My "New" Tractor

No, not loose yet. I took the trans cover off and to the best of my abilities put it in neutral. Wife was there when they moved it, said the back was still locked up. This is my grandfathers first tractor, so I'm gonna fix it if at all possible.
 
(quoted from post at 02:13:26 09/24/14) wild question.. the brake pedals are not locked down?

Pedals no, but they could be seized up on the drums. I really don't know where to start with this tractor. I guess I have to figure out why it won't roll and go from there. Probably gonna have to rebuild the motor. I know its never been apart. Used for farm work every year for at least its first 20 years then just a little work here and there up until about 10-15 years ago. Been sitting since then.
 
great project
I'm a little envious just looking at that one pic...
take your time, picture in your mind how things work when they turn, and go one thing to the next...you'll find it.

Engine is just an engine.
If they don't have a lot of stuff sticking outside that's supposed to be inside......usually just takes some time with the wrenches to get them right again.

save those pictures. It's always fun when you are done and people are commenting on how 'nice', 'original'...snicker, 'must not have been used much'....
pull out that pic.......
 

You can pull the plugs and soak the cyl with atf or wd40 or some kind of magic solution to help get the motor loose. BESURE TO CRANK IT WITH THE PLUGS OUT to get all the fluid out so you dont damage the engine,,,, if you ever get it to crank and the clutch is freed up when you push it down.

Dont know at this point if the tranny is locked up or something else behind it locked up.

Be patient and keep soaking the engine.. while looking at other problems.
 
One thing to remember on those 3 cylinder gassers is the size of the dish in the top of the piston.
You would have to add at Least a cup of oil to get it to spill over and soak the rings.

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Thanks for all the replies. I'm glad to get some encouragement on this one, been feelin a little down about it. Lots of work to do, and really I feel like I'm not gonna have much when I get done. I would kinda rather spend my time on the 850. It needs less work and then I can play. Don't get me wrong, I like turning bolts, but it always seems like one step forward and two back working in the big blue sky garage. Nothing can just be left for tomorrow when I feel like Im done. That and working nights and life in general.... No more old Fords till I get some of this cleaned up.. :)

Ultradog MN, my wife has been taking pics as we go so far. I hope she doesn't get tired of it cause I would like to make a book out of it from start to finish when I'm done. Had a friend who completely restored a '69 Camaro and put together a book of the pics, really nice.

vt joe, It shows a broken piece of glass over the gauges :? I haven't looked to see what the hours read but I'm sure it probably hasn't worked in a while.

NNP, envious of all the work that needs done? Well one thing is for sure, I will know this tractor when I'm done. You just can't loan out equipment, ppl trash it. I loaned my BIL my chainsaw. Came back with a bent bar. Had to replace it and the chain.

rd 2N in mo, I'm gonna go over it a little better now that I've got it home. I'll have to figure out where everything is and what it does, how it works. I glanced at the brake lock last weekend when I was tryin to get it rolling and it didn't look engaged.

sotxbill, yeah, trans in the cyl will probably be one of the first things I do. That and walk around it evaluating how big of a piece I've bitten off. Ive seen a recipe for a home made penetrating oil on here somewhere. Probably mix up some of that and go to town on everything I can get to.
 
Your basic home-made penetrating oil is ATF and a solvent - tolulene/tolulol or xylene/xylol, usually. There's a fancier version that adds some lanolin (a few ounces to a gallon of mix) that provides some post-protection from further rust. The basic version works if all you need to do is get stuff apart.
 

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