Farmall A motor locks up?

Posted by bill on July 08, 2002 at 02:14:02 from (206.243.130.38):

Weird thing happened yesterday actually two things on my 42 Farmall A:

1. it chuggged and lugged while starting it and black smoke came out of the exhaust. it never did that before. then it took a couple seconds to get up to power and rpms. I leave the sediment bowl valve open. Could it have been flooded? or maybe the gas is not good or getting old. Plugs look fine.

2. when I drove it, and then parked it in my shed, i shut it down. then wanted to see if it would restart like it always has. so i tried cranking it and it was stuck. the motor was stuck.

I tried the electric start and it wouldn't kick it over too. I put it in gear to rock it (3rd) and I couldn't budge it either. Maybe I should hae put it in first gear?

Then I went back to the handcrank and it would not turn the motor over at all then, something unstuck, and I was able to turn the motor and crank it for a normal start.

What's going on anybody have a clue?

Bill

Follow Ups:

• Re: Farmall A motor locks up? what would cause the chugging and lugging and seeming loss of power at first? 03:43:04 07/08/02 (5)
  • Re: Re: Farmall A motor locks up? Gene 06:06:18 07/08/02 (3)
    • Re: Re: Re: Farmall A motor locks up? extra info.. 10:55:17 07/08/02 (2)
      • Re: Re: Re: Re: Farmall A motor locks up? thanks. i've been suspecting that 11:19:48 07/08/02 (1)
        • Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Farmall A motor locks up? Ludwig 14:49:15 07/08/02 (0)
  • Re: Re: Farmall A motor locks up? Gene 06:05:31 07/08/02 (0)
• Re: Farmall A motor locks up? Hugh MacKay 02:46:10 07/08/02 (1)
  • Re: Re: Farmall A motor locks up? redrev 03:20:13 07/08/02 (0)

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