Posted by Faster346 on December 06, 2010 at 12:50:55 from (72.241.213.69):
Earlier in the fall I bought a Farmall H from a guy a hour or so away. He said he replaced the water jacket gasket on it because it leaked, but other than that was a great running tractor that he has had no problems with. Well, today I went to start it because it's starting to get cold here (29 degrees today) and I was going to let the tractors run and charge up for a bit since they hadn't run in a couple days, but it would hardly turn over. I didn't have a multimeter on me to check voltage at the battery (my house/garage and farm are two different places) but it didn't seem dead, it just seemed like it didn't want to turn over. I then noticed that the fan was not spinning. I walked around front and gave it a tug, and it seems stuck in place. It has a tiny bit of play, but it wont spin at all. It finally fired and ran for a second and the belt just spun around the pully and started smoking after a second so I shut it back down. The belt is tight and the fan just wont turn. I popped the radiator cap off and it looks like thick sludge in there. I couldn't reach it with my finger to feel it, but this can't be a good sign. I checked the radiator fluid upon buying it, while looking it over, and it looked to be green antifreeze, so I don't know what my issue is. It ran fine Friday when it was about the same temperature outside. It's cold in my barn and I have limited light and tools there and don't know what I should do. I hope the block doesn't freeze or crack if there is water in it. I can't start it to pull it out and drain it, and my family is all on vacation, so I have no help pulling it out with another tractor. I don't know what could be the cause of this. Any ideas?
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