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So,Fargo saga continues. block is plugged. I mean pounds of black goo. Magnetic black goo.
plug i got to repair leaking one wouldnt quite work. So i hole sawed part of inner ridge off. Expanding rubber plug works.

next is dealing with muck. I filled block with simple green, rad flush and water. Then aerated it. Drained and pulled water pump,and any threaded in part i could get out.
I have been blasting it with compressed air,and water from a refillable fire extinguisher pressured up to 100 psi. Its getting lots out.
 
man, I have the worst sinus headache and ear ache in the world right now. ugh :eek:
 
dukeboy_318 said:
man, I have the worst sinus headache and ear ache in the world right now. ugh :eek:
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Ever fly in that condition? My wife and i both coming home from vegas a few years ago. All i can say is, go see a doctor and get a letter stating you cant fly. Top 5 in my most painful experiences..
 
Tooljunkie said:
Ever fly in that condition? My wife and i both coming home from vegas a few years ago. All i can say is, go see a doctor and get a letter stating you cant fly. Top 5 in my most painful experiences..
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no, thankfully.
 
Tooljunkie said:
So,Fargo saga continues. block is plugged. I mean pounds of black goo. Magnetic black goo.
plug i got to repair leaking one wouldnt quite work. So i hole sawed part of inner ridge off. Expanding rubber plug works.

next is dealing with muck. I filled block with simple green, rad flush and water. Then aerated it. Drained and pulled water pump,and any threaded in part i could get out.
I have been blasting it with compressed air,and water from a refillable fire extinguisher pressured up to 100 psi. Its getting lots out.
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In one of my tractors (in Norway) I found it filled with some sort of rusty sand. And it was most in the rear end of the engine. I don't know if you are familiar with the Ferguson TEA 20 with the Standard engine.
Here you can see a picture of it, http://www.fergusonplus.com/ The tractor in red primer. Here I have cleaned it all out, and the sleeves are out, or liners as the British call it.
In the rear end it was like 80% filled with this sand, and then it sloped down towards the first cylinder where it was maybe 20% filled.
I have never to this day neither before nor after seen that kind of rusty sand in an engine. And I can not imagine someone filled sand in it, and I am 100% sure there was no sand in it when it was assembled at the factory. I have many times wondered where the sand came from.

Bill
 
Tooljunkie said:
So,Fargo saga continues. block is plugged. I mean pounds of black goo. Magnetic black goo.
plug i got to repair leaking one wouldnt quite work. So i hole sawed part of inner ridge off. Expanding rubber plug works.

next is dealing with muck. I filled block with simple green, rad flush and water. Then aerated it. Drained and pulled water pump,and any threaded in part i could get out.
I have been blasting it with compressed air,and water from a refillable fire extinguisher pressured up to 100 psi. Its getting lots out.
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Fargo and black goo, I thought you were referring to that pipeline leak in N. Dakota.
 
Bills65Dart said:
In one of my tractors (in Norway) I found it filled with some sort of rusty sand. And it was most in the rear end of the engine. I don't know if you are familiar with the Ferguson TEA 20 with the Standard engine.
Here you can see a picture of it, http://www.fergusonplus.com/ The tractor in red primer. Here I have cleaned it all out, and the sleeves are out, or liners as the British call it.
In the rear end it was like 80% filled with this sand, and then it sloped down towards the first cylinder where it was maybe 20% filled.
I have never to this day neither before nor after seen that kind of rusty sand in an engine. And I can not imagine someone filled sand in it, and I am 100% sure there was no sand in it when it was assembled at the factory. I have many times wondered where the sand came from.

Bill
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I bet it came from casting the block, and never cleaned out. Why, it lasted this long with it in there!!!
 
Almost time to head out for work. Busy morning. Did a beer and coffee run. Split some wood. A little easier starting the splitter than last time. It must have a sticky float, or just not closing tight. Runs fine once it gets going good. Was flooded again. Like drain out the neck to the air inlet flooded. But this time I had the tank feed turned off. So should have only been whats in the line. Unless that is leaking by. When done I shut off the fuel and let it run till it stopped. So will see what happens next time...
 
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Mopar Tim said:
I bet it came from casting the block, and never cleaned out. Why, it lasted this long with it in there!!!
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No, totally out of the question, the Standard engine is a wet sleeve engine so it is machined in the bottom and with gaskets under the sleeves, so it was totally clean there from new. No, it must have come later.

Bill
 
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Unconventional said:
Sunny and mid 70s this week for SEMA and Las Vegas :D
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Exactly what i was hoping for. A week away from crappy weather. go figure, the year i go to sema, a couple buddies cant make it.
i have a feeling i will be going again.
 
Bills65Dart said:
No, totally out of the question, the Standard engine is a wet sleeve engine so it is machined in the bottom and with gaskets under the sleeves, so it was totally clean there from new. No, it must have come later.

Bill
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Ditch water.
Like the fargo,except it was the bottom of the ditch i think.
 
Some coolants leave a residue behind, very much like sand. Had a jeep a while back, was full of it.
 
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Took the Barracuda for a spin to put some fresh fuel and stabilizer in. Stopped and took a few pics, backed into its winter nest,dripping antifreeze. Small puddle. It may be the water pump. Then drained the oil on mower to find out I don’t have a new filter and deck mounting brackets need some repair. Oh well, it’s not snowing....yet
 
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