Re: Best way to unstick a stuck engine?

Posted by Joe on October 30, 2001 at 22:26:23 from (65.44.204.19):

In Reply to: Best way to unstick a stuck engine? posted by Steven on October 30, 2001 at 12:05:28:

First, I will just echo what some previous follow-ups have said. Three gallons of water/anti-freeze in the crankcase??? That's not ideal. Were there parts missing or something left open or unsealed on the motor that would allow this to happen? If not then you have trouble. It could be that this tractor was put up five years ago and it already had this problem (cracked sleave, etc.) and the owner just didn't realize it or he did and didn't want to spend the money to fix it. With that much water or whatever it is in there, there's a good chance that there is some rust or corrosion somewhere. Second, I've broken tractors loose before. I knew the tractors and there shape though, so I wasn't concerned and had no problems like you have. Apart from pulling it you can try to do it by hand. I'm not sure about your tractor but on some tractors the flywheel is esier to get to than others (I've done this to Molines more than once.) If you can get to it easily you can get a long crowbar and try to break it loose manually. It does work, although you might need some help. I have tried to break tractors loose before by pulling them and it didn't work either. I could with some effort loosen them by hand, though. I had a Moline that had been sitting for almost ten years and had frozen up. Now it didn't have the engine problems yours might have, but I wound up breaking it loose with a crowbar and with a little work had running the next day. Good luck...

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