[AJD] Bad tractor day (getting better) - 1950 AR

[Tommy Wilson]

After thinking about it for a while I too agreed that there was just 
too much oil coming out to be coming from around the rings. Plus 
there was oil coming out from the top of the hose connection on the 
carburetor side of the air cleaner. A mouse nest was a good 
possibility although my tractors are not in a barn, I hadn't seen any 
signs and we got a killer of a cat! The first thing I did was to take 
off the oil bath. No help there as the oil was as clean as it was 
when I filled it after restoration. I was hoping to at least find 
some pieces of grass! Tonight we decided to go ahead and take the 
front grill section off in order to remove the air cleaner and then 
the air intake. Everything in there was as clean as a whistle, except 
for the coating of oil! I took a welding rod and stuck down the drain 
hole in the bottom of the intake. Very tight, a good sign in this 
case. A little more prodding and some dirt began to fall to the top. 
I think we've found the problem. Dirt dobbers! Ended up knocking 
about a half a cup of dirt out of the intake. Certainly enough to 
stop up the air flow. Hopefully tomorrow night we can put her back 
together and fire her up. I feel much better tonight! Thanks guys!!!!

At 10:50 AM 6/9/2009, you wrote:
>Tommy,
>
>You describe a very high amount of oil coming from the exhaust.  That tells
>me that your engine is possibly sucking oil from one place or another.   All
>but very bad rings would scrape most oil from the cylinder walls, but oil
>entering the breather could indeed be sufficiently high to cause wet oil to
>come from the exhaust.  The suggestion of a blocked air intake is an easy
>one to check, and because of that, it would be high on the "check first"
>list.  I would also check to make sure that your oil level isn't too high.
>
>Good luck,
>Mike
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com
>[mailto:antique-johndeere-bounces at lists.antique-tractor.com] On Behalf Of
>Bruce & Bertie Mahr
>Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 8:45 AM
>To: Antique John Deere mailing list
>Subject: Re: [AJD] Bad tractor day - 1950 AR
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>Charlie: Thanks. It had me thrown for a loop for a while till I figured it
>out!
>
>Bruce
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "CEE VILL" <cvee60 at hotmail.com>
>To: "John Deere" <antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com>
>Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 7:00 AM
>Subject: Re: [AJD] Bad tractor day - 1950 AR
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>
>This is a great suggestion, Bruce.  Hard to beat a degree from The Been
>There, Done That University.
>
>Charlie V. in WNY
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> > From: martian at winco.net
> > To: antique-johndeere at lists.antique-tractor.com
> > Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 02:12:55 -0500
> > Subject: Re: [AJD] Bad tractor day - 1950 AR
> >
> > Tommy: Also check to see that the intake pipe doesn't have a restriction
> > in
> > it. My A did that a few years ago after sitting over night in a shed, mice
> > had built a nest in the intake stack causing it to suck oil out of the
> > crankcase because it couldn't get air through the intake stack. It had me
> > scratching my head for a while cause it ran perfect the day before!
> >
> > Bruce Mahr
> >
> >
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Tommy Wilson
Warrenton, VA
1948 IH Cub
1950 IH H
1950 JD AR
1951 Ford 8N
1951 JD B
1952 IH SC