I picked up a "locked up" 1962 35 Massey Diesel for next to nothing just to harvest the like new rear tires for another tractor. I've never scrapped a tractor and think there's too much of this one left besides the tires to just toss away.
The previous owner's story goes that after he finished doing some shredding and dropping off the shredder, he pulled forward 5 feet and the motor died and has been locked solid since. From what all he had to say I didn't think the engine is trashed but it's something from the bell housing on back from the start.
What I can see is the engine oil is still full and relatively clean, no obvious evidence of water or fuel contamination. There's no damage showing externally to the pan or block. There was no mention of any knocking or banging prior to it dying.
The tractor will roll freely when in neutral but when in high gear (clutch out) will not roll or budge the engine at all.
I removed the starter and using a crowbar on the flywheel ring gear I can turn the motor back and forth a few degrees. It seems to turn relatively freely until it hits a limit each way. When prying the flywheel back and forth the crank and belt pulleys are turning with the engine.
This still leads me to further believe the problem is in the back half with something that is direct driven off the crank. I'm guessing either with the hydraulic pump or the pto, but I don't know much about Massey architecture to what type hydraulics/pto was available, know how they're driven or where they are located. I haven't had a chance to pick up a manual yet.
I thought I'd get on here and let the Massey experts chime in with what they'd be looking at as the cause of the lockdown.
Thanks
The previous owner's story goes that after he finished doing some shredding and dropping off the shredder, he pulled forward 5 feet and the motor died and has been locked solid since. From what all he had to say I didn't think the engine is trashed but it's something from the bell housing on back from the start.
What I can see is the engine oil is still full and relatively clean, no obvious evidence of water or fuel contamination. There's no damage showing externally to the pan or block. There was no mention of any knocking or banging prior to it dying.
The tractor will roll freely when in neutral but when in high gear (clutch out) will not roll or budge the engine at all.
I removed the starter and using a crowbar on the flywheel ring gear I can turn the motor back and forth a few degrees. It seems to turn relatively freely until it hits a limit each way. When prying the flywheel back and forth the crank and belt pulleys are turning with the engine.
This still leads me to further believe the problem is in the back half with something that is direct driven off the crank. I'm guessing either with the hydraulic pump or the pto, but I don't know much about Massey architecture to what type hydraulics/pto was available, know how they're driven or where they are located. I haven't had a chance to pick up a manual yet.
I thought I'd get on here and let the Massey experts chime in with what they'd be looking at as the cause of the lockdown.
Thanks