Farmall Cub Blue Smoke - Part 4, The Conclusion
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- 1949 Farmall Cub Blue Smoke project;
New valves, new rings, head gasket, first startup after the engine work, spun threads in the block, helicoil inserts, break-in period, reassembly.
Thanks for the support!
Happy Thanksgiving to all.
Was first tractor i lewrn d to drive. Was pulling haywagon in 1965. I was 6 yrs old at my grandpa's. All us kids started out on it. Had to slide down off the seat to push in clutch then slide back up to let it out.
I have one now but not real sure what yr it is. My grand kids will drive it this summer . Great video series ,thanks!
Great memories!
Afternoon just finished watching all 4 videos. Excellent!!! I learned a lot; I am about to start all the same work on my 57 Cub. Thank you.
Good luck!!
Thanks for showing your work. Nice Cub .Greetings
First off, your videos on engine work are the best I’ve found. Others are good, but yours is just a bit better. Ok, they are a lot better. I truly appreciate your attention to cleanliness during all of your work. I’m not a Cub expert but I have disassembled and reassembled a lot of mechanical equipment in my career and want to comment on your head torquing procedure - the one that followed the helicoil installation stemming from the broken head bolt. It appeared that you were a bit hesitant (in the video) to torque those head bolts to the required 45 ft-lb when cold and instead, chose to stop at 38 ft-lb and then only finish torquing the studs to the required 45 ft-lb with the engine hot. Doing this has actually caused the final torque of these bolts to exceed 45 ft-lb which occurred after the engine and bolts cooldown to ambient temperatures. I cannot tell you what the final torque value is but I can say without a doubt that that every one of them exceeded 45 ft-lb, which is probably what you were hoping to avoid. The reason is that the bolts will elongate (stretch) when they heat up. Further tightening them under this condition will, at this increased temperature, cause them to stretch a bit more even at an indicated 45 ft-lb. However, as the metals cooldown, these bolts are going to try to contract back to their original length and as they do the torque will increase naturally to a value greater than 45 ft-lb. Is this a big problem, probably not; however, just know that this does occur when bolting metal components under varying temperatures. BTW, the Cub service manual has no mention of “hot torquing” the head bolts although I see people do it regularly on UA-cam videos. Torquing is done sequentially, by tightening evenly in steps up to 45 ft-lb cold and you’re done.
Thank you for the kind words and the information. I agree with you about the head torquing. It must have been a video illusion because I didn't torque the head when it was hot. Each time I waited until the following day to re-check. Thanks again for watching and for the comment. I appreciate it.
So glad to see the Cub out and about and not smoking. Great series!
Thank you!
Great job especially working in the cold! I have 2 cubs I just got that Ill be doing teardowns and full restorations on as well. Have a great Thanksgiving
Thank you. I watched your video on those last night. Looking forward to watching your progress!
@@AntiqueCarsandStuff thanks for watching! Yeah my wife says I have an addiction lol oh well it could be worse!
LoL yeah mine tells me the same thing! I always tell her that at least she always knows where to find me!
Oh yeah, I run Rotella 15W-40 in all my tractors. Excellent oil, ( My opinion)
Well done! Your little Red Tractor has a caring guardian, I think at this point there may be a need for a small white smile placed upon her front Grill. Have a wonderful Thanks Giving.
Glad you went with 40 lbs on the head bolts, I have the same cub as you which is going to be a winter project though it doesn’t smoke it doesn’t start very well so that’s why I was interested in this video series. Thank you.
Thanks for watching and good luck with the Cub project!
Great series ,I I have a super A and a 9N love these old tractors . I'm new to your channel and I really enjoy your presentation . Your model Ts are very nice , I have a 1928 Oldsmobile that I tinker with also . I look forward to more videos
Thanks Greg. Welcome!
My Cub is now in the garage being torn down. I’ve watched all your videos and have a cheat sheet of all you’ve been doing/ Including your block head bolt issue. Hope it doesn’t happen but you told me how to fix it! Awesome series, thanks so much. My Cub is a family heirloom and it’s going to stay with everyone.
Thanks Tractor Dave! I'm glad the videos can be some help. Good luck with the project!
Nothing better than a Farmall Cub
Great video series, thanks for sharing your process. I have a couple of Cubs that need to be gone through so this helps a great deal.
Very welcome!
I did not see you put motor oil on those headbolt threads. They must have oil on them to torque correctly. I'd use new high strength bolts too.
Happy Thanksgiving to you also.
Glad you got her back together before the snow set in. Very impressed by how quickly you got that job done. Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!
AC&S, Just finished this series and was most impressed with you patience and skills. Vids like this are a tremendous help to other “Do it Yourself “ folks. New sub here!
Thanks for the kind words and thank you for subscribing!
Great job on this series. I have 4 Cubs, an early Lo-Boy and a 184 and they all had the same work done. One thing you need to change is the oil. The owners manual for the 184 warns that you must use non-detergent oil. It states that the use of detergent oil will cause the engine to burn oil.
Thank you Vernon. I appreciate you watching! I generally only use non-detergent oil on my engines without oil filters. For this repair I actually spoke with an expert Cub mechanic and he recommended this modern oil instead. So, I'm going to give this a try I will report back if I burn any oil or have any other issues.
Great project. Thanks for sharing! And happy Thanksgiving!
Nice job! Congrats
Thanks!
U do great work. It does us good to see your successes as well as failures. That little cub is sweet. Sure u ended up putting more money into it to get the head to torgue down and blue smoke to disappear, but you worked thru it. Even though I grew up with ford's and ac I can appreciate the reds. Especially the older stuff. Dad and I recently got a cub and I hope it turns out as well as yours
Thanks for the kind words, and good luck with your Cub!
Awesome 😊
Just found your channel the day this video came out..have been enjoying it and the rest of your content...Subscribed!
Thank you and welcome!
Great job on the project and video work. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family!
Hillbilly mechanic dont cut urself short you do a great job as your equipment shows
Thank you.
Another great video, you have that Cub sounding sweet!
Happy Thanksgiving and I appreciate that you take the time to bring us along. God bless!
Happy Thanksgiving. Great project. Thanks for sharing.
Interesting to see the rear taillight used for the front light. Lol
She looks great when she’s all buttoned up and the stickers look sweet! I was wondering is that the original Farmall red?
And did you reuse the head gasket?
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No, I bought a new head gasket. Not sure about the color. It had been painted before I acquired it. But, I did do some touch up with the correct color IH red and it matches well.
Love the videos on this series just like all your videos 👍 where did you get all your parts? Happy Thanksgiving as well
Thanks! Most parts were from farmtractorrepair.com.
Where did you get your head gasket from?
farmtractorrepair.com