Loren in MN
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I'm helping a friend with a newly aquired 1953 Moline ZB. It has sat inside a pole barn or 15 plus years. Engine is stuck otherwise a nice tractor.
I've pulled the sparkplugs, filled the cylinders with diesel and transmission fluid. Been setting a few weeks. Would parts washing fluid/mineral spirits work better? Checked the valves, five were stuck. Got three unstuck, other two are pushed in and connecting rod adjustment screws are turned out on those.
Today tried to pull the tractor as a way to see if it would free up. We would tow it with my D17 letting out the clutch in 2nd gear on the ZB, it would usually just slide the tires, then both tires did start turning forward -but the tractor still pulled hard and the fan wasn't spinning. Do you think the clutch is just slipping or did we damage something? This does have what seems to be a hand clutch also, but it doesn't seem to do anything.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Anything we could do to make this project easier? Hope we didn't damage anything
I've pulled the sparkplugs, filled the cylinders with diesel and transmission fluid. Been setting a few weeks. Would parts washing fluid/mineral spirits work better? Checked the valves, five were stuck. Got three unstuck, other two are pushed in and connecting rod adjustment screws are turned out on those.
Today tried to pull the tractor as a way to see if it would free up. We would tow it with my D17 letting out the clutch in 2nd gear on the ZB, it would usually just slide the tires, then both tires did start turning forward -but the tractor still pulled hard and the fan wasn't spinning. Do you think the clutch is just slipping or did we damage something? This does have what seems to be a hand clutch also, but it doesn't seem to do anything.
Any help would be greatly appreciated
Anything we could do to make this project easier? Hope we didn't damage anything