Farmall & IHC Tractors Discussion Board |
Re: Starting a tractor that has been sitting dormant.
[ View Follow Ups ] [ Post Followup ] [ Return to Forum ]
Posted by Bill Smith on February 04, 2003 at 18:21:12 from (63.147.130.154):
In Reply to: Starting a tractor that has been sitting dormant. posted by Fred KS on February 04, 2003 at 14:01:14:
I agree with most of what you are saying. Getting rather extensive for just sitting a couple years in my opinion. Fluids will tend to turn bad over time. 2 years and the gas would for sure not be real good. Be good idea to change oil as well. Coollant should be holding up fairly well after 2 years. Most people don't change coolant for many years. Don't see how it could turn bad or have alot of sluge/gunk built up anywhere after 2 years. Turned wrenches for a few years myself. The only sure way to clean internal engine is to do a complete tear down and clean each piece spotless and reassemble. Little bit against cleaning an assembled engine myself. You can work dirt, sludge, rust, and so on loose in an attempt to clean an assembled engine but you can't do a good job of getting that crap out of the engine. Thousands of little nooks, and cranny's to catch that crap that you have worked loose not to mention oil ports and galleys, bearings, and so on. Anything left will get into the flow of the new oil and start circulating and as you mentioned, only small amount of oil goes through the oil filter. Makes me wonder if flushing with kerosene and so on will do more harm than good.
Follow Ups:
Home
| Forums
Today's Featured Article -
An Old-Time Tractor Demonstration - by Kim Pratt. Sam was born in rural Kansas in 1926. His dad was a hard-working farmer and the children worked hard everyday to help ends meet. In the rural area he grew up in, the highlight of the week was Saturday when many people took a break from their work to go to town. It was on one such Saturday in the early 1940's when Sam was 16 years old that he ended up in Dennison, Kansas to watch a demonstration of a new tractor being put on by a local dealer. It was an Allis-Chalmers tractor dealership,
... [Read Article]
Latest Ad:
Sell 1958 Hi-Altitude Massey Fergerson tractor, original condition. three point hitch pto engine, Runs well, photos available upon request
[More Ads]
Copyright © 1997-2024 Yesterday's Tractor Co. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction of any part of this website, including design and content, without written permission is strictly prohibited. Trade Marks and Trade Names contained and used in this Website are those of others, and are used in this Website in a descriptive sense to refer to the products of others. Use of this Web site constitutes acceptance of our User Agreement and Privacy Policy TRADEMARK DISCLAIMER: Tradenames and Trademarks referred to within Yesterday's Tractor Co. products and within the Yesterday's Tractor Co. websites are the property of their respective trademark holders. None of these trademark holders are affiliated with Yesterday's Tractor Co., our products, or our website nor are we sponsored by them. John Deere and its logos are the registered trademarks of the John Deere Corporation. Agco, Agco Allis, White, Massey Ferguson and their logos are the registered trademarks of AGCO Corporation. Case, Case-IH, Farmall, International Harvester, New Holland and their logos are registered trademarks of CNH Global N.V. Yesterday's Tractors - Antique Tractor HeadquartersWebsite Accessibility Policy |
|