Hands down my favorite part about this series is that...the H came in the shop for a rear-end gear whine and paint prep. *proceeds to tear everything apart*

Squatch253 NOT pulling it down to a bare block to clean out all the oil passages with a bore brush? Must be a sign of the apocalypse!

Be thankful this is a hobby. Imagine needing your tractor and the parts are delayed like this. I miss the farm but not every crisis 😂

Ok, I'm a retired A&P, and the safety wire on the main caps made my stomach do a little flip flop, oh well it doesn't have to fly. Press on, I am enjoying your posts.

I’m ready for new fold over lock content! It seems like forever!!!

Hi Toby, that smile just before "Let's get started" says it all. I'm so pleased for you. What a relief!

That engine sure was clean looking! Someone sure must be taking care of it! Looking forward to two halves (or three sections) becoming one very soon.

Would be really cool to have you restore some hit and miss engines in your channel.. keep the videos coming always enjoy watching them all

Thank goodness for "that last guy". He kind of sets the standards for all of us. Thanks.

Saw you use side cutters to pull out the Woodruff key. I've always struggled with those and usually ended up damaging them with a punch and a hammer. I'll have to try that next time! Really glad you got an answer for that head I'm sure that was frustrating not knowing.

I for one think that Squatch knows if his engine is clean enough to leave together, he put it together after all. As far as slackers are concerned, could there be any less of one really. Glad the engine head will serve as a good direct replacement, still a gasoline only, right? Then Happy, Happy.Your relief during the discription was palpable. Living right, I see Squatch.Good stuff, Toby

Having worked within a company that built helicopters, I can tell you the engineers are NOT mechanics. My job was to inform engineers "You can't install that, its got 43 small parts that you think a mechanic is going to have 6 elbows and 18 fingers to manipulate every part ... K.I.S.S. is the law not the rule". I wrote up so many design improvements.... so, no, they didn't think of you or your basic human needs. Some days? They forget about physics.

Thanks for the video Toby! Wonderful news and the news we all were waiting on for the cylinder head! Preparation H is now moving along now especially with that! Can’t wait to see you get that engine ready for paint and all back together! Thanks again and looking forward to the next episode!

Thanks for this video series on the Farmall H. I've really enjoyed it because of the memories it brings back. My grandfather had a Farmall A on his farm in NC, but it was sold about 45 years ago. While I know the H and A are different tractors, there are enough similarities that your videos bring back good memories. Thanks again

Great news on the cylinder head!! Everything looks great on the inside of the engine considering the coolant leak.

Howdy from Sacramento! I know nothing about tractors, engines, or mechanics and I find your series fascinating. Thanks for sharing!

She's starting to come together....love it man!

Brilliant invention on the tool for the jack. Now you need the "Squatch Jack Chuck" and the "Squatch Jack Bolting Platform"

Have you heard of or seen a Lombard steam log hauler. What a beast!

I love seeing what great care you take in removing the foldover locks, so you can reuse them again. Lol

There's enough blue silicone used that kept silicone manufacture in business LOL. Don't worry my little brother has you beat he used blue silicone on all gaskets. I mean all gaskets like head gaskets both sides and squeezed out everywhere LOL. Headgaskets didn't hold engine got hot silicone plugged most of coolant ports I'm not kidding.

When you get to it, please show detail on how the H ignition is timed.

Always a perfect, articulate Squatch video. Thanks. Can't wait for first run.

Squatch casually closing out the video with the equivalent of “you’ll have that on those bigger jobs”😂

I like your idea of the extra bushing in the seat swivel it should make more stable and rubbers last longer

That crazy over zealousiste fold over lock guy 👦 wonder who he was lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Since the last guy did so good with the fold over locks they can be used many more times...........😊

Just happened by your channel and was pleasantly surprised to find an H tear down in progress! While I love watching car channels like Vice Grip Garage, my heart is in IH Farmalls, having grew up around an H, M, and F20 and more recently rebuilding three Cubs, three IH Cub Cadets, and of course, a '51 H. Not to the extent that you're doing, but still... Awesome job. I'll be heading back to watch episodes 1-16 next!

Another great video Squatch! Great to hear the new cylinder checked out ok. Looking forward to the next video. Cheers

So glad to hear of your good news! I hope all goes well from here on out with it

Happy 4th 🇺🇸 👍 🧨 ✌️🤙

great news. I know your happy. things will start moving now.

