Funny farm
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- Joined
- Apr 21, 2018
- Messages
- 206
- Location
- Ontario Canada
- Occupation
- Red seal,high pressure certified welder
Hi. New to the site and fairly new to heavyequipment. Bought a backhoe a couple years ago and a few months later it started toknock badly. Stopped running her immediately and after several years of looking I found a replacement engine.Wondering what i should replace on the “new to me “ engine before installing it. Rear main seal? Other gaskets ?...?? Or just install it as is ?? Also should I replace and seals like the converter seal? ( I have a power shuttle unit ) Any help and tips would be greatlyappreciated as I’m a bit unsure as to what I should pay attention to and what I can leave be. Old engine runs and has good spare parts but has a crank/ rod knock. With the cost of a crank and rebuild I decided to start with a diff engine and hope for the best. New engine is claimed to have about 3000hrs and was pulled from a running hoe. It has a clutch and flywheel that I will need to swap for the one off the original engine as it has a converter not a clutch. Any tips on swapping the flywheels around ?... I notice a few small diff in the engine castings but they r both 188engines. Thank in advance for any help. Heading out now to continue preparing for the split. Old engine is almost disconnected now. Just the steering rams, fuel lines and throttle rod , hyd pump and radiator to remove and a few other small things. Then it’s time to block the old girl up and split her in half. Never done this before and I’m working in a gravel driveway so fingers crossed it goes ok. Gotta use what u have and unfortunately I don’t have a shop or a cement pad , so level spot on gravel lane will have to do.
Update. I had a good day today. Got the engine for all ready to come out. Tractor is on jacks and the bolts are all lose. Can rock the front tires and see the gap open up at the bell housing so it’s just sitting there now. Running outta daylight so time to clean up. Added some pics of it as of today’s progress. New to me engine is inside my lil workshop for prep work. Some cleaning and maybe some fresh gaskets and such. Might do the rear seal before it’s installed. ?? Gotta remove the flywheel and use my original
Update. I had a good day today. Got the engine for all ready to come out. Tractor is on jacks and the bolts are all lose. Can rock the front tires and see the gap open up at the bell housing so it’s just sitting there now. Running outta daylight so time to clean up. Added some pics of it as of today’s progress. New to me engine is inside my lil workshop for prep work. Some cleaning and maybe some fresh gaskets and such. Might do the rear seal before it’s installed. ?? Gotta remove the flywheel and use my original