[Farmall] 2236 stuck

[szabelsk at gdls.com]

Roberto,

Since you probably already have rust in the cylinders, and probably the 
crankshaft and main bearings as well, I would just keep putting kerosene, 
or some other rust dissolving oils in the cylinders until you're ready to 
open it up  (just watch for the crankcase to fill up and not overflow). I 
would keep trying to crank it back and forth every day or two just to see 
if you can start to slowly work the pistons in their sleeves. Maybe by the 
time you get around to opening it up, you might have everything freed up. 
Also you may want to start putting rust dissolving oils on some of the 
bolts, like the head bolts, manifold bolts, etc, and hopefully you won't 
be snapping too many off when you try to remove them.

Try removing various bolts on a regular basis. If it comes out, clean it 
up a little, oil it and put it back in. If it doesn't come out, or only 
partially comes out, apply rust dissolvers and let it sit for a while. You 
only have to do as many bolts as you have time for on any given day. In 
six months, you probably will have them all loosened to some extent, or 
will know which ones you're going to have to trouble with and will have to 
replace.

Nice looking tractor!

Carl Szabelski



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