Oil & Fuel help my tractor is cold

[brokenpitchfork]

it is so cold i cannot get my IH654 to change gear, i need reverse to spear hay bales. where would i put a heat lamp to warm the fluids? i have a heater that warms something up and i plug it in but it doesnt do anything for the transmission/clutch. it does not stay in a shed but is covered with a tarp.

 

[HokieMS]

Have you let the tractor warm up completely? After starting, push the throttle up half way and let it run for 10 minutes, at least, and see if you can shift into neutral then. Maybe drive around in high gear to get the transmission spinning also, to make more heat.

 

[kneedeep]

Maybe a couple of the magnet heaters stuck on side of tranny might help it to warm up.

 

[JD5210]

Do not know if this will work for you. My neighbor has the say problem, before he puts his tractor away for the night, he puts a bale on the rear spear and in the morning only has to go forward and by the time he gets to the hay ring, reverse starts to work again.

 

[deerseeker001]

I have a LP Torpedo heater and point it where i want it to heat up normally at the oil pan only short time less than 5 minutes starts like summer.

 

[k0ua]

Any chance you have some water in there somewhere? (now ice of course). Maybe coming in the shifter boot?

 

[Soundguy]

james beat me to it.. but yeah.. how much water you got in that sump?

 

[diesel lover]

We have 5 tractors between my father and I. After purchase we have drained the tranny oil out of the machine. Most have had water. Some with substantial amounts. It causes lots of issues in the cold weather. If you have ways it will get in the trans it is very likely to happen in the rain. Our f40 has a cracked case so water badly gets in when it rains if left outside. When its cold you may have moisture/ water deposits through out the fluid froze up.

 

[deerseeker001]

I bought a farmall h years ago in fall/early winter the tractor was froze up at dealers parking lot.they drug it inside and put a salamander and thawed it out and change tranny oil.I never had a problem again.

 

[bigtiller]

Hang a heat lamp under the transmission for a few hours to thaw the ice inside it.

We had an old WD45 that we parked in neutral with the clutch propped open. After it started and ran for about 30 minutes we would drain the water out of the transmission and then do our work.

 

[RaydaKub]

I bought a farmall h years ago in fall/early winter the tractor was froze up at dealers parking lot.they drug it inside and put a salamander and thawed it out and change tranny oil.I never had a problem again.

Is that an auto-correct problem? If not, what does "and put a salamander and thawed it out" mean? I've got this mental picture of a lizard crawling in to the fill tube.

 

[diesel lover]

Is that an auto-correct problem? If not, what does "and put a salamander and thawed it out" mean? I've got this mental picture of a lizard crawling in to the fill tube.

In some areas of the country a salamander is what they call a forced air heater, torpedo heater or turbo heater. I'm sure you know what one is but its so crazy the different names for everything.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_heater

 

[deerseeker001]

I have a large fuel oil torpedo/salamander and slightly smaller propane one works great for started in cold weather just point at oil pan for 5 minutes and it starts like its summer time.

 

[tessiers]

How cold is cold, we just leave them running if its gonna be below -20F, or park it in the barn with the cattle. If you cant shift that sounds like water too me, if its just cold leave it running an hour or so and it will heat enough to operate, unless you got other problems. Didn't know TN got cold enough to cause trouble.

 

[Soundguy]

Is that an auto-correct problem? If not, what does "and put a salamander and thawed it out" mean? I've got this mental picture of a lizard crawling in to the fill tube.

a salamander is a kero fired forced heat source.


I bought a 740 ford trike once that would not steer to one side and had no hyds.

i got a few $$ off.

found ice in the front bolster and hyds....

 

[RaydaKub]

In some areas of the country a salamander is what they call a forced air heater, torpedo heater or turbo heater. I'm sure you know what one is but its so crazy the different names for everything.
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_heater

A torpedo heater I know about. My dad had one ages ago and we called it by the brand name Knipco. I wonder how it ever got the name salamander. Or was that a brand name too?

 

[Soundguy]

a search for: THE AMERICAN SALAMANDER HEATER

turned up this:

THE AMERICAN SALAMANDER HEATER is a trademark of Vogelzang International Corporation. Filed in November 4 (2003 )

so at least someone used it.. or at least trademarked it anyway..