[AT] OK, did somebody leave the list exhaust stack uncovered?

[Indiana Robinson]

	The list was working so nice last week. Either I'm just not getting 
messages or somebody left the cap off in the rain and the list engine 
has become stuck...   ;-)
	Has anyone ever had a tractor engine become stuck from water getting in 
the stack?
	My Allis C had become stuck a couple of times before we got it but they 
had gotten it freed up and kept using it. Once when I pulled the head to 
replace a leaking head gasket I noticed that you could still see marks 
(not really a problem) in the cylinder walls where it sat when stuck. 
Those are long gone now since it got all new pistons and sleeves during 
a total rebuild some years ago.
	I had the wide front axle off of my Farmall 400 some years ago and it 
was parked outside with the exhaust capped. A storm took the cap off and 
I didn't notice it. It sat for a year and the engine stuck and one 
sleeve was ruined. It is apart now (has been a while) and I have the 
stuff to fix it. I don't expect to get it together this summer but maybe 
this winter. I don't really need it at all but it does need to be running.
I had quit using it because it was so danged unhandy refueling it as an 
odd job tractor. It was my only LP tractor. I would be working in a 
field a few miles from home and run low then it was either jury-rig 
something, call the fuel truck or drive it back home to my tank. I know 
some guys like LP's as collectors but for using it got to being a pain 
and I wished it was a gas (or diesel) a thousand times. I did like the 
way it ran so clean and it was better at pulling a load than my Super M, 
my S-MTA or even my MF-165D. Just unhandy...

	Maybe a little PB-Blaster in the spark plug holes of the list engine 
will help.


-- 


"farmer"


I wouldn't mind being absent minded so bad if forgetfulness
could just be a little more selective. Just last week I
was saying so to "whats-her-name..."



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Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
robinson at svs.net