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John Deere A got hit with a thunderstorm without anything covering the exhaust stack.

Anything special I should do?

Newbie to these - But thanks for your help!
 
If it was a small shower, just fire it up & blow it out. Warm it up good if you can. If it was a lot of rain you may want to pull the plugs first & turn it over so it doesn't lock up with water above a piston.
 
Thanks TV,
Coffee cans are on it now and hope to start it tomorrow. Anything else I should look for?

Jim
 

Open the petcocks, the cylinders will drain..

If the Exhaust manifold gaskets are leaking, you will still get water in the cylinders..

Ron..
 

if your waiting a day or so to fire it up ... after you run it awhile .. check the eng oil .. if it's milky ... drain and put in new ,including the filter ..
that means water got past the rings and is in the oil ..

Know this by .. just say it happen to me ..lol

mark
 
How much water in the rain gauge, then you could get an indication of what is in the unit.May be able to just fire it up.
A considered judgment.
 
(quoted from post at 19:16:35 06/16/12) John Deere A got hit with a thunderstorm without anything covering the exhaust stack.

Anything special I should do?

Newbie to these - But thanks for your help!
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Just fire it up.... You might get lucky and blow that uglt thing outta your misery.... Then you can get a nice red and white (or just red) one with a flapper on the stack... :roll:

Just kiddin....... Hope things work out for that ugly thing....
 
Some good suggestions made below.

First I"d take the spark plugs out and turn the motor over a few times and blow out any rain water.

Be sure to turn the ignition key off, gas off, and pull the spark plug wires from the distributor cap.

Next check the oil in the oil bath at the bottom of the air intake.

If the oil hasn"t been changed, now is a good time to change it; no telling whats been sucked into the air cleaner.

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Here"s how we keep the oil clean in the oil bath.

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If her tractor is stored outside, fold the sock over the intake opening.

Be sure to cover the gearshift to keep water out of the transmission.

Hope this helps.
 
(quoted from post at 19:16:35 06/16/12) John Deere A got hit with a thunderstorm without anything covering the exhaust stack.

Anything special I should do?

Newbie to these - But thanks for your help!
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Minimum: pull spark plugs , check for water in the oil,spin over. Plugs back in ,start,run ,warm up.
 
(quoted from post at 03:47:16 06/17/12) Some good suggestions made below.

First I"d take the spark plugs out and turn the motor over a few times and blow out any rain water.

Be sure to turn the ignition key off, gas off, and pull the spark plug wires from the distributor cap.

Next check the oil in the oil bath at the bottom of the air intake.

If the oil hasn"t been changed, now is a good time to change it; no telling whats been sucked into the air cleaner.

Them things ain't only ugly... they's high maintenance :roll:

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Here"s how we keep the oil clean in the oil bath.

&lt;a href="http://s200.photobucket.com/albums/aa5/jameslloydhowell/John%20Deere%20Equipment/Uncle%20Earl/?action=view¤t=IMG_1732.jpg" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://i200.photobucket.com/albums/aa5/jameslloydhowell/John%20Deere%20Equipment/Uncle%20Earl/IMG_1732.jpg" width="600" border="0" alt="Photobucket"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;

If her tractor is stored outside, fold the sock over the intake opening.

Be sure to cover the gearshift to keep water out of the transmission.

Hope this helps.
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Them things ain't only ugly... they's high maintenance :roll:
 
A scene from my youth I won't soon forget;
We used to thresh dry beans with a Bidwell bean thresher. It was a rather large pull type machine. It was stored on the drive floor of the big old hip roof hay barn. It was backed in with the JD 60 hitched to it during a big rain. The tractor was partially under the eves. I don't know where water got in, and I don't know how extensively my family worked on it(removing plus,etc.) But I do remember them belting up an AC to the 60 and cranking it over for a while before it barked to life!
 
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