Re: Engine seized??
 

Re: Engine seized??
 

In 1984 my father and I tried to unstick a 30 coupe by dragging it around behind our tractor with car in third gear. After a while the wheels began to turn and we thought the engine was too, but the clutch had started slipping instead. Next we took off the oil pan and jacked up one rear wheel, with the trany in third I rocked the wheel back and fourth while dad tapped on the bottom of the pistons with a long brass rod, bingo. Two hours later we were driving it around the yard giggling like school kids, that was my first ride in an A.

Re: Engine seized??
 

[QUOTE=Tom Wesenberg;611842] I used bad parts to make it, so I didn't destroy any good Model A parts.
TTTTOM!, is there jail/prison time for destroying GOOD Model A parts??:eek: Folsom Prison is close to me! Maybe I should RE-THINK this Model A hobby & get an Ol' CHEBBY & putta' OOGAH horn on it!:D
Bowtie Bill W.

Re: Engine seized??
 

I knew a guy who liked to restore old farm tractors. He would buy old tractors with seized engines and winch ( drag) them onto his flat bed trailer. He would pull the plugs and pour on MMO. He would put it into gear either reverse or third gear. He would chain it loose on the trailer and then drive it back home. The constant rocking and jerking against the chains would free up the engine by the time he got it to his home.:)

Re: Engine seized??
 

i had this happen to me, The camshaft was seized up, and when the deisel would soak down, i ended up busting the fiber gear and it turned
John

Re: Engine seized??
 

I've never tried this yet, but several guys have said the best way to untick an engine is to pour black oil drained from a diesel into each cylinder.