Pete, when the pins does not want to go inside the piston, just get pins into the freezer for few hours. That is how we do it, when we rebuilt tractor engines. And you can heat up the pistons too, if pins dont shrink enough in the freezer. Greetings from Slovakia.
Also, if you are trying to measure under 10 Thou, calipers really don't work go down to a shop with micrometers but do get them to gauge the micrometers first. I've used micrometers that were 2 Thou or more out when I went to the job before they were checked with (is it) slip blocks (?) Sorry it's nigh on 20 years since I did this and names are slipping from me.
Glad to see Henry having an opportunity to actually participate in the process rather than just watching! That's where the real learning takes place! Nice job, Professor!
Pete, you and Henry are bringing a ton of memories back to me....alot of them were challenging....but ALL of them were educational and are treasured today. I'm 60 now, and my Dad is soon to be 89. We're not rebuilding engines together anymore, but I owe Dad....it was him that patiently taught me all I know.
After watching you and Henry I am reminded of Norman Rockwell, what a painting that would be. Love watching you and the family working together on the farm.
Henry may not realise it now, but one day he will appreciate he value of learning from his father. I look back on what I learned from my late father and it was immeasurable. Woodworking, decorating, things mechanical, mending broken things. At the time it simply seemed usual. Now it does not. It was beyond measure. Thanks dad.
Hi Pete - I am the proud owner of a newly acquired Farmall A. My Grandfather worked in sales for 40+ years at IH and must have sold quite a few of these. However, here I am now with one and I don’t know a darn thing about maintaining it. Thanks to you I think I have a fighting chance at figuring it out!
Great see Henry trying and paying attention being part of the rebuild he will always remember when he looks at this tractor, dad and I did this to this tractor
Some of my fondest memories of my Dad are the hours we spent in the garage rebuilding my first car. He is gone now but my love of mechanics is a lasting legacy to the time he spent with me. It is great to watch you planting that seed in your legacy garden.
"Welcome ladies n gents to Farmall University"!!! "We have the honor of being taught by the one, the only ......Professor Pete"!!! (Rounds of the large crowd applauding) ;o) I am one VERY happy student, Pete, of the fine job you are doing with that engine and it's always a pleasure to see Henry there with you; absorbing Farmall knowledge and relishing these times with his awesome daddy making memories!!! ;-)
Another Great tutorial type video. I'm glad you take the time to discuss the reasons why you are doing what you are doing and the amount of error that can be tolerated. and if not the reasons why. I"m sure there are a lot of young minds watching and your insight and descriptions of what and why, are educational for us all really. well done. and like a lot of others was really glad to see Henry in there. with you.
Pete, I absolutely love this video!! I wish my students were as attentive as your son Henry. You're passing on knowledge he can't get anywhere else...from father to son, it's a beautiful thing sir. Father, farmer, teacher and philosopher ❤️
I love to see you teaching Henry how all those things work. Well done, Sir! Few things are better in life than passing what we’ve learned along to others (especially family!!).
Really enjoy watching you work Pete! You’re a gifted mechanic I can see. I never thought you would have to measure so many things starting with brand new parts. I would go nuts 😂
Wonderful fascinating film and so very clearly presented. I'm no mechanic and had no idea all these bits were in an engine! I really enjoy watching this. Thank you.
Pete, you could have plastigaged the rod bearings while the crankshaft was sitting on the workbench. Easier to do, and you wouldn't have to worry about it while working in the engine. I'm glad to see you're using plastigage and feeler gages on the engine. Nothing like having the knowledge, tools, and the willingness to built it right. Tell your son to pay close attention and soak up everything he can. Knowledge is a wonderful thing in life.
It was good to see your son in the shop again. I hope much of this rebuild doesn't escape his attention and that, he realizes it will be his hands, that will be; the driving force one day.
Another great video. Watching you work with ur son reminds me of working with my dad...and I still do work with him and I'm 43. He taught me everthing I know
Since there was no joke, here is the only one I can remember: How do you catch a unique rabbit? Unique up on him. How do you catch a tame rabbit? Tame way, unique up on him.
Those are about as good as my deer jokes. What do you call a deer with no eyes? No ideer. What do you call a deer with no legs and no eyes? Still no ideer.
