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Here is the clutch control arm that I made. The one for the left side was broken and I couldn't find another one. John Deere wanted $200.00 for this little arm. So i made one here is the pictures of it. I haven't installed the linkage on left side. Dry fitting. I also had to lengthen the adjusting b...

Honed cylinders, I was just going to put on rings, and rod bearings, kinda figured the mains were like rod bearings, in good shape. So much for that, pulled the main bearing caps, front one looked good, but center bearing and crankshaft is scored, thrust bearing looked good. So it looks like I need ...

I mic.ed ridge, and it is the same as just below where the rings travel. The o-rings is what I want to check, that is why I ask about removing sleeve deck. There was water in the crank case, but it set outside without exhaust covered. guess I could pour some water/antifreeze in water jacket and see ...

I pulled -motor out of my crawler yesterday, who ever worked on this last, sure liked Form-a-Gasket, looks like they used a whole tube on the pan gasket. They also used form-a-gasket on water/thermostat manifold, intake manifold, and water pump, instead of using new gaskets.. What I need to know, is...