[Farmall] stuck push rods

Mike Sloane mikesloane at verizon.net
Sat Aug 14 04:23:26 PDT 2010


You need to remove ALL your battery connections, one by one, and clean 
them shiny bright. The three rules to follow when chasing that kind of 
problem are:

1. Check the grounds
2. Check the grounds
3. Check the grounds

Mike

On 8/13/2010 9:49 PM, William Ransom wrote:
> It turned out it was the cam followers that were stuck. My brother David and
> I got them unstuck today. The rear-most valve was also stuck. I took the oil
> filter off to make it easier to get to the cam followers, and I found some
> water in the oil filter base. Since there was water there, I thought there
> would probably be some in the oil pan. I drained the water out of the oil
> pan and put the plug back in when oil started to come out, but I think the
> oil should probably be changed. I had never even loosened the plug in the
> oil pan since I changed the oil in 2001. I think the water in the oil was
> probably the main problem. Anyway, I have a new problem now -- with the
> starter switch. When I tried to crank the engine with the starter today,
> nothing seemed to happen. I checked with a volt meter and found that the
> battery was still charged and the battery cables conducted electricity from
> the battery. The last time I pushed the button on the starter switch, I saw
> a spark near where the wires are connected to it, so then I disconnected the
> battery.



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