WD45 smoke at startup

Bryan you can get a engine overhaul kit for about $900 that includes pistions rings sleeves and all the seals. I just bought one for my d17 last fall. I had to buy a crank as mine had already been turned the max and was damaged. That was $600. I had $900 in machining total that was a head rebuild and cleaning the block. I would go through the distrubitor I think that cost me an additional 150 because I ended up having to get someone who was old enough to remember when they rebuilt them in the past look at it. I was ready to put it in a box and ship it off to steve at B & B when I found someone local who fixed it while I waited. That is the major costs I can think of at the moment. A running motor is alot cheaper but I figured that was really just another used old motor who knows how long it would run and I use my tractors to farm with still.

Go over to the supplies page and try calling around there for a set. I haven't has to track them down myself but I am sure there are several supplies on the list here who use the parts themselves and can get you a good set.

For the heck of it popped the valve cover off of my old engine. It had Ford style valve seals!

There's an old allis dealer in Cincinnati Ohio that still runs a machine shop. They will know and can fix it right. Suder engine service. Talk to Joe. 513-385-8444.

Edited by Dans 7080 - 17 Feb 2017 at 3:02pm

My WD is by no stretch of imagination new. No valve seals and does not smoke on start up. Something does not add up here. Hope this turns out o.k., Trev.

All the NOS parts in the world won't help if idiots are doing the work. I would venture to say also that the vast majority of rebuild kits that are not NOS will work just fine and dandy in the hands of someone who has two active brain cells.