Damaged block installing block heater L5240

[The Fred]

I move my LA724 loader with a floor jack. It balances perfectly on the large cylindrical tube behind the bucket.

Obviously a floor jack won't work on dirt.

If you want the manual sooner I can email it to you. It's a rather large file.

Regards, Fred

 

[Adiredneck]

I move my LA724 loader with a floor jack. It balances perfectly on the large cylindrical tube behind the bucket.

Obviously a floor jack won't work on dirt.

If you want the manual sooner I can email it to you. It's a rather large file.

Regards, Fred

That would be great! If nothing else, I can read through and get an idea for what I'm up against. I sent you a PM with my e-mail. Thanks!

 

[Adiredneck]

I move my LA724 loader with a floor jack. It balances perfectly on the large cylindrical tube behind the bucket.

Obviously a floor jack won't work on dirt.

If you want the manual sooner I can email it to you. It's a rather large file.

Regards, Fred

That would be great! If nothing else, I can read through and get an idea for what I'm up against. I sent you a PM with my e-mail. Thanks!

 

[JWR]

I really hate to poop this party ... but in my opinion about 10 pages ago in these posts it was time to pull the engine, not the pan. Take it to a good engine shop and tell them to fix the #$%^ thing. Sometimes it just gets to that point. I fear you may dig deeper holes. The major question is "What all did I drill through?" Pulling the head and one piston will confirm the extent of that. Repair itself is not likely to be hard once the extent is known. Obviously almost all labor. As others have suggested there may be some unrelated secondary issue that you did NOT cause by drilling. Sorry to hear the whole thing -- this is about as much of a mess as I have heard about, starting from an innocent thing.

 

[oldpilgrim]

pull the engine, not the pan. Take it to a good engine shop and tell them to fix the #$%^ thing.

agreed...take it out....haul it off.....pick it up and put it in. i doubt it would be a tremendous more cost and you'll save yourself a lot of time and effort. And it will all be buttoned up tight and ready to go.

 

[kuboman]

The problem with these engines is the cylinder walls are very thin which makes installing a liner that much more trick. To bore it out enough for a liner generally does not leave enough material to actually hold the liner and maintain cylinder wall integrity.
Hope you find a solution.

 

[pmsmechanic]

I really hate to poop this party ... but in my opinion about 10 pages ago in these posts it was time to pull the engine, not the pan. Take it to a good engine shop and tell them to fix the #$%^ thing. Sometimes it just gets to that point. I fear you may dig deeper holes. The major question is "What all did I drill through?" Pulling the head and one piston will confirm the extent of that. Repair itself is not likely to be hard once the extent is known. Obviously almost all labor. As others have suggested there may be some unrelated secondary issue that you did NOT cause by drilling. Sorry to hear the whole thing -- this is about as much of a mess as I have heard about, starting from an innocent thing.

agreed...take it out....haul it off.....pick it up and put it in. i doubt it would be a tremendous more cost and you'll save yourself a lot of time and effort. And it will all be buttoned up tight and ready to go.

Some guys have more money than time. Others are not so fortunate.

And you are right. Your idea is the most reliable way of fixing the problem. There's no question about that. But if it was me I'd be looking for cheaper ways of repair as I just wouldn't have the money.

And for me anyways there is a certain amount of satisfaction in doing a unconventional repair and experimenting with what works. In the end a different block is always an option but with a lot less satisfaction at beating the odds.

I make my living doing odd jobs and I get to see a lot of questionable things. It always amazes me at what kind of repairs that others do that still keep running....and running. Long after I would have done something more permanent.

 

[ovrszd]

Some guys have more money than time. Others are not so fortunate.

And if my memory is correct they would charge him $400 to tear it down so they could do the repair?? I'd want to trim all off that $400 that I could. If stripping it down to the short block saved me a couple hundred, I'd be all over it.

 

[TomSeller]

I make my living doing odd jobs and I get to see a lot of questionable things. It always amazes me at what kind of repairs that others do that still keep running....and running. Long after I would have done something more permanent.

Old Greek proverb -

Nothing is more permanent than the temporary

 

[pmsmechanic]

And if my memory is correct they would charge him $400 to tear it down so they could do the repair?? I'd want to trim all off that $400 that I could. If stripping it down to the short block saved me a couple hundred, I'd be all over it.

Well we are not on the same page. I was thinking more about the $3200 for a new block. $400 for a tear down (and reassembly ?) is reasonable.