Re: Tractor Underwater

Posted by noncompos on September 26, 2006 at 13:25:57 from (65.102.43.41):

In Reply to: Tractor Underwater posted by Steve from Arkansas on September 26, 2006 at 11:59:22:

Steve, I've been called a nit-picker (can't understand why) so you may want to disregard this bad news: you didn't say whether under running water or just slowly rising,relatively clean (settled out) water, but if the floodwater was from someplace even faintly sandy, there's the possibility of fine, fine grit, and anything that's had water in it--even if it's just "mud"--isn't going to last long if it's gotten into the bearings, anywhere. If a complete teardown/inspection is out of the question, at least do what you can. Personally, if I couldn't afford, or the unit wasn't worth a teardown, after cleaning as well as possible, I'd get a small barrel of relatively inexpensive oil and a case of filters, run it for a few minutes, drain and change the filter, cutting it open to see what it looks like, repeating at least 5 or 6 times only if it looks very clean. Praying would't hurt, if you're so inclined. You'll have to improvise as to the transmission, final drive and any other moving parts. Good luck.

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