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Regarding the stop solenoid replacement, I can vouch for alignment of the solenoid in the slotted mounting holes being critical. I am a very good person to learn from because I usually make all the mistakes. When I first mounted my shiny, new, Chinese solenoid, I just slapped it on without...

I feel for you, peanut. Don't worry one bit about those fenders. Sometimes we go through bad times so as to appreciate the good ones. There is a brighter day coming for you, pal.

I sent one fender to peanut for a pattern.

Sounds like a good plan, bc. I think I will drop the pressure a little in the back because I think you are right about them not having much ground contact.

The rear tires are 25x11-12, fronts are 25x10-12. The new rear tires are rated for 22psi operating pressure and that's what they have in them. There are AT489's that are only rated for 7 psi but these are the higher load rated AT489's. These cost a little more than the 7psi ones.

...er, uh, we strayed a tiny bit from the topic of tires here into tiger squirrels and such. But, back on the subject, I got my new wheels and new rear tires mounted onto RTV number 2 today. Attached is a pic for your viewing pleasure. I bought four new wheels because the rims were buggered...

If the new gasket doesn't work, I will get the head repaired. I'm waiting on my order for the rocker arm bolt right now.

Thanks, Spudhauler, I'll have to get me a brass brush. I fear that I'm going to have an opportunity to clean this head again next week when I have to replace the gasket AGAIN. I'm just afraid that it getting bent in shipment is going to come back to haunt me.

I got the gasket in yesterday but they shipped it in soft padded envelope so it got bent a little on the way. I installed it anyhow but I don't have full confidence in it. I got the head bolts in and torqued in proper sequence without issue. But, when installing the rocker arm assembly I broke...

Okay, yeah, I see it on amazon.com. There's a NAPA store about 2 miles from me. I'll run by there and snag a can. Thank y'all.

Well, you are certainly welcome, Doc. If I had known y'all would like it, I would have done a better job. : ) Perhaps I'll get a chance to do an improved, more detailed version before long.

Thanks, again, oldhat. I did take the head to a local guy who is experienced in such things. He said he doubts that it is a crack (music to my ears) but if I get it back on and the new gasket doesn't cure it, I should actually measure the compression in each cylinder. If only the middle one...

I did another hour of cleaning. Attached pictures show the mating surface of the head now. Also, I included a couple of pictures of the existing gasket and a side view of it to show the separation of the layers of the gasket. The gasket also had a little distortion in it that you might be...

Thanks, oldhat. How would you recommend I clean it from here -- scrape it with a putty knive approach or use some sort of solvent or something? Also to further add to your diagnosis, the gasket was separating on one side into 3 layers. Does that mean it had excess heat on it or what?

Thanks, muleman. I'll do that file thing on it. I have been down that fan operation road already on this RTV. When I first bought it, I noticed that it had a curious manual toggle switch mounted under the seat. It would turn the fan on and off manually. I removed it because I thought that...

I don't know about y'all but I have a difficult time finding the right pages in the electronic version of the service manual. So, I made me up a little table of contents to guide me to the right pages without having to search through the whole thing every time. I am attaching it hereto for...

In continuing documentation of the head gasket replacement, I thought some photos of my disassembled head might be useful to someone in the future. So, here they are attached. Now, here is another goofy wheezer question for y'all -- how clean is clean enough for the head to go back in place...

I'm among mighty fine company then. I feel good about it now. : )

Now that I see that no one except me and bordercollie are reading this thread anyway, I can admit to the real truth about my so-called "stuck" cylinder head. The next time I went out to see my RTV with the head almost off, the reason I had been unable to lift the head off was obvious -- there...

In answer to my question above, no, the glow plugs and fuel injection nozzles do not have to be removed before removal of the head. The head will come out just fine with these still in it. I know this because I was able to get the head off with only a very little bit of trouble today. I was...