New engine for the 45

I still have the other block. Not going to use it. I would sell it though, and pretty reasonable at that.

Mike,
 The engine work looks great. And looks like the machining and mechanical work will be good for another 60 years! Are you going to restore the rest of the tractor too?
Love the 45's. I have a spare engine setting in the garage that is the opposite of your build. (its not together) But has a 45 block with WD head components.
I think your work is very good. Nice paint job too! Your attention to details shows!
Regards,
 Chris

Time for another update. I rebuilt this engine at my house in town in the basement, it has a garage stall so getting it out wasn't hard. Getting it in the pick-up for the trip to the farm was another story. The uncle brought his 706 with cherry picker to town and loading was a breeze.

Getting ready to pull the engine started with a trip to the power washer.

Getting there.

The 6080 gets into the act.

I was hoping to get the engine back in and running today, (Monday). That didn't happen. Once we got the engine out all these other little things popped up. Alternator brackets, power steering needs work, changing the hand-clutch is going to be more time consuming than I thought but now is the time to address these problems. Should have more pics this weekend. Once I get the torque tube out it should be downhill from there, (I hope).

 

It's all about that one bolt at a time thing. You are doing a fine job.

Please continue posting pictures of the work as it progresses.  It gives noobs, such as myself, and idea of what to expect when we get to that stage of rebuilding.

Time for another update. Haven't had time to post pics for a while.
This is where the tear-down finally ended.

A work bench is where you find it. Time to get that hand clutch out! This stumped me for a while. Was late in the day and I had forgot the manual in town. Did some cleaning and went home to read up, wasn't bad to tear down after reading the book.

Here's the new one at home. I don't know if I made every mistake possible but it had to be close. A very good feeling when it was finally in and right.

Another good feeling, torque-tube and bell housing back in place. Even got the gf to help.

The cherry picker was pretty handy, shed's not big enough to get the 6080 in and maneuver.
 
My modified alternator brackets, (new design, not proven yet)


This is what I'm replacing.


Faith-full helper,
 
Frame rail back on.

Had to take the flywheel off the old engine for the bolts. Glad I had one surfaced and ready to go. This one is headed for scrap, heat checks are clear through.


Pressure plate not real good either.

Time for a test fit. Couldn't get the input shaft to line up so had to quit for the day. It's amazing how much that can help. Also I didn't have a shaft to line up the clutch disc with the pilot bearing, figured my eyeballing must have been off. Stopped at a friends house to make one. He says, I've got a universal set. Turned out he had a shaft out of a WD as well as several others. (He's a hard core IH guy). To my surprise, my eyeballing was dead-nuts. Just needed to turn the shaft to get it to go.

In place.

This was toward the end of the day, got a little more done after the last pic.

Biggest snag hit today was the crankshaft pulley. It's got the char-lynn add on and it's loose. Shouldn't be too bad to fix but it's not going to run til it is.


Edited by IBWD MIke - 26 May 2015 at 1:30pm

Update time again. I got this thing running about a month ago, finally shot a start-up video. Time to post things seems to be at a premium these days.

This is my first attempt at posting video so bear with me if it doesn't work.

Nice job!  You did it right!

Now that I've got this thing running I need to find a little work for it for break-in. I do like the way it runs. Also the new clutch is way smoother than the old one. All the heat checks were probably responsible for that. The hand clutch is smooth as silk now too. I set it up on the bench according to the book, being the first one I've done the results were great.

Chris, I just wish I had your skill with a paint gun and the patience for the prep.

Edited by IBWD MIke - 03 Jul 2015 at 11:59am

Any friends have a pull type brush cutter?
Great for break-in as you can easily regulate the work on the engine by changing travel gears for cutting, plus cutting height to help her grunt more. Also gives you a chance to check everything else out on pto. Broke a D12 in like this and used an A-C 3-pt. 5' cutter; watched temp and oil pressure while slowly increasing load over 30-45 minutes. Cooled her slowly, dropped oil/filter and put her right back to work gradually and kept her nice and warm while regulating the load for a solid eight hours. Working the lift arms (no top link used) also gave me a chance to check the hydraulics and that fluid was also changed after a couple of days use.

Mike,

Mike,

Mike, I'm not seeing the video you mention....would love to hear that baby running! Any chance you could re-post the video? I've enjoyed reading your thread very much....really nice work!

Thanks, Mike. That was exactly the experience I had! Appreciate your looking for it - I, like many others on this Forum, really enjoy hearing the old girls running!