Re: How do you begin?

Posted by El Toro on August 24, 2005 at 14:57:26 from (205.188.117.73):

In Reply to: How do you begin? posted by fishermanS on August 24, 2005 at 14:02:02:

I would use transmission fluid and let it soak for week or so. If the starter is still on the tractor I would hook up a good battery, it probably is a 6 volt system. I would just bump the starter every few days and see if the engine
would move. You need to be patient. You can drop the oil pan and loosen the rod caps. May have water in the pan too.

I restored an A and it was seized and I tap on the rods with a piece of oak. The A had wet sleeves and several pistons came out with the sleeves and 2 pistons came out w/o the sleeves.
I put in a new sleeve and piston kit.

I completely tore the engine down and steamed cleaned the block. Had the machine shop to measure and polish the crankshaft and they furnished the bearings too.

Your engine should be torn completely down, degreased and have new cam bearings installed.
The crankshaft needs to be measured and ground undersize if needed or polished. If it has a mag or a distributor they will need to be rebuilt too. That engine should be pulled off if it frees up and examine the clutch. I haven't covered everything, but this should get you started. Take some pictures of everything before you tear everything apart. Keep the bolts
from each part of the engine separated and kept
in cardboard boxes and each box identified what
the contents were removed from. Hal

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