Another amazing video! Thanks for taking the time to make another MD-saga/journey video! Henry will cherish these moments....& dad jokes....many o’ years from now!
Pete,aww,gotter going,yep,you need that second pair of hands or hand,for sure,hello Henry,you made me remember some wonderful memories of mine,yep,you played me. Glad things are moving along,we should be thankful it rained I guess. Your right on cue,I’d say Pete,very into and focused what’s at hand. Thats necessary! See ya on your next vid.
3.9k more people then BAM! 100k!! So proud of you Pete! I have watched every single video on this channel since last July! I also have watched some previous ones but not all of them! Have a great day pete!
I don't know why, but this reminds me of an interaction with my grandpa decades ago.... I had a grade school assignment to come up with something that sound true or believable, but wasn't. (That seems bizarre now given we are in the age of miss-information) So I ask my grandpa for an idea. He told me his 2 cylinder John Deere tractors create less compaction because the cylinders run horizontally and don't cause the tractor to bounce up and down while going through the field. :-)
I can't help but notice how much this channel has grown since I first stumbled upon it. It makes my heart warm to know there are so many other people out there that enjoy you and your family as much as I do. Stay true to who you are♡
I learned a lot here and got a refresher course on some of the other stuff. Running into some issues like you did here will definitely help someone watching this who will inevitably go through the same thing.
Pete, maybe the way to get your Cub running is to give it to Henry! He seems just about the right age to take on a project of his own. Well, I enjoyed the video no matter what you do. Thanks,
Thanks to both of you gentlemen for that very interesting and informing video. I knew the theory behind the inner working but to see it torn apart and reassembled makes it a whole lot clearer.
Another great video. Back in my motorcycle days we used a hot iron on the top of the piston. That expanded the piston pin hole just enough to slide it in.
I may have this wrong, but I thought the wrist pins were a lite press fit in the pistons so the wrist pins did not rotate in the piston and the rotation was in the bearing on the rod end. The clips keep the wrist pin centered in the piston. Just what I learned over the years. It's coming together very well and your precision and care are very well noted.
As usual excellent video. Your knowledge and skills in many different fields is impressive Just finished reading your book, Of course your Swedish heritage shines through. You are amazing
It’s nice that you are showing your son how to do this. He will probably do the next rebuild! He should also be writing the jokes down so he can save them for his children.
I just rebuilt my International 724 engine and also found that it was floating pins. At first I thought it worn and replaced it and spoke to my engineering shop but like you said Pete most Farmall and IH engine uses floating pins.
I have always put the pistons in a pan of hot water to warm them up and then the wrist pins will slid right in. I don't reccemend honing as the aluminum piston will expand when the engine is running.
Great seeing the pistons being installed and having Henry there to give a hand and hopefully he is learning and maybe he will have enough interest to someday take on a project like this. This video is an educational experience. 😀
We normally use brand new cap bolts when we do a motor, in a motor with sleeves we don,t turn the crank unless we have bolted a hold down bar over the sleeves to keep the moving pistons from pushing the sleeves out, On the Deere's we have done the pistons are preassembled with rings in the sleeves and they tell you to not take them apart unless you absolutely have to, most of the time you can tap them down far enough to get the pins in
You will enjoy this tractor and it is very cheap to run as it takes about half the fuel than a gas tractor does in the same horsepower class. I remember I was the only one that drove the MD and my dad, grampa and grandma drove gas tractors and about 5 pm they had to stop to fill their tractors but I could keep on going until 9 PM at night and then I still had fuel left in the tank. I had to hand crank mine and when started on gas , they turned over with about the same effort as cranking the H tractor. Of course when it is just overhauled then there will be more effort but they will start very easy when just a simple tune up. On diesel, they have more lugging power they will maintain the RPMs much better than any gas engine. We eventually put a electric starter on ours and that made is much easier for us. We had to only do basic maintaining to keep it happy and running well and it never had any issues with it.
Pete, when the pins does not want to go inside the piston, just get pins into the freezer for few hours. That is how we do it, when we rebuilt tractor engines. And you can heat up the pistons too, if pins dont shrink enough in the freezer. Greetings from Slovakia.
Also, if you are trying to measure under 10 Thou, calipers really don't work go down to a shop with micrometers but do get them to gauge the micrometers first. I've used micrometers that were 2 Thou or more out when I went to the job before they were checked with (is it) slip blocks (?) Sorry it's nigh on 20 years since I did this and names are slipping from me.
