Engine rebuilding
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Topic: Engine rebuilding
Posted By: GeorgeinNJ
Subject: Engine rebuilding
Date Posted: 06 May 2012 at 10:08pm
| When installing new sleeves, what do you guys use to lubricate the "O" rings? I'm rebuilding an allis chalmer RC engine. |
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Posted By: Dave in il
Date Posted: 06 May 2012 at 10:23pm
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Vasaline, it won't swell the O rings like engine oil does. ------------- AGCO My Allis Gleaner Company |
Posted By: SteveM C/IL
Date Posted: 06 May 2012 at 10:49pm
| straight Dawn liquid dish soap. "They" claim any petroleum base lube will turn to carbon over time with heat and become abrasive to o-rings as there is always minute working of sleeves in blocks using sleeves. Is it true? I don't know. |
Posted By: chllngr528
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 5:59am
| Use what the sleeve/o-ring manufacture tells you to use. |
Posted By: OrangePowerFranzen
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 6:01am
| i have used vegitable oil, |
Posted By: GregLawlerMinn
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 6:12am
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I use oil oil; that is olive oil. ------------- What this country needs is more unemployed politicians-and lawyers. Currently have: 1 D14 and a D15S2. With new owners: 2Bs,9CAs,1WD,2 D12s,5D14s,3D15S2s, 2D17SIVs,D17D,1D19D;1 Unstyled WC |
Posted By: Gary
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 7:11am
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Greg - oil oil ?? An Engine Rebuilder told me they use Liquid Hand Soap. Gary
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Posted By: B26240
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 7:12am
| I also used vegitable oil . |
Posted By: Clay
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 8:29am
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Glycerin works great. We also use it to lubricate the syringes in our vet kit. In expensive and available at any pharmacy.
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Posted By: Hurst
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 8:48am
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Veggie oil. Hurst ------------- 1979 Allis Chalmers 7000 5800 Hours |
Posted By: mlpankey
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 8:54am
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Dow Corning 111
------------- people if they don't already know it you can't tell them. quote yogi berra |
Posted By: DonDittmar
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 8:59am
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I too use Veggie Oil or Murphy's Oil Soap ------------- Experience is a fancy name for past mistakes. "Great moments are born from great opportunity" 1968 D15D,1962 D19D Also 1965 Cub Loboy and 1958 JD 720 Diesel Pony Start |
Posted By: Geppy
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 2:29pm
| Dawn dish soap is always good, and it won't swell the O-rings or degrade them, it just disolves. But best bet is to go to product website and see what they recomend. Petroleum products are not the best because of the previous reasons mentioned for sure. Good luck and let us all know what you decide to use and what was recomended. |
Posted By: injpumpEd
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 2:44pm
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I was taught many years ago to use liquid dish soap. Have ever since, and never had any issue. Was also taught to put very thin bead of high quality silicone in the corner of counterbore to help ensure sealing at top of sleeve. Olivers would leak there and leak coolant at sides of head gasket. ------------- 210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers! |
Posted By: LouSWPA
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 2:50pm
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my IT manual says hydraulic brake fluid, or thick soap solution. Since brake fluid today may or may not be the same stuff as when that was written, I think I will use "thick soap solution" aka dish soap ------------- I am still confident of this; I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living. Wait for the Lord; be strong and take heart and wait for the Lord. Ps 27 |
Posted By: Geppy
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 3:20pm
| I use soap on plug wire boots when I make them up too. |
Posted By: jnicol6600
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 4:15pm
| Crisco is what I was told to use. |
Posted By: Jordan(OH)
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 4:29pm
| I was told by an old AC mechanic that his son rebuilt a 200 and used oil and it swelled the sleeves enough to seize the engine. |
Posted By: ALLISMAN32
Date Posted: 07 May 2012 at 8:06pm
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We always used castor oil at dads shop. I always assumed that he had picked that up at an allis training school. That castor oil makes those O-rings super slick, the sleeves usually pop right into place when using it. Another thing we always did was before lubing the o-rings, use a small pocket screwdriver or pick and work it around the inside circumference of the o-ring. Purpose being to take any twist out of the o-ring. If you examine the outside of the o-ring you can see the seem, look closely! |
Posted By: mlpankey
Date Posted: 08 May 2012 at 9:50am
old suggestions are good but new technology is better.
------------- people if they don't already know it you can't tell them. quote yogi berra |
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Posted By: injpumpEd
Date Posted: 08 May 2012 at 12:07pm
------------- 210 "too hot to farm" puller, part of the "insane pumpkin posse". Owner of Guenther Heritage Diesel, specializing in fuel injection systems on heritage era tractors. stock rebuilds to all out pullers! |
jnicol6600 wrote:Posted By: ALLISMAN32
Date Posted: 08 May 2012 at 10:09pm
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Pankey, do you just apply the 111 to the o-rings after putting them on the sleeve or should you smear some on the block also? Second question does it firm up like regular silicone or stay in a gell state like dielectric grease? Third and final question can i obtain it from the local parts store, interested in giving it a try if its not too much trouble to find. Thanks alot!! |
Posted By: nella(Pa)
Date Posted: 09 May 2012 at 12:15am
| I was taught by an Allis mechanic to use very heavy water pump grease to lubricate the o rings and take a small round screw driver and put it under the o ring and go around the cylinder a few times to get out any twists in the o ring. He never had one go bad in the past 40 years I seen it used. I always used it on my WD and D17 also. |
Posted By: mlpankey
Date Posted: 09 May 2012 at 4:02pm
------------- people if they don't already know it you can't tell them. quote yogi berra |