Jyuma
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- Sep 30, 2010
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Hello I've owned a Thomas T133 for many years and it has always performed flawlessly. Two years ago, after many years of uninterrupted service, one of the lift hydraulic hoses finally gave out. I parked the machine in the yard and vowed to get a new set of hoses ASAP. Well... two years passed and I finally got around to changing the hoses so I went to start her up and pull her into the shop. I threw in a new battery and hit the switch... it sounded like the starter turned the engine but only for about one revolution and then it stopped. Repeated attempts only produced a click from the solenoid so I tried jumping the battery thinking maybe I needed a bit more juice. No good… the same thing. Click... click... click. I pulled the starter and it looked fried so I ordered a new one. Before putting in the new starter I put a long screwdriver in thru the opening where the starter fits into the bell housing and I wedged the tip into the teeth on the flywheel and attempted to rotate the flywheel by leveraging against the bell housing. No joy. It appears that the engine is seized... but how? I've had this loader for almost 20 years (I bought it used) and it worked fine the last time I used it (2 years ago). How can an engine seize just sitting there (yes, it was covered) or am I doing something wrong? I didn't want to just throw the starter in and hope for the best in case there's something else going on like hydro lock or something. Is there a way to kill the compression… maybe pull the injectors out just to make sure I don't have cylinders filled with water. Like maybe water leaked in thru the rotted muffler that had poked its way thru the cover? I'm stumped. Thanks for any help you can offer. Ed