RobJ
Elite Member
Eddie, I just picked up on this thread asnd some things are probably to late but I'll offer what I can. I used to do this sort of thing.
Parts, sounds like you are set but there are a ton of places on the net that sell kits. last time we did my BIL's jd350 the kit I found was less than half of deere. About $100 a hole, complete kit. But the more holes and bigger you go the more the cost. Shipped to my door and no tax.
Freezing the sleeves. Not needed. sort of a wives tale. You just need to clean up the lands, lube the o-rings and tap them straight in. Some folks like to install with the pistons loaded. Not me.
Rod bolts a good idea. When you install the pistons, used plenty of lubriplate, rings and all. Put some rubber hose on the rod bolts to protect the crank and to help guide then on. Libraplate everything.
Loading up the oil filter. In a perfect world, yes. Doesn't do much good if you used the proper amount of assemble grease. The oil will pick up in seconds. I would not load the filter with diesel.
Head bolts, sounds like you have what you need. otherwise start in the middle and work out.
Sleeves, well late again, what you made works nice. Ususlly once you get them up an inch or so they will clear the lands and slide right out.
Cylinder head. I would have said to check it out first. You can pull the valves with a deep socket and a couple hammer blows. Then inspect the valve seats for pits. If decent then just run them through a wire wheel to clean and reinstall. A valve spring compressor is only about $25. But on a low revving diesel sometimes you can compress them by hand (leaning heavy on it) with a helper installing the keepers.
To bad I'm not closer to help. Still love to do this even though I run an IT shop for an oil company now. But after about 10 hours on a fresh rebuild of my BIL's jd350, he burned it up again. Brush ripped off the oil pressure gauge line. Put a loose fitting bolt in the galley(not 1/8" pipe!!!) and ran it without checking for leaks. 90 minutes later she stopped. It's locked up now. It was running perfectly to. Oh well.
Good Luck on the completion. Sorry for the spelling, in a hurry.....
Parts, sounds like you are set but there are a ton of places on the net that sell kits. last time we did my BIL's jd350 the kit I found was less than half of deere. About $100 a hole, complete kit. But the more holes and bigger you go the more the cost. Shipped to my door and no tax.
Freezing the sleeves. Not needed. sort of a wives tale. You just need to clean up the lands, lube the o-rings and tap them straight in. Some folks like to install with the pistons loaded. Not me.
Rod bolts a good idea. When you install the pistons, used plenty of lubriplate, rings and all. Put some rubber hose on the rod bolts to protect the crank and to help guide then on. Libraplate everything.
Loading up the oil filter. In a perfect world, yes. Doesn't do much good if you used the proper amount of assemble grease. The oil will pick up in seconds. I would not load the filter with diesel.
Head bolts, sounds like you have what you need. otherwise start in the middle and work out.
Sleeves, well late again, what you made works nice. Ususlly once you get them up an inch or so they will clear the lands and slide right out.
Cylinder head. I would have said to check it out first. You can pull the valves with a deep socket and a couple hammer blows. Then inspect the valve seats for pits. If decent then just run them through a wire wheel to clean and reinstall. A valve spring compressor is only about $25. But on a low revving diesel sometimes you can compress them by hand (leaning heavy on it) with a helper installing the keepers.
To bad I'm not closer to help. Still love to do this even though I run an IT shop for an oil company now. But after about 10 hours on a fresh rebuild of my BIL's jd350, he burned it up again. Brush ripped off the oil pressure gauge line. Put a loose fitting bolt in the galley(not 1/8" pipe!!!) and ran it without checking for leaks. 90 minutes later she stopped. It's locked up now. It was running perfectly to. Oh well.
Good Luck on the completion. Sorry for the spelling, in a hurry.....
