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Old 04-11-2016, 06:11 PM
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I pulled the 108 out of winter storage today to get it ready for PA plow day this weekend, I was thinking it would be a quick oil change and adjust the brakes but it turned into a bit more. I noticed the head gasket was leaking so I pulled the head and decided to pull the valves and clean them while I was there, I used my patented paint stick valve removal method and had the valves out and in in about 10 minutes. I will need to pick up a head gasket tomorrow so I'm going to take the head home and true it on my glass workbench while I watch Street outlaws, I was pretty surprised how clean the fins were when I pulled the tins. I'm going to clean the carb while I'm at it since it seemed to run weird today, I had to keep choking it to get it to the garage. Once the engine is back together I just need to adjust the brakes and it will be ready to plow, I guess I can't complain since I've owned this tractor 5 years and this is the first time I've touched the engine or carb.
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Old 04-11-2016, 06:21 PM
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Nice Tim. Glad you did it now than day of like I do. I'm in the beginning of my 108 resto so thanks for the pics I'm needing some inspiration, looks great.
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Old 04-11-2016, 06:53 PM
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I tore the carb apart, it had some jelly in the bowl and the plastic float was half filled with gas but I had one sitting here so its cleaned and back together. I bead blasted the head so its ready for me to true tonight.
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Your head looks very nice Tim,are you going to use new bolts and thick washers?
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Your head looks very nice Tim,are you going to use new bolts and thick washers?
It has studs with a nut then a long spacer and then another nut, I think I'm going to replace them all with bolts except for the two that the heat shield attaches to.
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Looking real good Tim, nice work.
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It has studs with a nut then a long spacer and then another nut, I think I'm going to replace them all with bolts except for the two that the heat shield attaches to.
you will still need the thick washers though, and the other shield will need spacers also....
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That is a very good looking 108, one of the cleanest I have seen.
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The head was pretty bad but I got it all straightened up.
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The head was pretty bad but I got it all straightened up.
Hand sanding heads makes me tired. Your a body man though, so you should be used to wax-on, wax-off.
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