In today's world it's rare to see a positive interaction between father and son. Thanks.
I was hoping to get a video from you today , your like an old friend that stops in every now and then and I look forward to seeing.
Glad to see Henry having an opportunity to actually participate in the process rather than just watching! That's where the real learning takes place! Nice job, Professor!
Pete, you and Henry are bringing a ton of memories back to me....alot of them were challenging....but ALL of them were educational and are treasured today. I'm 60 now, and my Dad is soon to be 89. We're not rebuilding engines together anymore, but I owe Dad....it was him that patiently taught me all I know.
I'm 57 now and I'm finally starting to appreciate all of the advice my Dad gave me when I was 14 or 15.
Youth is wasted on the young. :)
After watching you and Henry I am reminded of Norman Rockwell, what a painting that would be. Love watching you and the family working together on the farm.
Henry may not realise it now, but one day he will appreciate he value of learning from his father. I look back on what I learned from my late father and it was immeasurable. Woodworking, decorating, things mechanical, mending broken things. At the time it simply seemed usual. Now it does not. It was beyond measure. Thanks dad.
Life lessons from parents who cared about their children. I must also say thanks mom and dad!
I second that
Another excellent instruction by father/son team.
henry is back!
Great work... It's nice to see father teaching son about assembling old engines 👍😀🚜... Greetings from Croatia 🇭🇷🇭🇷🇭🇷
Hi Pete - I am the proud owner of a newly acquired Farmall A. My Grandfather worked in sales for 40+ years at IH and must have sold quite a few of these. However, here I am now with one and I don’t know a darn thing about maintaining it. Thanks to you I think I have a fighting chance at figuring it out!
Great see Henry trying and paying attention being part of the rebuild he will always remember when he looks at this tractor, dad and I did this to this tractor
It's great to see Henry has an interest in learning this. He seems genuinely attentive.
Great to see Henry involved in the mechanic action. He's a nice boy!
Glad to see junior helping hand 🤣good job , cant wait to hear that new MD roar Varooom!🤣🤣
A lesson like this is something your son will remember when he is grown, and the neat thing is there’s a video to capture the moment. Nice work Pete!
awesome video. hope henry is enjoying his childhood. time flies. im 21 now though i stil remember middle school like yesterday
always enjoyed working with my dad.your dad is awsome.
all the nolage he has on engines and transmisions.enjoy the vidieos
Some of my fondest memories of my Dad are the hours we spent in the garage rebuilding my first car. He is gone now but my love of mechanics is a lasting legacy to the time he spent with me. It is great to watch you planting that seed in your legacy garden.
"Welcome ladies n gents to Farmall University"!!! "We have the honor of being taught by the one, the only ......Professor Pete"!!! (Rounds of the large crowd applauding) ;o) I am one VERY happy student, Pete, of the fine job you are doing with that engine and it's always a pleasure to see Henry there with you; absorbing Farmall knowledge and relishing these times with his awesome daddy making memories!!! ;-)
Thanks Pete and Henry! That was some complex machine work with all those very detailed measurements. Enjoyed watching! 🇺🇸🚜👍
Pete, I.m glad to see Henry working so intently with you. Soon, he must have his own tractor to rebuild!
Another Great tutorial type video. I'm glad you take the time to discuss the reasons why you are doing what you are doing and the amount of error that can be tolerated. and if not the reasons why. I"m sure there are a lot of young minds watching and your insight and descriptions of what and why, are educational for us all really. well done. and like a lot of others was really glad to see Henry in there. with you.
Pete, I absolutely love this video!!
I wish my students were as attentive as your son Henry.
You're passing on knowledge he can't get anywhere else...from father to son, it's a beautiful thing sir.
Father, farmer, teacher and philosopher ❤️
Still enjoying watching the process. Learning a lot too!
I found your channel a few weeks ago and it’s now my favorite. I’m really enjoying watching the MD rebuild.
Man Henry seems like such a solid kid. Glad to see you guys working together! Keep up the amazing work!
He is a smart guy. I'm proud of him.
I love to see you teaching Henry how all those things work. Well done, Sir! Few things are better in life than passing what we’ve learned along to others (especially family!!).
