Questions for rebuilding D8 14A pony engine

Good deal Jan. It's much more satisfying I think to fix something that's already there than to swap in new parts. The pony on my 3J has a cracked block but I had it brazed and have been running it with stop leak and it just about has stopped leaking. Feels a lot better than junking that block. I look forward to seeing that pony start and idle! : )
FYI - I just priced the full size range of bearings for the 5U pony and from Cat they ran between 60 and 100, so a pair of mains would have run $160-ish. Yours might be a bit more than that being a bigger engine. Do you have two-bearing mains?

Gather up your part numbers and go shopping. I'd start with Florin Tractor then move on to Machinery Trader and Off Road Equipment.

Hi Jan,
when you remove the pony sump check for and keep aside and wired together with a tag to identify them for refitting at the time of assembly the 4 - 2B4219 spacer washers on the main studs that prevent crushing of the main bearings onto the pony crank main bearing journals.

Have in the past had to fit several of these after clients rebuilt their own ponies and neglected to refit the spacers.
The clients mechanics had luckily found their ponies tight to turn and embarrassingly had the Dealer check further.

As I do not have the relevant engine SRB, the scans below of different model ponies should show what I speak of.
Cheers,
Eddie B.

Hi Jan,
when you remove the pony sump check for and keep aside and wired together with a tag to identify them for refitting at the time of assembly the 4 - 2B4219 spacer washers on the main studs that prevent crushing of the main bearings onto the pony crank main bearing journals.

Have in the past had to fit several of these after clients rebuilt their own ponies and neglected to refit the spacers.
The clients mechanics had luckily found their ponies tight to turn and embarrassingly had the Dealer check further.

As I do not have the relevant engine SRB, the scans below of different model ponies should show what I speak of.
Cheers,
Eddie B.

[quote="janmeermans"]

PS - Chum Duffy- note I am finally getting to this pony engine!!!![/quote]

Very Cool!!!.....

[quote="edb"]Hi Jan,
when you remove the pony sump check for and keep aside and wired together with a tag to identify them for refitting at the time of assembly the 4 - 2B4219 spacer washers on the main studs that prevent crushing of the main bearings onto the pony crank main bearing journals.

Have in the past had to fit several of these after clients rebuilt their own ponies and neglected to refit the spacers.
The clients mechanics had luckily found their ponies tight to turn and embarrassingly had the Dealer check further.

As I do not have the relevant engine SRB, the scans below of different model ponies should show what I speak of.
Cheers,
Eddie B.[/quote]

Eddie,

I did read about the washers in the book just before separating the two pieces but it was a bit of a fight to get them apart so the washers eluded me in the process. They are probably laying on the garage floor where it all happened and I will be sure to put them back when the time comes. Thanks for the heads-up.

Bruce P- Yes I went to CAT today and they do have a lot of what I need but we still got some "discontinued" on the computer screen.

JanM