[AT] Back (D Case stuck)

[Spencer Yost]

I'll bet it had just started rusting up and you caught it soon enough that
you could free it up without disassembly.  

Spencer Yost
Owner, ATIS
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On 11/11/2004 at 12:31 PM ken knierim wrote:

>Farmer: Glad you decided to stick around. I appreciate your
>contributions and hope you stick to your guns (figuratively). 
>
>And you're right... this is a tractor list. Sooo....
>
>
>I was working on one of my Case tractors this weekend. The engine had
>set up SOLID. Normally you expect this on tractors that sit awhile but
>this sat from Wednesday to Sunday... then I couldn't PRY the engine over
>(I shut it down Wednesday night by shutting the fuel off and letting it
>run until the carb went dry. And it was cool and had oil pressure...)
>
>Not sure what it was. Finally by rocking it back and forth the engine
>would NOT move at all so I just put a cheater bar on the ratchet and it
>finally moved. Once it popped loose it rolled over just like nothing
>happened. Fired right up and ran good, no funny noises, etc. 
>
>In case you're wondering, I tried the clutch (turned the transmission
>shafts with the PTO) and pulled all the plugs. Nothing in the cylinders.
>Just the engine stuck solid. I'm wondering if the starter pushed the
>crank back and bound it up somehow, but I'm still mystified...
>
>Tractor: Case DV, 1951. 
>
>Any ideers?
>
>Ken Knierim
>
>Gilbert Arizona
>
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