Have a Super A that I use for mowing. Ran fine last summer, have cranked and run it a few times this winter. Went out today to use it, engine will not turn over. Thought it was the battery but after charging it, still would not budge. So I get out the old crank, lo and behold the engine will not turn. Rocking back and forth in gear will not turn the engine. Has been probably 6 weeks since last run. Any suggestions for what to try next?
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Remove all the sparkplugs then see if the engine will move by cranking. You may have coolant on top of a piston causing a hydrostatic lock. If there's no coolant on any of the pistons your pistons may be stuck in the sleeve usually from rust. You probably will need to remove the cylinder head. Hal
Bill in IL
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Its a common problem that the starter may be stuck and causing the engine to not turn over.
Quick check anyways to pull the starter and then try it before you get too deep into it.
I have seen it on 2 IH machines once on a super A and once on my Hough loader.
Quick check anyways to pull the starter and then try it before you get too deep into it.
I have seen it on 2 IH machines once on a super A and once on my Hough loader.
Brian Knuckles
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Like Bill stated, pull the starter first. The one I grew up driving did that quite often. It was caused by the bendix jamming in the flywheel. Usually just cracking the bolts a little and a good wiggle would free it up. A starter rebuild finally fixed the problem.
redforlife
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brian & bill are right, and check that. Ussually rocking the wheels back and forth with transmission in high gear will get it back right again without removing the starter. First you might make sure the cylinders are not full of rain water or antifreeze. If it is seized from rust, it can't be seized much since not set long. If so, a squirt or two of oil in the spark plug wholes and let sit awhile and rock the wheels in gear will more than likely free it up. If you got anitfreeze in cylinders, you got problems, a crack or bad head gasket.
john *.?-!.* cub owner
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Loosen the starter bolts a little, put it in 4th gear and rock rear wheels back and forth. When you hear a pop tighten starter bolts and start it.
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