engine stuck on poppin Johnny

[Anonymous-0]

This subject has probably come up a million times. Anyone got any cures for a stuck engine on a 47 John Deere? Tractor sat outside for a couple of years without startup and I would guess that condensation is the culprit. I had the inlet stack covered to prevent rain from entering the intake. Have removed the cylinder head and do see some minor rust build up on the cylinder walls which I have cleaned up. Of course I can't get to the area which is the ring seating which is probably the area it is stuck.

 

[El Toro]

Pour some ATF on top of the pistons and let it soak. Hal

 

[hillbillyOH]

Paging Lanse... Lanse to the white courtesy phone please...

 

[Clyde Parrish]

If you already have the head off why not take the rods loose and pull rods and cylinder block. Then stand it on end and dump a little brake fluid and diesel mix on top of the pistons and light it. Then when its good and warm they will tap right out with a block of wood. I remember clooney saying that over on the deere board a long time ago.

 

[Lanse]

pour some PB blaster on there. If youre in a hurry, use PB if not ATF. ATF takes longer but i am confident it'll work.

 

[omahagreg]

Some of you guys seem to forget, this is a horizontal engine. As it sets in the tractor, there is no 'top' of the cylinder. Complicates things just a bit! Greg

 

[Anonymous-0]

Hey kiddo its hard to pour oil on top of a JOHN DEERE piston when its in the tractor ya been around them good RED ones too long

 

[Dick L]

Easy to do if you set your mind to it. ^D

 

[El Toro]

I forgot about those horizontal pistons. We only had red ones. Hal

 

[old]

Jack the front of the tractor up say 2 foot or so. Then fill the cylinders with tranny fluid, it does work better then PB does by a long shoot. The reason for jacking the font up is because of the way the cylinders lay on a JD. BTDT on my 1935 JD-B and I knew it had been locked up for 15 plus years and it now runs just fine and I never pulled the head off of it. I have run tests using PB and ATF and the ATF has always worked better on things I have used it on
Hobby farm

 

[deeredv1]

If you do end up pulling the block with the pistons and rods, stand the block up vertically on some blocks.Boil a large pan of water and dump the water into the water jacket of the block.The hot water will expand the block in a hurry and light tapping on the pistons with a block of wood and a hammer will get them loose.Ive had great success with this.Good luck

 

[Lanse]

now theres a way to get mine running, threaton to dangle it from a crane

 

[Anonymous-0]

Jack up a rear wheel and rock it back and forth.Take the time to turn the engine over on idle tractors.

 

[Den N Ms]

I have run tests also and PB Blaster works way better than ATF.

 

[old]

Well all the times I use PB it hasn't worked for me, but the ATF has. Plus at $2 a qt. for ATF and $10 or so per QT. of PB the ATF is the way to go since to pop an engine free you have to almost fill the cylinders. turpentine and ATF mixed 50/50 also works well but again the turpentine is hard to find and at $10 plus a QT. I'll again just stay with the ATF