This message is a reply to an archived post by bmoran4 on January 21, 2019 at 19:45:28.
The original subject was "50 JD B Seized While Running".
https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=jd&th=620844
So I had a chance to take another look at her again.
Crank was still stuck.
Drained the oil.
Oil contained a little water and some crud, but no obvious metal glitter.
Crank immediately discovered to be free.
Was able to locate the drive shaft coupler in a single piece properly installed. I was able to verify that both shafts rotated in unison.
I imagine I could clean the crank, add fresh oil, and she's run just fine, but the back of my mind says there has got to be something wrong... Draining the oil shouldn't have freed her up. The oil could not have hydro-locked the cylinders as the petcocks were open.
Given the above, what do I do?
The original subject was "50 JD B Seized While Running".
https://www.yesterdaystractors.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=jd&th=620844
So I had a chance to take another look at her again.
Crank was still stuck.
Drained the oil.
Oil contained a little water and some crud, but no obvious metal glitter.
Crank immediately discovered to be free.
Was able to locate the drive shaft coupler in a single piece properly installed. I was able to verify that both shafts rotated in unison.
I imagine I could clean the crank, add fresh oil, and she's run just fine, but the back of my mind says there has got to be something wrong... Draining the oil shouldn't have freed her up. The oil could not have hydro-locked the cylinders as the petcocks were open.
Given the above, what do I do?