I have a chance to re-own a 56 4400 hydraulic dump flat bed that I sold back in '97. It's had 4 different owners and never been over 5 miles from this neighborhood. Big B had it from the 60's till he died in the early '80s. Clarence bought it and he passed in '89. I bought it and sold it to Big B's nephew in '97. Now I have a chance to get it back.
I went by today to look at it. It hasn't been cranked in 10 years but has been under a heavy tarp.
The crank could not be budged with the fan. The SM420 shifted fine. Either the engine is stuck at #5 or the clutch has stuck.
Plugs 1, 3 and 6 look excellent. 2 and 4 have carbon deposits but 5 "hissed" as I loosened it and had moisture on it but no rust. Sprayed them all with a generous amount of Blaster, waited about 15 minutes while I checked out the valve train and squirted a couple ounces of 10w 30 in each before replacing the plugs in their respective cylinder.
The valve springs and valves are all bright and shiny but there is rust on the rockers at the area around #5. All pushrods at closed valves spin. Valve cover is intact but surface rust where the rusty rockers are.. with no discernable area for moisture to enter. Gasket had a good seal and I had to rap on it to break it loose. I doused the rockers and valves down real good with PB Blaster before sealing the cover back on.
Will let it sit for a while as I think on what to do next.
~~ Jethro 1954 3100 Back to Life In the Dity Gallery 1951 3100 (gone) / 1956 4400 (still in the neighborhood) / 1957 6400 with dump body (retired) / 1959 3100 panel (in the woods junked) / 1978 Custom Deluxe K10 / 1993 S-10 4.3 / 2004 Chevy Crew Cab / 1945 John Deere H / 1952 John Deere B / 1966 John Deere 2510 / 1967 John Deere 1020
