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43-WC engine siezed

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DCT

10-11-2006 09:05:24




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Just inherited my great uncle's 1943 WC.Lots of work to do but first,the engine is seized up. Going to pull the head and drop the oil pan to
have a look.Got a brain storm for loosening the pistons if every thing looks ok.I am thinking of making a spark plug adapter to pump grease into the cylinder head to loosen the piston's up one at a time.The run of the mill grease gun will put 3000 LBS per sq inch of pressure in a grease fitting.I realise that the valves will have to be closed to fill the cylinder head.Anybody think this would be a good way to loosen the pistons up?

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D17JIM

10-11-2006 13:06:59




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 Re: 43-WC engine siezed in reply to DCT, 10-11-2006 09:05:24  
I used the grease gun method on a 44 MH many years ago and it worked well. I would put in tranny flid today and leave it and after several days try the grease as a last measure. Tranny fluid almost always works.



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DCT

10-11-2006 09:54:52




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 Re: 43-WC engine siezed in reply to DCT, 10-11-2006 09:05:24  
Thanks. Will try tranny or brake fluid first.I will also need some sheet metal(fenders,hood)any resources for these parts?



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old

10-11-2006 10:18:33




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 Re: 43-WC engine siezed in reply to DCT, 10-11-2006 09:54:52  
I have a pair of fenders laying around but they aren't the best in the world



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Garry from SD

10-11-2006 10:05:16




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 Re: 43-WC engine siezed in reply to DCT, 10-11-2006 09:54:52  
For fenders and hood it depends on how much you're willing to spend. I've seen fenders from $150 to $200 a piece. I ended up buying a whole tractor on an auction for just the fenders. Paid $200 for the whole thing and the fenders were in the best shape I've seen.

It may take awhile to get good tin but it's well worth the wait.



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old

10-11-2006 09:22:47




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 Re: 43-WC engine siezed in reply to DCT, 10-11-2006 09:05:24  
Your going about it the hard way. Stop where you are and fill the cylinders with tranny fluid and give it a week or 2. I just got in a tractor yesterday that was locked up and drove it today. What your thinking about doing will brake a lot of thing and end up costing you big bucks if any thing goes wrong. Out of 10 plus engines in tractors I have had that where locked up I have only had to pull the head and pan off one of them and thats my 1946 C which I use a lot

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85_Ranger4x4

10-11-2006 09:15:14




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 Re: 43-WC engine siezed in reply to DCT, 10-11-2006 09:05:24  
Dunno about grease, we have used the hydraulics from another tractor, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. You have to be carefull you don't break anything, we do it as a last ditch effort before we take the head off. Usually they come loose with a brake fluid soak thru the spark plug holes. Others use various concoctions of penetrating oil or tranny fluid, but the brake fluid works well for us and is pretty cheap.

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