Stuck motor

Lazarus, my 40B, had a stuck motor.

I removed both spark plugs and petcocks and used an air hose to �blow out� a mixture of diesel, water, and other unidentified materials.

I then added PB Blaster up to the spark plug threads on both cylinders.

I agree with teddy52food�s advice: Take off the valve cover and make sure the valves are free or you may break a rocker arm.

After 6 months of other projects and �honey do�s�, I removed the head.

There was one broken valve and three stuck valves.

I used a 3� wrench that was left over from my early years at the steel mill.

The wrench is made of 1� hex steel and shaped like an �F�.

Put the wrench on the flywheel and added another 2� cheater pipe about 4� long.

After applying my full weight, 160lbs of pure muscle, the flywheel moved about an inch.

Turned the wrench over, put the cheater pipe back on, and worked in the opposite direction.

After about 5 or 6 more tries, the flywheel made a 360 complete turn.

I agree with johns48jdb�s advice: I will take the pistons out, put in new rings, and hone the cylinder walls while it is apart.

Hope this helps. Good luck with your project.

You can unstick it by elevating the front wheels so the fluid goes to the top of the piston. I would fill each cylinder with ATF and let soak for a while. you might get a big bar and hang a 5 gallon bucket of water on the end of it and see if it moves any in a few days (or weeks!)