Wonder who the guy was that sealed that thing up so good. And expertly folded those locks? Need to talk to him if you ever find out who he is.

Good stuff. 👍

11:04 kinda like the Ford flatties.

Very interesting. I'm really impressed with your operation. Thanks for putting it out there for us!

I now know where Subaru got the RTV idea. On the rear main seal holder, how about putting in some fitted washers on those bolts that tend to heave in order to spread the load?

Congrats on the good news about the head!

A pre-question: When assembly occurs, please definitivly tell us what type of sealant you prefer. You've probably mentioned it in the past, but that CAT Yellow had me snow blind. lol

so glad you are working on the engine!

Sweet seeing forward motion with the engine.

Nice that the head is good. Onward now.

Great video hope you have a great 4th thanks for sharing

With the great news the stress factor just went down to a minimum. Now you can move forward and get it put together.

I hate to say it but that last guy that did all that gasket work has probably been sleeping in your bed too!

Squatch in my opinion with the highly likely scenario that you described with the water in the oil I would be more apt to pull rod and main bearings and check for pitting as they would have been sitting in the water where as the cam would have only come in contact with it after the running from the garage to the shop.

Happy 4th of July Squatch 253

Squatch, when I saw that cylinder head being so clean I very impressed. How do you keep everything so clean? I have to travel to Minnesota to meet you one of these days.

The two “pot metal” rear main seal halves should not be too deformed, with modern gasket and sealing materials you probably did not have to torque to 95 ft lbs to get a good seal.

Thanks for sharing!

Last i saw tappets lightened like that was a a custom job for a high rev (10k redline) volvo b20 race engine!?! High rev farmal!?!

Please ask someone to show you how to properly do safety wire.

Hi squatch253 liking the preparation H project very informative as always. I'm hopeful in the process of buying back 1 of my grandads tractors which also is an H, I've been told by my uncle who remembers the tractor as a young lad that it used to put coolant in the engine oil, are there any other possibilities that could cause this other than a faild head gasket or a cracked head. Many thanks Dan. (England)👍👍

That was some excellent crescent hammer action once again!

Thanks bud😁 Happy 4 Day 🇺🇸

Like #669 How cool is that?! 😉 Fun progress!!

Too bad they didn't grind new cams for those old tractor engines that would increase power and torque..today's computerized cam grinding processes are amazing in that respect.

Good stuff Toby

Excellent!

That other guy who sealed the engine up before, how many tube'S of blue RTV do you think he used?😅 The casting looks so simple but , that rear main seal looks like there was a engineering issue and they revised it.

I piece at a time. I see that you must have grown out of the blue rtv stage at some point. After watching you build 5j2113 you don’t seem to use sealant much

Should be excellent when its all back as one piece

I can picture that guy that did the fold over locks in my mind 6 foot 4 inches tall and wears a white T-shirt 🤣🤣🤣

Do you ever have to go back and look at some of your videos to see where or how the heck does this piece go. LOL

I’m not familiar with fold over locks. I understand they keep the bolt from turning but what keeps the lock from turning? I’ve been enjoying this rebuild.

11:32 reminds me of old Mercedes blocks. There's quite a few compromises they did to fit in various pieces. If you go in without prior knowledge, you can get gipped by all the sealing surfaces that require specific and proper use of sealant and sealing interfaces. My first time putting one back in my grandpa's old Merc... well, suffice it to say that i never saw an engine leak like a sieve before.

FOLD OVER LOCKS!!!!!

Did Rick Bork fold those locks over for you?

Can water in the oil also cause cavitation damage, like on a ship's propeller? 🤔

Did you have to sleeve the cylinders when you built it last time or just bore and hone? Just curious is all...

Slow progress is still progress!

Lucky!

yeah but the "last guy" IS a fine mechanic...

Squatch253, surely you name your tractors. Am I right? My gdaddy had a farmall A, which he used to cultivate tobacco, rake hay and to pull wagons an such. His name was Kilroy, and the whole family loved him.

I have to limit myself on watching this channel...l have out of control OCD tendencies

09:15 A stubborn old type mechanic that just do it right? 😏

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The ability to mock yourself is a great gift. Many don't have it... Great video as usual.

Jeez Squatch, who taught you how to safety wire those crank bolts?

since you had coolant run down one piston, would it be worth removing it to clean the rings?