Looking for advice. My Ford 3000 diesel has a dented up steel oil pan.
Should hold 8 quarts (says my manual), only holds 6 1/4 to full mark.
Should I fix that? Well just having dented parts bugs me. And the
replacement oil pans are cheap. If I can find it, would a cast iron pan be better?
And oh, tractor was like that when I got it in march, I didn't do it.
What kind of task is a Ford 3000 Diesel oil pan replacement.
I don't have a service manual, it looks easy, flat all around no tricky
stuff at front and rear bearings. Is this so?
Oil pressure is 72 psi cold, down to 61 psi when hot. This seems good to me. I was kicking around idea of Plasti-Gaging the bearings when the pan is off. I have given up that idea. I might cause more trouble than worth. I have not touched a main or rod bearing in years, and never on my back with engine installed. But are there any non-destructive checks I could perform while the pan is off? I could check crank shaft and rods end play. Is there a wiggle test for loose rod bearings?
Is it possible to shim gauge test sleeve to piston clearance? The tractor has a lot of blow by, maybe that is normal
for the 3 cylinder Fords. I would check to see if oil pickup tube has been bent also.
So leave it alone with dents and almost 1/2 gallon short on oil, or fix it? If fix it, what else to check while in there?
Should hold 8 quarts (says my manual), only holds 6 1/4 to full mark.
Should I fix that? Well just having dented parts bugs me. And the
replacement oil pans are cheap. If I can find it, would a cast iron pan be better?
And oh, tractor was like that when I got it in march, I didn't do it.
What kind of task is a Ford 3000 Diesel oil pan replacement.
I don't have a service manual, it looks easy, flat all around no tricky
stuff at front and rear bearings. Is this so?
Oil pressure is 72 psi cold, down to 61 psi when hot. This seems good to me. I was kicking around idea of Plasti-Gaging the bearings when the pan is off. I have given up that idea. I might cause more trouble than worth. I have not touched a main or rod bearing in years, and never on my back with engine installed. But are there any non-destructive checks I could perform while the pan is off? I could check crank shaft and rods end play. Is there a wiggle test for loose rod bearings?
Is it possible to shim gauge test sleeve to piston clearance? The tractor has a lot of blow by, maybe that is normal
for the 3 cylinder Fords. I would check to see if oil pickup tube has been bent also.
So leave it alone with dents and almost 1/2 gallon short on oil, or fix it? If fix it, what else to check while in there?