[C38] overheat

[Chuck Finn]

I am with Tom and Paul on this.  The 5424 is an iron horse!  It kind of 
reminds me of the old John Deere "A" and "B" tractors that would run no 
matter what you did to them!  As far as I can tell from Max's photos, 
the lightest, weakest metal in the whole system failed on a solder joint...
When these engines overheat, the expansion will allow for some oil 
leaks, but they might go away after it cools down.  Best case might be a 
new solder joint, or perhaps a valve cover gasket.  Worse might be a 
head gasket.... or an anchor.
What can you lose by filling the cooling system and firing it up?  You 
don't even need to pressurize it to look for blow by, etc.

Chuck Finn
Mighty Quinn  #114
Great Lakes


On 6/16/2011 8:21 PM, tdtron at earthlink.net wrote:
> Those were my thoughts also Paul.  Unless the pistons are scuffed the 5424
> is probably salvageable. Even if the pistons are scuffed, an overhaul on
> that engine is pretty easy once you get the #$%^ out of the boat.
>
> The main problem overhauling a Universal diesel is the price of parts.  If
> you use Kobota parts it brings down the price to just incredibly
> ridiculously expensive instead of the much higher Zimbabwe like pricing
> Universal uses.  I once pulled my cylinder head and wanted a new head
> gasket.  Back in 1994 the price was over $150 for just a head gasket from
> Universal.  I reinstalled the old head gasket and it never failed in the
> following 16 yrs of service.
>
> I'd hate to have to replace something expensive like a real part!
>
> Tom Troncalli
>
>
>
>> [Original Message]
>> From: PAUL NOTTE<panotte at shaw.ca>
>> To:<listserve at catalina38.org>
>> Date: 6/16/2011 8:03:30 PM
>> Subject: [C38] overheat
>>
>> Max are you sure your engine is ( TOAST ) the universal is a tough engine
> , I had one on a 4 wheel drive tractor that I abused for 7,400 hours befor
> I broke it , and then only because of trying to lift something far beyond
> the capacity of the front loader on the tractor.
>> Paul
>>
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