, what would be the estimated time to complete this job? I have about 6 weeks until the next hay cutting, but I could probably borrow a tractor for that. I do work a regular 40 hrs, so this would be nights and weekends.
I"m sure I am only hitting the high points of my questions, but I want to make sure this is a task easily and reliably done by a regular ol" guy without specific training.
Thanks!
Dave
There seem to be two primary distinctions in the rebuild kits; in frame and not in frame. I am assuming that the single biggest difference is that I couldn"t do any work with the crank (or mains or rear seal) on the in frame method?
Finally, what would be the estimated time to complete this job? I have about 6 weeks until the next hay cutting, but I could probably borrow a tractor for that. I do work a regular 40 hrs, so this would be nights and weekends.
I"m sure I am only hitting the high points of my questions, but I want to make sure this is a task easily and reliably done by a regular ol" guy without specific training.
Thanks!
Dave