Rick G. Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 49 minutes ago, sandhiller said: It is how you test the health of the hydro by using the brakes It is a good thing Weak hydro will not kill the motor. I have two of the them by the way, one is my good loader tractor and one is a parts tractor Well duh-oh, OK, now I see what you mean. Thanks to all who replied. Grab your crayons and color me stupid now. LOL!!! So kinda the same thing as testing the clutch and TA on a gear drive then. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ny bill o Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 On 7/26/2023 at 6:55 PM, Lars (midessa) said: Hydro gasser, wonder how many were made? there are 4 of them on my farm, 3 Farmalls and one row crop utility. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DT Fan Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 Nice, Bill! There is still not one here. I would like to rectify that someday. Really wish I had bought that first one I found along the road some years back. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.B. Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 Nice score! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtanker Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 Nice find! Rick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tperson Posted September 12 Author Share Posted September 12 Welp, they can’t all be easy…not that this one is turning out to be problematic, yet. Got the tractor split a few weeks ago and the only thing that looked suspicious was the head gasket…until we pulled the #6 piston. The web between #5 and #6 is cracked, which cracked the #6 sleeve. Dad and I discussed a lot of options, including welding it, but landed on a replacement engine from my neighbor. Picked up the donor engine (a LP 301 power unit) last Friday and met Dad in Grand Island Saturday. I haven’t heard a ton of cuss words about the swap yet, so things must be going OK. I'll post another update when I have one. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lazy WP Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 I know there used to be a 656 gasser hydro that caught fire sitting in the very south west corner of Nebraska. The ranch sold but last I knew the tractor was still there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bgriffin856 Posted September 13 Share Posted September 13 Shoulda repowered it with a 5.9 Cummins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tperson Posted November 28 Author Share Posted November 28 Experienced a few bumps in the road since the last update...Dad wanted to pull the plugs out of the donor engine and replace them...and ended up stripping the #1 plug hole out. No problem, we thought...we have the original head and a new head gasket. Well, after putting everything (except the tin) back on, we started it and the head gasket leaked like a sieve. Bad head gasket? Warped/cracked head? After an untold amount of $$ spent on fixing/checking/planing the donor head, we finished it up last Thursday (Thanksgiving) only to find that, when the machine shop installed the spark plug bushing, they didn't match the angle of the other 5 plugs. Now the socket won't fit on the plug. $hit. A little fiddle-farting around with various tools and doubling-up the sealing washer on the #1 plug, and we're up and running. Tin is on, starts good, runs good, sounds good. So much for a winter project. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrfred54 Posted November 28 Share Posted November 28 Great. Good to here you got it going. Seems these projects always have a few bumps in the process Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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