John,
Thanks for the reply. I have the tractor at the shop now and when we took the cylinder head off we found it was a bad head so we finally found a good one that checked out and put new valves and seats in it. That being said he did not put new rings in it and it still smokes alot when first cranked up but lightly once hot. I think it probably needs new rings and he did not rebuild the oil pump so do you think it needs new vanes in the oil pump. He did say that the rods and crank are some kind of &quot;splash&quot; system in these tractors, is this what you mean by the rods not being pressurized. I am trying to get all my ducks in a row before I go tell him that he needs to tear it back down and fix it right.
Thanks,
Mike McIntosh