I actually did this late last fall in Michigan so the water was cold but not freezing. I'd say probably around 45 degrees. Sounds like most of you guys are pretty mechanically savvy so when people say to crank the engine manually I'm not aware of what exactly to do. What's the procedure? At least the fan mystery is solved.
If any water got into the cylinders at all..........the cylinder walls will be rusted, as well as the rings..........we're talking 6 months or so of sitting after it was submerged.I'am not sure but your saying you did this late last fall and your now just getting to do this stuff????. I'am not sure if you drained any of the water when it happened if not??your due for a motor overhaul now!!! Any water that would have been on top of a piston would have drained into the oil pan by now.If there was lots of water in the oil pan plus in the hydralics man are you going to have to rebuild this tractor.Sorry for the bad news but thats what it sounds like to me.Then again it's going to depend on how deep it was in the water and how much made its way into the oils etc:.Larry
It got pretty cold right after I sunk it and hasn't really warmed up here in SE Michigan yet so I haven't been too inclined to mess around with it yet. I did turn the ignition once after pulling all the plugs and just got clicking, no turnover.
It got pretty cold right after I sunk it and hasn't really warmed up here in SE Michigan yet so I haven't been too inclined to mess around with it yet.
OUCH! You will have most likely to pound the pistons out when you overhaul it and thats before boring or sleeving it and thats just the engine the rest will be....well I am sure glad its not me sorry to hear about it man but you have to get on it within hours if you hope to salvage it once they take on h2o most of us thought you had just sunk it when you posted sorry