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[Tyler Juranek]

Hi Ralph,
I wonder what made it seize?
Was it ever stored in a shed?
Curious minds are interested.
Lolol.
Take care, have a merry Christmas.
Tyler

On 12/24/12, Ralph Goff <alfg at sasktel.net> wrote:
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Tyler Juranek" <tylerpolkaman at gmail.com>
> To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
> Sent: Monday, December 24, 2012 10:54 AM
> Subject: Re: [AT] quiet
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>
>> Hi Ralph,
>> Does the McCormic run?
>> If it is seized, try putting some desel fuel in the pistons, then take
>> the crank and pull with all your strength!
> Tyler, that old McCormick ran briefly about 40 years ago but it has been
> seized solid ever since. My brother had a real workout getting it unseized
> 40 years ago. He soaked it in diesel and every other type of thing he could
>
> think of. Even oven cleaner!. We pulled that tractor around for a long time
>
> and all it would do was leave big ruts where the steel wheels dragged. That
>
> engine would not unseize. He eventually had to take the head off and use a
> hydraulic jack underneath a connecting rod to break it loose.
> I think it will remain a lawn ornament as far as I am concerned.
>
> Ralph in Sask.
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