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Took the block outside and attacked it with the pressure washer, wire
brush and a boatload of brake cleaner.
It was as clean as it was going to get after I spent quite a few hours
on it yesterday as well.
So I painted it. In strong wind, with aerosol cans. I had to hold them
about an inch away but it turned out ok.
The crank's ready to back in with new shells, as are the liners and
pistons, camshaft etc.
It'll soon be ready to start all the timing fun.
Anyone know what those centrepunch marks are for? Some kind of QA
(checking for porosity?) on the casting?
https://photos.app.goo.gl/C9A4fC6LgFziN8aX8
What make and model is your tractor again?
I'm intrigued by the valvetrain side access covers, why is the #1
cylinder access different from the other 3?
external is mounted there. I'm also wondering (perhaps you already
mentioned) whether you bored the cylinders and are fitting O/S pistons
& rings?
No idea about the punch marks, but I like the idea that they were
checking for casting irregularities. There are many old tractor forums
[1] where I am certain that question could be answered.
[1] e.g., https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/
On 21/08/2025 18:52, Mark Olson wrote:
What make and model is your tractor again?
Massey Ferguson FE35, 23C 4 cylinder diesel engine
On 21/08/2025 19:06, Simon Wilson wrote:
On 21/08/2025 18:52, Mark Olson wrote:
What make and model is your tractor again?
Massey Ferguson FE35, 23C 4 cylinder diesel engine
The colour was a bit of a clue as to the basic make.
Very nice!
On 22/08/2025 08:15, PipL wrote:
On 21/08/2025 19:06, Simon Wilson wrote:
On 21/08/2025 18:52, Mark Olson wrote:
What make and model is your tractor again?
Massey Ferguson FE35, 23C 4 cylinder diesel engine
The colour was a bit of a clue as to the basic make.
Very nice!
The whole thing was actually painted red (where there is actually any
paint remaining). As far as I can tell they were only ever grey all
over, grey/red, or gold red.
I'm not going down the conkers route so it doesn't really matter.
seems there were several versions of "grey"Gray?
On 21/08/2025 19:06, Simon Wilson wrote:
On 21/08/2025 18:52, Mark Olson wrote:
What make and model is your tractor again?
Massey Ferguson FE35, 23C 4 cylinder diesel engine
The colour was a bit of a clue as to the basic make.
seems there were several versions of "grey"Gray?
Took the block outside and attacked it with the pressure washer, wire
brush and a boatload of brake cleaner.
It was as clean as it was going to get after I spent quite a few hours
on it yesterday as well.
So I painted it. In strong wind, with aerosol cans. I had to hold them
about an inch away but it turned out ok.
The crank's ready to back in with new shells, as are the liners and
pistons, camshaft etc.
It'll soon be ready to start all the timing fun.
Anyone know what those centrepunch marks are for? Some kind of QA
(checking for porosity?) on the casting?
https://photos.app.goo.gl/C9A4fC6LgFziN8aX8
On 21/08/2025 18:28, Simon Wilson wrote:
https://photos.app.goo.gl/C9A4fC6LgFziN8aX8
Good progress today. Got the crank, camshaft, liners and pistons fitted.
Surprisingly I don't think I've made any mistakes.
On 21/08/2025 18:52, Mark Olson wrote:
There are many old tractor forums [1] where I am certain that
question could be answered.
[1] e.g., https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/
I sometimes get blocked accessing that forum, dunno why. I might try
a sub reddit or two.
On Thu, 21 Aug 2025 19:06:17 +0100, Simon Wilson <siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
On 21/08/2025 18:52, Mark Olson wrote:
There are many old tractor forums [1] where I am certain that
question could be answered.
[1] e.g., https://forums.yesterdaystractors.com/
I sometimes get blocked accessing that forum, dunno why. I might try
a sub reddit or two.
forums.yesterdaystractors.com needs to review the security of your
connection before proceeding. Performance & security by Cloudflare.
You wanted a walled garden. You got it! I think you're being age
gated as am I.
forums.yesterdaystractors.com needs to review the security of your
connection before proceeding. Performance & security by Cloudflare.
You wanted a walled garden. You got it!
That is not it. This is to slow LLM (aka 'AI') scrapers from swamping the webservers. That was CFs take onMaybe better explained in https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/codeberg_beset_by_ai_bots/
https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis?tab=readme-ov-file#overview
That is not it. This is to slow LLM (aka 'AI') scrapers from swampingMaybe better explained in https://www.theregister.com/2025/08/15/codeberg_beset_by_ai_bots/
the webservers. That was CFs take on
https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis?tab=readme-ov-file#overview
PipL <pip@nowhere.nul> wrote:
On 21/08/2025 19:06, Simon Wilson wrote:
On 21/08/2025 18:52, Mark Olson wrote:
What make and model is your tractor again?
Massey Ferguson FE35, 23C 4 cylinder diesel engine
The colour was a bit of a clue as to the basic make.
Sorry, I wasn't aware I was posting to alt.anoraks.discussing.old.tractors !
Too young?
On Sat, 23 Aug 2025 17:41:54 +0100, Simon Wilson ><siwilson@nodamnspamn.hotmail.com> wrote:
Too young?
Need an egregious example? Don't look, Ethel! The following post
contains a lurid AI generated graphic:
+ >https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php/?story_fbid=469515389206270&id=100084434395700
The "photo depicts" a generic steam traction engine pulling an ore
wagon with treaded tires somewhere, some-when in the old western U.S., >leaving a dust trail absent any driver. Hubs are the same size in the >driving and steering wheels and larger on the right than the left.
The mechanical bits are clearly drawn yet incomprehensible.
Clearly, this is altered reality. Not only does this deliberately
undermine ones understanding of the present, but also it
comprehensively screws up young people's understanding of the past.
Such abuse of AI ought not to be tolerated.
Could be a tad tricky to regulate.
I just don't believe anything any more.