Re: John deere D stuck

Posted by Don Wadge on May 30, 2004 at 14:22:48 from (205.200.65.5):

In Reply to: John deere D stuck posted by upikfarm on May 29, 2004 at 19:39:53:

Something I have done several times is as follows. Buy a gallon of WD40 or other similar agent. Never use brake fluid and diesel fuel is not very good. Fill the tractor with hot (boiling) water. Drain it and fill again with boiling water. The first fill will cool fairly quickly because the block is cold. Put a hose on it if you can or pour several pails through it if you can. You want to get the block good and hot so that it expands the cylinders. This will help get the WD40 into everything. Use a good 5' crow bar and put it through the holes in the flywheel. You can usually find a good pry point depending on the position of the flywheel. It's a good idea to make sure none of the valves are stuck. If they are stuck then remove or loosen the tappets. Don't worry about pulling too hard by one or two men, you won't hurt anything. If you don't get it loose right away leave it for a week or two with the WD40 in the cylinders then heat it up again with the hot water.
Another method of getting the WD40 into the rings is to install a pencil type block heater in the drain hole of the block. Plug it in for a day or two then unplug it for a day and plug it in for another day or two. The expansion and contraction of the cylinders gets The WD40 into things and every time it expands and contracts it is breaking that rust seal. I know at least some of you are laughing but this has worked for me more than anything else. If this won't do it you've got a pretty rusty cylinder. Something else I have done when I was hauling home a stuck tractor is put WD40 in the cylinders before I loaded it. Then I hauled it in gear with the chains a little slack. Not so slack that it can roll but enough so the tractor can jiggle. Might not be the best plan but for the times that it worked it didn't cause me any hassle.

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