BlackRaptor
Gold Member
Hey Guys looking for some advice from the Farmall experts.
My Uncle gave me a Farmall H yesterday it has sat in his shed for 20 years, it was parked in the corner of the shed and hasn't been stated since. it was rebuild about 5 years before it was parked so it ran perfect than.
Upside is its been inside all this time so bolts all seem pretty easy to loosen vs sitting in a pasture for 20 years.
So I want to wake it back up i'm hoping i dont have to go into the motor and redo rings and bearing and such but if i do oh well.
The gas tank is a mess so that needs to be flushed and cleaned with a cleaner or pea rock and drive around in a bumpy field with an atv.
My biggest concerns is not damaging anything trying to turn it over after sitting so long.
Here is what i've done so far.
Removed plugs and dumped some very thin oil down the plug holes thats been sitting in there for about a day i figured it can soak past the rings. I was thinking about spraying PB Blaster down there as they might get around the rings better and leaves a nice film for startup lubrication.
I of course dropped the oil and man oh man was it nasty it wasn't even slick like oil. upside is it wasn't chunky or gunky it was just like watered down oil. after i drained it i dumped a qt of oil in and let if flush the pan out it ran clean. However i heard someone once say to dump kerosene down the oil fill to flush the motor out anyone have any thoughts on this?
Next i plan to pop the valve cover and check everything and dump some oil on all the dry parts up there.
Carb i'm sure if a nightmare so rebuilding that will be a given.
Radiator flush too.
Anyone think of anything i missed before i try to turn the old girl over after 20 years of slumber?
and i know the rule its not real without pictures so here are a few of the H and M. M i changed out from a non IH wide back to an IH narrow and had to replace the rear rim thanks to leaking fluid and rotting it out.
Thanks in advance for the help and advice.
Chad
My Uncle gave me a Farmall H yesterday it has sat in his shed for 20 years, it was parked in the corner of the shed and hasn't been stated since. it was rebuild about 5 years before it was parked so it ran perfect than.
Upside is its been inside all this time so bolts all seem pretty easy to loosen vs sitting in a pasture for 20 years.
So I want to wake it back up i'm hoping i dont have to go into the motor and redo rings and bearing and such but if i do oh well.
The gas tank is a mess so that needs to be flushed and cleaned with a cleaner or pea rock and drive around in a bumpy field with an atv.
My biggest concerns is not damaging anything trying to turn it over after sitting so long.
Here is what i've done so far.
Removed plugs and dumped some very thin oil down the plug holes thats been sitting in there for about a day i figured it can soak past the rings. I was thinking about spraying PB Blaster down there as they might get around the rings better and leaves a nice film for startup lubrication.
I of course dropped the oil and man oh man was it nasty it wasn't even slick like oil. upside is it wasn't chunky or gunky it was just like watered down oil. after i drained it i dumped a qt of oil in and let if flush the pan out it ran clean. However i heard someone once say to dump kerosene down the oil fill to flush the motor out anyone have any thoughts on this?
Next i plan to pop the valve cover and check everything and dump some oil on all the dry parts up there.
Carb i'm sure if a nightmare so rebuilding that will be a given.
Radiator flush too.
Anyone think of anything i missed before i try to turn the old girl over after 20 years of slumber?
and i know the rule its not real without pictures so here are a few of the H and M. M i changed out from a non IH wide back to an IH narrow and had to replace the rear rim thanks to leaking fluid and rotting it out.
Thanks in advance for the help and advice.
Chad
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