Saving A Ford 3910

[PM Wells]

Well, the horse is still smoking...

Just joking, just joking.

Well I want the smoke stopped, so if they keep whacking it, maybe it will stop.

 

[ovrszd]

Well I want the smoke stopped, so if they keep whacking it, maybe it will stop.

I'll standby for your solution.

 

[fried1765]

Daxx......I was hoping for a "pallets in field" equivalent thread.
Maybe that is not gonna happen now.
Such a shame!

 

[PM Wells]

Yea, it went off track when the hillbillies sitting around the country store tried to get it over on what they thought was a city slicker that didn't know what he was doing.

 

[ovrszd]

Sir, I believe the thread has drifted by your hand.

I will continue to follow to see your solution to the problem.

 

[PM Wells]

You have seen the solution to this problem, and it will not be asking advice from any of you.

 

[aczlan]

Yea, it went off track when the hillbillies sitting around the country store tried to get it over on what they thought was a city slicker that didn't know what he was doing.

Huh? A bunch of people with many combined years of working on tractors (for example, RickB has at least 20 years working in and running shops at tractor dealerships, including running the shop for a good sized New Holland dealer for quite a few years. ovrszd has a bunch of experience working on tractors (especially older machines), thepumpguysc has seen a lot of injection pumps and diesel tractors, etc).
All have helped a lot of people on here over the years and have steered them to the best repair for their situation.
All are saying work it hard and get the crud cleaned out of it before you commit to spend time and money tearing it apart and some smoke on startup is to be expected, none of them stand to gain or lose a penny one way or the other no matter what you choose to do.

I would follow their advise and not spend time and money on a rebuild until you work it hard.

Aaron Z

 

[RickB]

Yea, it went off track when the hillbillies sitting around the country store tried to get it over on what they thought was a city slicker that didn't know what he was doing.

You have seen the solution to this problem, and it will not be asking advice from any of you.

A seldom used but useful tool here is the ignore list. Handy for ridding oneself of chronic annoyances.

Btw, I have little doubt whether you know what you are doing.

 

[ptsg]

If you don't have work for you tractor at the moment, just find a road with decent hill and send it. Make it work hard, really hard.

Let the engine build some proper heat to clean all the carbon.

 

[Jstpssng]

Since the OP won’t listen to people with plenty of experience under their belt, I guess that I can sit in my armchair and give advice.
Every time that I’ve had part of an engine fixed- especially repairing the top end- all that you do is find the next weakest point. If you choose to redo the heads, you may as well do the entire engine at the same time. Otherwise you are just doing a half a** job and it will never be right until you finish the job.

 

[fried1765]

Since the OP won’t listen to people with plenty of experience under their belt, I guess that I can sit in my armchair and give advice.
Every time that I’ve had part of an engine fixed- especially repairing the top end- all that you do is find the next weakest point. If you choose to redo the heads, you may as well do the entire engine at the same time. Otherwise you are just doing a half a** job and it will never be right until you finish the job.

Precisely !!!

 

[thepumpguysc]

"Normally" on the Fords, when u do the top end, they shave the head a little..{deck the head} which raises the compression..
& the bottom end doesn't hang on for very long..

 

[pmsmechanic]

I'm going to sit in my easy chair for this one.....

 

[ovrszd]

We'll never hear the end result.

 

[RickB]

We'll never hear the true end result.

 

[fried1765]

We'll never hear the true end result.

I don't think anyone really cares now either.

 

[pmsmechanic]

I don't think anyone really cares now either.

Hey!! I'm sitting in my easy chair waiting for the end....

 

[fried1765]

Hey!! I'm sitting in my easy chair waiting for the end....

Edmonton?
Leduc?
Cold up there now?

 

[pmsmechanic]

Edmonton?
Leduc?
Cold up there now?

I'm not that far north. I live close to the forks where the Old Man River and the Bow River come together to start the South Saskatchewan River. Lethbridge is about an hour to the west and Medicine Hat is a little less than an hour to the east. If I drive south for an hour and a half I'm in Montana.

Yesterday was a nice day. Above freezing +10 C or so. This morning a cold front blew in and now we are below freezing -4 C. Tuesday we are supposed to be back up above freezing.

 

[PM Wells]

A seldom used but useful tool here is the ignore list. Handy for ridding oneself of chronic annoyances.

Btw, I have little doubt whether you know what you are doing.[/B]

What is really funny is that all you guys are sitting in your armchairs waiting for a solution to a problem that you all say does not exist, maybe it is just me, but that seems a little strange for someone who has all the experience and answers.