Pete, can’t tell you how much I’m enjoying all of your videos. The restoration has my utmost attention!
That was a very thorough assembly. This engine will purr nicely
Starting to really take shape Pete!! Great to see Henry giving you a helping hand! 👍🏻👍🏻
Great work Henry, wish my father knew this to teach me !
But he was a fine father either way ♥️👍
Really enjoy watching you work Pete! You’re a gifted mechanic I can see. I never thought you would have to measure so many things starting with brand new parts. I would go nuts 😂
Awesome video. Nice to see your son working with you. That’s how I started in the trade many many years ago. Oh. Keep the dad jokes coming. Lol
Nice to meet you, Henri. Good job.
Wonderful fascinating film and so very clearly presented. I'm no mechanic and had no idea all these bits were in an engine! I really enjoy watching this. Thank you.
All good stuff, I sure do enjoy any time I get to spend with my apprentice... mechanical, hot metalwork, all great stuff.
Feels good to get the block back and start to reassemble. I can almost hear your MD run already. Exciting.
Great father son project! Can't wait to see it finished and installed!
Nice to see Henry again!!
Pete, you could have plastigaged the rod bearings while the crankshaft was sitting on the workbench. Easier to do, and you wouldn't have to worry about it while working in the engine. I'm glad to see you're using plastigage and feeler gages on the engine. Nothing like having the knowledge, tools, and the willingness to built it right. Tell your son to pay close attention and soak up everything he can. Knowledge is a wonderful thing in life.
Thanks for helping dad Henry I know he enjoys the time with you
another great video. glad to see henry is learning how to work on things.
Happy to see this video pop up.
It was good to see your son in the shop again. I hope much of this rebuild doesn't escape his attention and that, he realizes it will be his hands, that will be; the driving force one day.
Glad to Henry out with you.....
👍 🇺🇲 👍
What a nice father / son video.
Another large step forward. Always nice to see a father/son working together.
Another great video. Watching you work with ur son reminds me of working with my dad...and I still do work with him and I'm 43. He taught me everthing I know
Since there was no joke, here is the only one I can remember:
How do you catch a unique rabbit? Unique up on him.
How do you catch a tame rabbit? Tame way, unique up on him.
Those are about as good as my deer jokes.
What do you call a deer with no eyes?
No ideer.
What do you call a deer with no legs and no eyes?
Still no ideer.
good stuff
@@katieandkevinsears7724 good stuff
Hi Pete and Henry looks great sunny day here and I expect same there. Nice see you both working together. Have a great day.
Noticed you were a a fellow left handed handed gentleman I knew I liked your videos for a reason!! Great video once again pete!!
Watching such exacting fitting reminded me of a stirring game of Operation. Buzzzz! Very nice to see Henry having a ringside seat to the project.
25 minutes goes by so fast! Super interesting to watch. Good job helping, Henry.
Another amazing video! Thanks for taking the time to make another MD-saga/journey video! Henry will cherish these moments....& dad jokes....many o’ years from now!
Pete,aww,gotter going,yep,you need that second pair of hands or hand,for sure,hello Henry,you made me remember some wonderful memories of mine,yep,you played me. Glad things are moving along,we should be thankful it rained I guess. Your right on cue,I’d say Pete,very into and focused what’s at hand. Thats necessary! See ya on your next vid.
3.9k more people then BAM! 100k!! So proud of you Pete! I have watched every single video on this channel since last July! I also have watched some previous ones but not all of them! Have a great day pete!
Thank you Zach!
Great job Pete & Henry
Glad to see you getting that engine back together! Look forward to seeing you get that tractor finished and put it to work.
I always love seeing you work with your kids. Thanks for sharing this!
Wow, I would never have thought to hone those wrist pins! Your mechanic supreme. :-)
I don't know why, but this reminds me of an interaction with my grandpa decades ago....
I had a grade school assignment to come up with something that sound true or believable, but wasn't. (That seems bizarre now given we are in the age of miss-information)
So I ask my grandpa for an idea. He told me his 2 cylinder John Deere tractors create less compaction because the cylinders run horizontally and don't cause the tractor to bounce up and down while going through the field. :-)
Have really enjoyed the rebuild videos! You explain and show how to. Thank you for the shop lessons!
