My (new) basket case H

Anonymous-0 · Nov 27, 2010

Guess I just had to have another project. Picked up this '50 H for scrap price after seeing it sit in a yard for the past 5 years. Full of oil and antifreeze, muffler covered, engine seized. Have put ATF in cylinders, and will have to see if it works. If I could get it free, wouldn't the rings be stuck anyway, making a rebuild necessary, correct? Just needing someone's thought on this.

F-Dean · Nov 27, 2010

Please post a picture.

It is great to show my wife what others are purchasing! "See! I'm not the only one!"

IaGary · Nov 27, 2010

In the early 90"s my boss at the weld shop took a 77 oliver on trade for some work he did.

Engine was stuck. We soaked it with everything you can think of to get it loose. We drug it around the yard about once a week to try to get it free. After a couple of months he hooked up a sparkplug to hydraulic pressure to get the piston to move a little. Drug it again and it broke free. We got it started.

We reversed the controls ,put a forklift on the back and about 1500 lbs of weight on the front end and have been running as a forklift everyday since. It has gone thru 4 starters and 2 clutches since then but the engine has never been touched. Uses alittle oil but not enough to tear the engine apart.

This is just one case. Not a rule that they all will work this way.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 27, 2010

The last time I unstuck a tractor, I had to remove the rings from the pistons with a small chisel.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 27, 2010

Thanks for commenting. I'd be happy to post a picture, but need some instruction on that. Is there a place on this site that tells you? And yes, there is a "wife" story that goes with this. It turned out OK. We're still living together.

Anonymous-0 · Nov 27, 2010

Thanks for all replies. Patience is not one of my strong points, but I can see that this tractor is going to put whatever patience I have to the test. I'll post a picture,but need to learn how.

gene bender · Nov 27, 2010

If its been setting for that long pull the head and pan and then figure how you are going to get the pistons pressed out. I would remove the engine so you can remove the crank that will make it easier to get the sleeves and pistons out cause in the end thats what you are going to do.

old · Nov 27, 2010

Well if you filled the cylinders not just put a small amount in then if let sit long enough the rings will in fact free up since the rings are also what is holding the engine from turning over. Once freed up and you get it running the combo of the heat from running it and the ATF that will still be in and around the rings will in fact free up the rings in a short time. I have had very few if any after I have freed them up use much if any oil or smoke badly after say the frist hour of running. Yes when first started some smoked so bad that if you walked away from them you could not find them for 10 minutes unless there was a stiff wind

S2710 · Nov 27, 2010

Bruce jack up the rear end of the tractor and run a pipe or a shaft through both rear wheels and then set it pipe on blocks and put the tractor in high gear and fill the cylnders with ATF and walk away and when the rear tires are back on the ground the motor is free. Send me a email and I will send you copy of how I post pictures

Jason the Red · Nov 27, 2010

Are you sure it is OK then???? J/K

old · Nov 27, 2010

Oh so you need ammo just to let your wife know your not crazy right. Here is a couple I have picked up over the years hope it helps you

Anonymous-0 · Nov 27, 2010

She was a little "concerned" until I told her what I paid for it. All was fine after that.

JaredK · Nov 27, 2010

Here is one for you gentlemen (hopefully the pic posts OK). It is a 1939 H and was backed in to this shed in the early 1980"s and had the water drained and the carburator ran dry. It was stuck when I picked it up in late September of this year. I pulled the valve cover and checked valves, then put Krawl penetrating oil in the cylinders. I pulled the starter and worked the flywheel with a prybar (gently) until the motor broke free. Coolant, fuel, and a tug from a 2096 and it was running like a top. I know that they don"t all go like this, but there are more variables than just how long it has been sitting.

Tom Fleming · Nov 27, 2010

Sorry guys, I got you all beat. Picked this one up last week, 1936 F-30:

The excavator in the background was required to load it.........

BDT in Minnesota · Nov 27, 2010

Yesterday's Tractor Therapy Forum... Rich, I don't know if we can fool them .. Just make sure to hug your little lady before heading for the tractors...

Anonymous-0 · Nov 28, 2010

Re: posting pictures on YT website

Allan from PA · Nov 28, 2010

Just an observation but looks like it has a JD seat on it. Enjoy your new project.

Allan.

old · Nov 28, 2010

Now days my wife just asks how many are you bring in and are they our or are they Eds and yours. Ed is my partner. He has the $$ I have the know how to get them running again

Tony S. · Nov 28, 2010

I broke a Ford engine loose on a NH swather a couple of years ago. It had a stuck valve and bent a pushrod. Runs good now.

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