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Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-19-2018, 01:32 PM
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Posted By Keith True
Re: The right way to use waterglass

I used it in a few things with success,the best was in a Buda engine on a sawmill.The owner only wanted to get a couple of million board feet out of the mill before he had a new engine put on.The...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-17-2018, 05:20 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,990
Posted By Keith True
Re: The right way to use waterglass

Sitting in the tractor the tubes won't leak out the front.The water will run into the rear.Most of the time you can find the leak from just the weight of the water in the block.If you sit and watch...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-17-2018, 11:45 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,990
Posted By Keith True
Re: The right way to use waterglass

One thing I just remembered about leak testing those B tractors,you need to either jack up the rear,or remove the front wheels so the front of the engine faces downhill.If a pushrod tube is leaking...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-17-2018, 08:26 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,990
Posted By Keith True
Re: The right way to use waterglass

The pushrod tubes are a very common place to leak in the B tractors.Also,not sure of the serial number break for them,but some used lead washers under the head bolts.Another very common place to leak...
Forum: Model A (1928-31) 05-16-2018, 08:10 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 3,990
Posted By Keith True
Re: The right way to use waterglass

I think I would pressurize it first to see where it is leaking.You know the leak is somewhere in the engine,so I would isolate the radiator first.Pressure testing those old two cylinders is much...
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