I can't help but notice how much this channel has grown since I first stumbled upon it. It makes my heart warm to know there are so many other people out there that enjoy you and your family as much as I do. Stay true to who you are♡
Thank you Matia!
@@JustaFewAcresFarm your very welcome. I truly enjoy your channel
I learned a lot here and got a refresher course on some of the other stuff. Running into some issues like you did here will definitely help someone watching this who will inevitably go through the same thing.
Thanks Pete and Henry!
Can't wait to hear that ole girl run
Great video Pete!
Excellent video keep up the great videos it's nice to see the engine going back together again
Nice to see your son again, out learning stuff with dad.
Hey, thanks for the explanation on the Plastigage! That's just what I was asking about in your last video. Thank you!
Pete, maybe the way to get your Cub running is to give it to Henry! He seems just about the right age to take on a project of his own. Well, I enjoyed the video no matter what you do. Thanks,
Good to see Henry.
Great job buddy love it one step closer thanks for sharing
Thanks to both of you gentlemen for that very interesting and informing video. I knew the theory behind the inner working but to see it torn apart and reassembled makes it a whole lot clearer.
Good job Henry, getting involved. Great video
Thank you so much for sharing this process/project. This is a treasure.
Another great video.
Back in my motorcycle days we used a hot iron on the top of the piston. That expanded the piston pin hole just enough to slide it in.
Good thing you checked the ring clearance or you may of had some broken rings👍
I may have this wrong, but I thought the wrist pins were a lite press fit in the pistons so the wrist pins did not rotate in the piston and the rotation was in the bearing on the rod end. The clips keep the wrist pin centered in the piston. Just what I learned over the years. It's coming together very well and your precision and care are very well noted.
Those are super MD pistons. Nice!
This is such a great video on so many levels. Thank you!
You are a very good teacher
No joke? Power over speed lol good Job Henry
As usual excellent video. Your knowledge and skills in many different fields is impressive Just finished reading your book, Of course your Swedish heritage shines through. You are amazing
A specialist surgeon and his special trainee
It’s nice that you are showing your son how to do this. He will probably do the next rebuild!
He should also be writing the jokes down so he can save them for his children.
Watching the md rebuild is getting me inspired to restore m
my farmall 350 ta
Great video Pete and Henry.
Another great video! Always excited when I see your channel pop up on my notifications!
Had to hone my pistons for the pins when I rebuilt my Moline GBD also.
🌞 Good morning.
Thanks for sharing this video. 👏👏
Have a blessed day. ☺️🙏☝️
I just rebuilt my International 724 engine and also found that it was floating pins. At first I thought it worn and replaced it and spoke to my engineering shop but like you said Pete most Farmall and IH engine uses floating pins.
I have always put the pistons in a pan of hot water to warm them up and then the wrist pins will slid right in. I don't reccemend honing as the aluminum piston will expand when the engine is running.
It’s a feel thing. These holes had much less “cold” clearance than other engine’s I’ve done.
Great seeing the pistons being installed and having Henry there to give a hand and hopefully he is learning and maybe he will have enough interest to someday take on a project like this. This video is an educational experience. 😀
Good job so far, guys.
We normally use brand new cap bolts when we do a motor, in a motor with sleeves we don,t turn the crank unless we have bolted a hold down bar over the sleeves to keep the moving pistons from pushing the sleeves out, On the Deere's we have done the pistons are preassembled with rings in the sleeves and they tell you to not take them apart unless you absolutely have to, most of the time you can tap them down far enough to get the pins in
I think these are going to be more popular than the disassembly videos
You will enjoy this tractor and it is very cheap to run as it takes about half the fuel than a gas tractor does in the same horsepower class. I remember I was the only one that drove the MD and my dad, grampa and grandma drove gas tractors and about 5 pm they had to stop to fill their tractors but I could keep on going until 9 PM at night and then I still had fuel left in the tank. I had to hand crank mine and when started on gas , they turned over with about the same effort as cranking the H tractor. Of course when it is just overhauled then there will be more effort but they will start very easy when just a simple tune up. On diesel, they have more lugging power they will maintain the RPMs much better than any gas engine. We eventually put a electric starter on ours and that made is much easier for us. We had to only do basic maintaining to keep it happy and running well and it never had any issues with it.
Henry for the win!!
That block sure did look Shiney and happy to see you, but I think it got board..👍👍😂