Super C oil changed and more...

I took advice from a previous post and spent the weekend working on my C.

Before changing over from 30w non-detergent engine oil I took off the valve cover and oil pan to check for sludge build up.

Here's what the top end looked like...

comments?

Gordo

Gordo

15w (15w40 when cold) is pretty thin.
5w is pretty thin for a Farmall with big clearances. I thought the factory recommendation for very cold was 10w.

I always change them to detergent without any extra effort and have never damaged one.

Those that don't know think detergent oil cleans an engine. That is not right, all the detergent does is to keep the partcles in suspension so they don't settle out. But you still get sludge with lots of detergent oils. Good hot clean oil of any type will help clean an engine. The notion that detergent oil will break loose lots of debris and plug up an engine is promoted by those who are speculating. You can usually spot responses here that are guesses, but the detergent oil thing is a little tougher.

Save your money and change the oil when it gets dirty.

Halfway through changing the plugs my wife and son came out and asked if I'd come in and play a game of cards. I said sure and went in the house.

An hour later I came back out and had forgotten that I had changed only 1 plug and had the second one completely out of the engine. Gettin old I guess. I decided to start the engine. It sounded terrible! I stood there scratching my head wondering what the heck I had screwed up.

I walked around the tractor and saw the spark plug wire dangling. DUH!!! Finished the plug job and all was fine.

I also decided this was a good time to change the tranny oil. I crawled the rear end and started taking the drain plug out. What's this!?? WATER?!!

Yikes - a small amount of water drained out and then came the very mily oil. The oil was the color of light caramel. Not good. Gald I decided to change it.

I have no idea how water got in there. The tractor is usually shedded. But I did leave it out in a heavey rain once last summer. Could that have done it?

I hope nothing is damaged.

We have several inches of snow Saturday while I was inside working on the tractor. Saturday night I drove it out of the garage and put it into my machine shed.

Sunday morning it was about 16 degrees F. I went out and slid open the big shed door. Got about halfway open the one of the overhead rollers decided to snap off its hanger. Had a new project. Just happened to have a new roller set and after an hour of cussing I had the door working again.

Went in to start he tractor and it barely would turn over! I was expecting much better results for my efforts to say the least.

What now? lighter oil? If it gets any colder there's no way this thing is going to start.

I'll change out the positive battery cable as you suggest as well.

Thanks!
Steve

If still hard to crank, use 5-40 synthetic oil in it. No issue with any problems go for it. JimN

Thanks,
Steve

here's the oil pan.

Didn't look too bad to me but I haven't much experience.

You can see the big dent. I pound it out before I put it back on the tractor.