Knackered Tractor

[Marko]

I have a dexta that i used liquid metal on , filled a half inch frost hole in then stuck a patch of sheet over it

That was 6 years ago it works hard splitting around 600 tonnes of logs a year without a problem

 

Poor thing. Could you not go a bit easier on the old girl especially as she has had open heart surgery?

[Tyz05]

Metal stitching would be the ideal solution as others have already said but we had a 135 block welded while back and it lasted a few years,then started leaking again. Ive done a bit to IMT machines over the years and although they are copies of the equivalent masseys a lot of the parts fitted do not cross match ie water pumps etc so I'd be surprised if the blocks are the same we have a few engines stripped down for bits at work,problem being that the bits off the engine you have may not fit the d152 perkins block so ideally you want to look for complete engine or repair the one you've got. There are also slight variations of the perkins engine depending on what it was built for ie massey 135,cat fork lift , industrial etc

[agrimog]

provided the crack isnt into any oilways, you can get cast iron stiched, it really works, used a lot on heavy plant, theres a lot of info on the web about it, thees even some videos on you tube