goofed up

[bmiller36]

I anm almost to embarrased to write this. but I will swallow my pride and and let you know how somtimes you just dont think.Im in the prosses of finnally building my shop and in the haste to get the concrete poured I put my 1945 bn outside and left the water in it and it froze I dont know what damage it did bnut Im sure somthing is broke. has anybody did this dumb thing or is it just me. I have 14 2cylinders and just forgot this one. thanks for listening to my rant. bob,

 

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You aren"t the only one. Had the same thing happen to my 46 A. It had a cast iron piston break in half years ago while cutting wood. I was going to MSU at the time so my dad brought it in the shop and put in new pistons. Put water in to make sure it sealed up and ran good, and then forgot about the water. I came home from school over christmas break and found a fist size piece of both the head and block laying on the ground. That was a fairly expensive rerebuild lol.

 

[Paul from MI]

Happens every now & then. I bought a B that had been frozen and repaired. Head was welded up & upper water pipe also. After a few yearsz the block sealer wore off & started putting water in the oil. Finally found a crack in the block into a pushrod hole. Used block fixed it. My point is check everything as you fix it. Maybe you'll get lucky and not find any damage that can't be easily fixed, but I'd tear it down and inspect everything very thoroughly as you go. Good luck, fortunately parts aren't too hard to find.

 

[BT73000]

How cold did it get? It has to get a couple degrees below freezing to damage an engine. I'd say if it just dipped down to around the upper 20's to low 30's for a short time, you probably didn't hurt it. Why straight water anyway? Antifreeze is cheap, unless you were using the water temporarly.

 

[PJH]

I bought a 630 from a friend. John thought his brother had winterized it. Brother thought John had. Turned out, neither had. Busted the block.

Thank you for reminding me about my pressure washer. It's s'posed to get in the low 20's tonight, and I'm gonna roll it in the basement.

Sorry about your mishap - hope there's no damage.

Paul

 

[bob15]

You could leave that tractor overnight in 20°F weather and not ruin it. It takes more than one night of cold weather to have ice in a block expand enough to break something. Now if it stayed below freezing for a week without antifreeze or without draining the tractor, then damage can occur.



bob

 

[JMS/.MN]

Was lucky once because of a similar goofup. Saw an AC WD engine on a farm sale- in the junk pile..told the auctioneer I"d give $5 for it. No one else bid. Of course, when I turned it over, there was a crack on the other side of the block..Dismantled it and found virtually new bearings, and oversize sleeves and pistons. Figured the owner overhauled it in the summer, and forgot about it in the fall.