Re: Need the (Farmall) A Team! Cranking Issue...

Posted by dunniteowl on April 02, 2007 at 21:27:23 from (207.69.137.26):

In Reply to: Need the (Farmall) A Team! Cranking Issue... posted by dunniteowl on April 02, 2007 at 05:26:38:

Thanks all for the assistance. Especially about the not pulling the tractor in gear. That is really important.

A couple of things: The last time, when I placed the head back on the cylinder *(that is the time before this current non-working situation) I had no trouble cranking the engine. This time, I couldn't get it to turn over at all. So I don't think the engine is Dead For Shore.

I will check the starter motor and see if it is caught in the ring as some of you suggested. If that allows me to move the flywheel, then all is fine with the world.

The plugs were pulled and cleaned since the first head pull, though I will repull and regap them just to be sure. I left no tools, of this I am sure. One of my few good traits is a very thorough tool search process based on my Air Force Technician training. Couldn't leave the plane until all the tools were accounted for.

I will also repull the head if the starter motor doesn't allow me to continue on. I did have to pull all the push rods to remove the cylinder head, so there is that as a real possibility: That I didn't seat them all as well as they should have been.

My 'garage' is the good old outdoors and I don't have anything but the tractor and some boards at the moment to set things on. I am pretty good about inventorying parts and making sure everything is laid out really well-- I just like to work that way regardless if it's an old clock, my computer, the tractor or a simple door hinge.

I will get at it tomorrow and see what's what. You guys have been real time savers and sanity proofers for me in the past and I cannot thank you all enough for the advice and tips. They have really made a difference over the time I have had to work on the tractor.

By the way, would I have to torque the new head/gasket combo with the 80ft pounds instead of the original 65ft pounds as I read in another post regarding head gaskets? Of course, this may be a bit early to ask under the circumstances. I will also use a steel straightedge to check the head's warpage (or not) if and when I pull the cylinder head again.

Thanks again, all. Betty thanks you as well.

regards,
dunniteowl
(living in TX, from CA)

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