Stuck TD9 motor

I dragged it around my field and dropped the clutch a few times, but the clutch slips pretty easily. I was thinking of getting a socket and bar for the nut on the crankshaft, does anyone know a source or proper size for the nut? Is this a terrible approach anyway? I was hoping to avoid pulling the head.

I pulled the plugs myself to try to get my borescope in and peek around, but I was suprised to find that the plugs appear to be in the intake behind the valves. I am not familiar with these gas/diesel engines, is there another easy way into the cylinder, perhaps by dropping the intake & exhaust manifolds?

Where is the best place to get parts?

thank you

If it were me and I didnt want to pull the head I would set it for gas and fill the cylinders with diesel fuel and let her soak for a while. After a few weaks pull the starter off and if you can find a bad starter take the armature out and leave the drive and bolt on end in place. Weld a piece of pipe about 6" long to the armature and bolt it up where the good starter went. After that put a long pipe on the stub pipe and try to get her to turn over. This is what the previous post was talking about known as the King of Obsolete"s bar starter, he can be found at redpowermagazine.com in the IH construction board. Stop in some time and let us know how youre making out, puting a wrench on the end of the crank might work if it isnt stuck bad but in my opinion the chances of striping the end of the crank isnt worth taking the chance.

One thing you might want to try is pulling the valve cover and see if the valves are all free, I"ve seen engines that just have a few stuck valves and seem to be set up tighter than a drum. Just a thought.

Sorry if this is a little vauge, its been a while since I have given a bar starter a second thought, so if your interested in pics stop in at red power sometime. Good luck and just take it slow.

www.kingofobsolete.ca

thansk