Posted by DennisT on July 30, 2010 at 12:02:40 from (63.174.56.72):
Brought home my very first Farmall experience, a 1945 Industrial A with street sweeper, (see recent post, "1st Farmall.")
Story: this sweeper A worked for our little town until about 5 years ago when it was sold off to local man. He hardly used it and did not regularly cover straight exhaust stack. So 2 years ago it showed up at local shop to have the, "stuck," engine fixed. Today they told me they thought they pulled the head, cleaned everything up and rebuilt the head. Then they had put it outside where it sat for 4 months before owner came by, tried it, found it was stuck again, and towed it home. He died last week and his son gave the tractor to me yesterday because I had showed so much concern about it in the past.
A few minutes ago I drained about 1/2 gal. of antifreeze out of the crankcase, followed by brown/black oil. So much for the easy fix dream. I plan to pull the plugs and squirt a mix of diesel and ATF in each cylinder and let it sit for a few days. Then, perhaps, gently bump the tractor occasionally with it in gear and hope the pistons begin to move. Might also be good idea to pull hood and valve cover and make sure each rocker moves freely, (stuck valve check).
I wish I could get lucky and get her going without pulling the head or rebuilding the whole engine. I'm 67, retired and money doesn't grow on trees.
This is a rather nice A; not beat up; all original that I can see and deserves good treatment and operation. I'd like to sell/trade off the sweeper for an under-belly cultivator or some attachment(s) that could be useful around the place.
I'd appreciate suggestions for dealing with my engine problems. Thanks for listening, Dennis in E WA state.
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