We rebuilt the starter and alternator, put on new heavy duty battery cables and and a new battery. Bleed the fuel lines and cranked and cranked. Finally fired and ran rough, black smoke for about 2 minutes. Hydrolics worked great. Backed it off the trailor. Pulled it in the barn. The radiator has two holes in it and 75% of the fins are bent shut. I have ordered a new radiator, hoses, belt, thermostate, and will install those before I work with it.
The last three days I have cranked it 4 or 5 times per day. It fires right up and runs smooth without any smoke. I do have other issues to tackle once the radiator is installed.
First is the clutch. It will not totally disengage when depressing the petal fully. It will easily slip out of gear and into another gear but will not stop by pushing it in and will immediately go when put in another gear. Don't know if it was already this way from improper use or if it is rusted up or if I am the cause. The small plate on the bell housing opposite the starter was off when I got it. When we pulled the starter we noticed an awful lot of rust on the ring gear and on the starter drive. I took the starter to my son to rebuild and he said You need to clean that ring gear up before you replace the starter if you can. I went to the side with the missing small plate and using a screw driver to turn the ring gear, I sprayed PB Blaster on the ring gear to clean it. I now know, dumb idea, real dumb idea. I think the deal was the little weep hole on the bottom of the bell housing is plugged, the tractor sat outside for a long time without the plate on it, water collected inside the bell housing causing all the rust build up. I'm looking at these possibilites for the clutch problem:
1. Improper operator use before I got it.
2. Water in the bell housing rusted the clutch and its not releasing properly.
3. Dumb use of PB Blaster ruined the clutch.
We will install the radiator then take it out and run it to see if its rust that will wear off or if we have to split it.
Regardless the price was right and I would do the deal knowing what I do today.
Pat