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

Thomas O Mehrkam tmehrkam at sbcglobal.net
Mon Jul 21 18:16:59 PDT 2008


No water here in Texas.

It must of overheated. I bet that is what happened. :-}

What happened to the overheating combine a while ago. Did it ever get fixed?

If so what was the problem?

charlie hill wrote:
> I've had them to lock up because of water on the cylinders but never to 
> stick.  Pull the plugs, spin it over to blow the water out, put some 
> kerosene or penetrating oil in the holes, spin it over a bit more, put the 
> plugs back in and Bang, away she goes.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Indiana Robinson" <robinson at svs.net>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, July 21, 2008 7:21 PM
> Subject: [AT] OK, did somebody leave the list exhaust stack uncovered?
>
>
>   
>> 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
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