[AT] test?

[Al Walker]

Ken,
Your message made it to NW MN just fine the first time, too.
Al

Ken Knierim wrote:

>Just a test. I sent a message yesterday that had tractor content and
>it somehow didn't make it to the list. Or if it did, it didn't make it
>back to me. Here it is again. Hopefully I get it right this time.
>
>Ken
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>I had a chance to spin some wrenches on the tractor I brought home
>from Yuma today. I took Gene's advice and pulled the compression
>release, pulled the valve covers and checked to make sure everything
>looked right. I squirted some oil in the cylinders and looked
>everything over good. (Thanks, Gene!)
>  Then I took a wrench and put it on the nut on the end of the
>crankshaft and gave it a spin. It resisted ever so slightly then spun
>freely. Feeling better about my "treasure" I put a battery on it and
>gave it a spin with the starter, which worked fine. My neighbor
>dropped over and I asked him to watch the oil pressure and make sure
>it came up when I hit the starter. It hit 25 PSI and climbing, just
>with the starter and no compression.
>
>Then I decided to open the fuel filters up and figure out what the
>part numbers were on the filters so I could replace them and maybe try
>starting it... (guess I was feeling too good about myself)
>
>Someone had put water in the fuel system, and it has sat that way for
>a long time. That's the only explanation for it as 2 filters have been
>removed, a third has been added (between the transfer pump and the
>main pump) and they all had large amounts of rust in them. There was
>still water in 2 of the filter housings. The fuel tank had some rust
>in it but I hadn't even considered it possible that someone might have
>done this deliberately. It certainly looks like it was sabotaged and
>left to sit. The 2 factory-looking purolator filter housings had the
>filters removed from them so I don't have a clue on the part numbers;
>the third filter looks like a farmer add-on. All had rust in them and
>the line going directly into the main pump has rust in it too.
>
>Sooo..... this might be more of a project than I am ready for. I
>suspect that the American Bosch injection pump is at least damaged,
>possibly destroyed by this kind of treatment. I've never had an
>injection system apart as Dad always indicated they are rather
>sensitive and are best left to the professionals (he doesn't take them
>apart and it's about the ONLY thing he doesn't know how to tear down
>and rebuild).
>
>>From what I have been able to find, this tractor was parked for
>probably at least 10 years in the Arizona desert. I think it is
>because someone put water in the tank and it got run 'til it quit.
>That's probably what caused it to be sitting in the back of the parts
>lot.
>
>What does a rebuilt pump cost for something like this? Assuming it got
>water into the injection lines, would I be better off just scrapping
>the tractor out? I hate to do it.
>
>Any thoughts? Comments? Direction?
>
>Ken in AZ
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