best place to turn a stuck engine on a farmall super a

uncle henry · Nov 3, 2012

where is the best place to turn a stuck engine on a farmall super a the hand crank, the starter hole, the pto, or the rear tire

rustyfarmall · Nov 3, 2012

The rear tire will yield the greatest advantage. Next would be the handcrank. Be careful about prying against the flywheel so you don't break a tooth off the ring gear.

gene bender · Nov 3, 2012

You need to remove the spark plugs and with a good lite look in the holes to see what condition the walls are in. If they are rusty just quit messing around and remove the head. I do thei on every engine i find stuck cause if the walls are rusty there just aint anyway you are going to move the pistons and all the snake oil in the world will not unstick them.

El Toro · Nov 3, 2012

Borrow a bore scope light as Gene suggested. I used one a Ford Mustang that kept fouling plugs. The cylinder head was full of carbon and so were the piston rings and they were stuck. On the Farmall A restored in 1975 I pulled the engine after soaking the pistons with ATF. I used a piece of 2 X 2 oak and a big hammer and drove out the pistons. Some of the sleeve's came out with the piston. A good torch freed them. Those sleeves are the wet type and are not pressed in. I installed a new sleeve kit from our local IH dealer and back then it cost $80.00.
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old · Nov 3, 2012

Well a good number of tractors I buy are loacked up and I have freed up at least 95% of them by soaking them with ATF then setting a 12 volt battery on and using short fast taps of the starter and I have yet to hurt the ring gear or a rod. Ya I have bent a couple push rods but even then it has only been 2 or 3 of them

gene bender · Nov 3, 2012

There is a big difference in locked up and rusted up it all depends on what you want to call stuck. You know if they are rusted fast all the snake oil in the world will not free them up

ken house · Nov 3, 2012

put the tranny in what gear, when you turn the wheel?

rustred · Nov 3, 2012

agreed.rust is rust.anybody with mechanical knowledge is foolish to even argue.its just plain and simply engine tear down time.

old · Nov 3, 2012

Very true but any engine that is locked up is due to rust of some form it all depends on if it is from having cylinders sitting full of water or from condensation but all stuck engines are caused by rust just many is of a lesser degree

Dave_Id · Nov 3, 2012

I bought a C once that was flooded over the top of the hood. Sat for a couple more years before I brought it home....now that puppy was stuck. Once I got the head off, I noticed a nice size crack running between the cylinders from frost heaving. Also block cracked from frost on the water jacket behind carb. I ended up parting that one out... had a nice Worksaver 3-point on it. That was the most stuck tractor I have ever dealt with.

Hendrik · Nov 3, 2012

The highest gear. (Fourth gear of Farmall Super A)

uncle henry · Nov 3, 2012

thanks its been in a shed for a few of years everything looks good behind spark plug maybe just dry stuck from setting got it soaking now

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