Hello everyone!
I am helping out looking after a little island at the west coast of Scotland. In the shed we've got a B7000 all in parts. There are even two engines. One with a bad case of big end damage, the other one was left out in the rain and seized up. At least with lots of diesel oil I could convince it to turn over once more and it turns not too bad now. The plan is now to stick this one back together and get it to run somehow. If that can be done I'll try and reassemble the whole tractor to see what works and what doesn't to have an idea how much we'll need to spend to get it back into service.
First attempt to start the engine I had diesel fog coming out of the intake. So the head went down and the valves are ground in. Obviously they don't look new anymore but should do the job now. One of the cylinders inside looks ok, the other one is damaged by oxidation. Fortunately the damage is in the lower third of the liner so the pressure loss should not be too high (touching wood here). At least the piston operates smoothly.
Now I need to put it all back together and give it a try. I was wondering if anyone could help me out with the torque for the cylinder head bolts, fixing sequence and maybe the torque for the rocker bolts too.
Thanks for keeping up this forum by the way. All the information in here has been a huge help already!
Cheers,
Peter
I am helping out looking after a little island at the west coast of Scotland. In the shed we've got a B7000 all in parts. There are even two engines. One with a bad case of big end damage, the other one was left out in the rain and seized up. At least with lots of diesel oil I could convince it to turn over once more and it turns not too bad now. The plan is now to stick this one back together and get it to run somehow. If that can be done I'll try and reassemble the whole tractor to see what works and what doesn't to have an idea how much we'll need to spend to get it back into service.
First attempt to start the engine I had diesel fog coming out of the intake. So the head went down and the valves are ground in. Obviously they don't look new anymore but should do the job now. One of the cylinders inside looks ok, the other one is damaged by oxidation. Fortunately the damage is in the lower third of the liner so the pressure loss should not be too high (touching wood here). At least the piston operates smoothly.
Now I need to put it all back together and give it a try. I was wondering if anyone could help me out with the torque for the cylinder head bolts, fixing sequence and maybe the torque for the rocker bolts too.
Thanks for keeping up this forum by the way. All the information in here has been a huge help already!
Cheers,
Peter