Re: How Do I take an IH-300 out of Storage

Posted by shannon on August 24, 2001 at 11:23:50 from (146.186.40.20):

In Reply to: How Do I take an IH-300 out of Storage posted by Ken Tajchman on August 23, 2001 at 11:45:08:

hello
i recently was in a situation such as you are in now, except the shed had fallen on my 350. it had sit probably for 10-15 years in a shed before i "rescued it" the 300 which is almost a twin to the 350 is a very good tractor, in favt i have one. it is a utility version though where yours is a farmall. if this tractor has been sitting in the dry for that long what is done is allready done, meaning that whatever seals are dry/broke are allready hopelessly gone, but this shouldnt be a problem as nothing leaked after i fired up my 350, so you shouldnt really be concerned about "hurting" it. the onlything major you may want to do is take out the spark plugs and fill the combustion chamber with wd40 or diesel fuel as the rings may be stuck in the ringland on the piston. you can estimate the condition of the rings by shining a light in the spark plug hole and looking at the cylinder (sleeve) wall if it is still nice and shiny. if it is i would give it only a light coat of wd40, or if it is corroded-looking i would let it soak for a week or two before attempting to turn it over, which will reduce the chance of scarring the cylinder wall. when you are satisifed change the oil and filter and crank it over with the spark plugs out (so it wont start) untill your oil pressure needle moves. you will want to check and see if you have a lot of wd40 left in the cylinder wall which you will want to suck out before changing your oil so that yu wont muck up good oil. then if everything turns over you will want to replace your plugs and perhaps your points if they look bad. if your points are bad i would just get an electronic ignitin costs 70$ verses 8$ but no more worries.
next take a look in the gas tank with a flashlight if all looks good run with it, though you will want to drain out any bad gas, shouldnt be any left in it though. if it dyy and looks dirty a shop vac works wonders. check your radiator for fluid and grease the packing around your waterpump shaft in fact an all over greasing would be helpful. now if all goes well it should fire to life. as for my 350 all i did to it was tear the shed off of it, bent the steering wheel to an operable position canned the smashed exhaust, pulled the plugs looked at cylinders, checked fluids, put in gas, pulled it 50 yards until it started snd drove it te rest of the way home. it will pull 3 16's with little difficulty and has been running well ever since.

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