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    Oily Exhaust ports on D2 4U ?

    A little bubbling along the edge of a head gasket is rarely a problem. If liquid wells up and runs down the block- that's a problem. The head is full of captured air pockets around the head bolt holes which draw in moist air when the engine cools. Moisture also wicks into a gasket like this that...
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    Cat 955K starts but won't run

    If you see no external coolant leaks, and you find no coolant in the crankcase (loosen the oil drain plug to check that) then it's very likely that the coolant is leaking into one of the combustion chambers via a crack or a failed head gasket. Usually though, an engine will continue to run with...
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    Ford backhoe Any ideas?

    biged, o.k. here's the e-mail address--- [email protected] The gentleman's name is Les. He knows his stuff and is helpful.
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    What caused this?

    You can't see that the intake valve seat is missing? Better look again.
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    What caused this?

    The intake valve seat is gone. It got loose in its bore and fell out. It got trapped by the intake valve and when the piston came up and hit it, the seat fragmented, That's what bent the intake valve. The pieces of hardened valve seat got beat into the piston crown-which mushroomed the piston-...
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    What caused this?

    Looks like a valve seat got loose in the head, rattled around and broke into pieces, I can see curved pieces beat into the piston dome.
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    Ford backhoe Any ideas?

    5500 Ford Backhoe I recently rebuilt a 5500 shuttle transmission. I agree these backhoes have strong hydraulics and are built plenty stout except for the shuttle transmission. The transmission appears to be well-engineered and cleverly adapted to fit in the Ford housing but it's better suited...
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    Ford backhoe Any ideas?

    I have a 5500 apart right now. On our unit, the reverser transmission housing had problems with casting porosity which had been previously repaired with JB weld. I ground off the old repairs and re-patched just to be safe. Your unit could have similar problem since the holes in the case were...
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