[squeakyzig]

We have a '47 B that was given and delivered to us. The tractor is complete and was supposedly running about 1 1/2 years ago. The back cylinder (closest to the gas tank) has some rust on the walls. We just can't seem to free up the motor. We've poured diesel, brake fluid, liquid wrench and just about anything else we could find in there. We've tapped it with a mallet, tried to jack it up from the botton, cribbed the wheels and tried to rock it. Nothing seems to work.

Any ideas?

[chickenman]

have you tried the 2X2 in the cyl.? put a peace of 2X2 in the cyl. and hit it with a 3# hammer. the viberation on the top of the piston will loosen the rings, then i would clean the cyl. with a glaze knocker. that way the rust is out of the way when you move the piston theirs nothing to stop the piston from moving....... jesse

[squeakyzig]

Thanks for the suggestion. We have tried a 2x4 pushing up from underneath with a hydro. jack, but that only raised the tractor up.

We've also cribbed up the back wheels and put it into gear and tried rocking the wheels. Our property is mostly sand, so the sand gave way under the cribbing before we got any movement from the cylinders. Therefore, we had to lower it back down to rest on it's wheels again.

Two of the cylinders allow liquid to pass through them. the third cylinder will allow a slow seepage through but the forth one holds any fluids we pour in.