Help may be needed / Flooded L1500

[Profnohair]

My L1500 is in danger of being flooded from the possible dam breach at Percy Quin State Park in Mississippi. At this time they are saying it may not breach because they did a few things to stabilize it. But it is not certain that it will not fail. The parish (LA uses "parish" instead of "county") is under mandatory evacuation for 1/2 mile on each side of the Tangipahoa River. I tried to rescue her today but the river was just about level with the four bridges that cross it and the only way out. When I got to the property, there was already two feet of water on the road so I was going to move it to the back of the property which is higher but the darned thing would not start and they issued more flash flood warnings while I was there. My wife and I made it out just as they were going to close the road over the bridges.

So my question is. what do I have to do if it does flood. It will have been in about four feet of water if it does. Is it repairable and does it make sense?

I know not to attempt to start it. What do I do after that?

 

[Kubota Newbie]

If you get to it relatively soon:
Drag it out and pressure wash the heck out of it, alternator/generator switches, evertyhing. Then soak every electrical component you can find with WD-40.
While that's all drying, drain the tranny oil, engine oil and fuel. Fill tranny and engine with the cheapest oil you can find (you're going to throw it away after a few minutes anyway).
Fill fuel, use a fuel dryer additive.
Before bleeding/cranking. Pull injectors, take out air cleaner, crank to push out water, spray/soak cyls with WD-40, crank again.
Install injectors, replace fuel filter, bleed, check old oil filter to make sure there's no water in it (don't bother replacing yet).
See if she'll start, if so let sit and idle for 20-30 minutes.
Drain all the lubricants and fuel again.
Replace with fresh (this time whatever you'd normally use) and fresh filters and use it.
If the tranny oil looks milky you may need to replace again, running it for a few minutes to warm it up good should've driven any residual moisture from the engine, but check it for color too anyway.

OR

Call the insurance man and tell him you need a new tractor.

 

[skeets]

Just MHO you understand but if it goes under, first thing is to drain EVERYTHING fuel, oil, hydro, you know everything, get a hand full of new filters and do all of that first,,
The get under the hood and anyplace you have electrical connections, WD 40 everything, then pull them apart and make sure they are dry and use some white electrical grease on them and plug them back together,, you might have to pull the injector plugs and crank it over just to make sure theres no water in the system,,, not a good thing,,Speaking form a past life when a big old Cub went under,, it took a few days but it ran well after wards untill somebody desided they wanted it more than I did,,lol
The best of luck to you guys

 

[Profnohair]

Still waiting to see if we are going to flood or not. Yesterday it sounded like we not going to get it but this morning the Parish president was on the news and was saying that Robert, LA was probably going to flood. Robert is the next town below me. So we will see if we do or not. It will be Monday at least before I can get in again to see if we did or not.

Thanks for the advise. And I will cross my fingers.

 

[Profnohair]

Just got word that the trailer property has NOT flooded and the water on the road has gone down. I am going to attempt another tractor rescue tomorrow. Fingers are crossed.

 

[cdrill]

I would use Corrosion Block, or Corrosion X on everything electrical.It is electrically neutral and will help keep your wires and connections sound and free of corrosion. It is good for penetrating small moving parts that may want to lock up later. It will do a much better job than WD40, won't hurt insulation on your wires or rubber parts, and will attack corrosion that is trying to form. It will be especially helpful if it is saltwater.
This is of course in addition to draining and flushing every thing as recomended above. Good luck, hope it won't be necessary.

 

[Profnohair]

Great news. I got in today and hauled the L1500 out. I had a heck of a time getting it started because the battery was dead and it was where I couldn't get a vehicle close to it. I did have a live battery that I jumped it with after some effort.

I hauled it away from the property. Out of harms way if it does decide to flood.

Thanks for the replies.

P.S. On a side note, I brought a friend with me to haul it out and it turns out that he has the same model at work that they bush hog with. He proceeded to tell me how parts are hard to find for it.

He now knows about OTT, aftermarket parts, and the US equivalent (L175)

 

[PYC Tractor]

Re: Help needed / Flooded L175

Glad to hear yours made it out. Our L175 not so lucky down here in Mandeville, LA. We performed all of the life saving techniques and have it running well. However, even with changing the hydraulic fluid 2 X we have a drive slippage problem. Once warmed up, she has no power to the wheels. Reve- r-up and she will move a bit! Something is not right.

Do we still have water and need to flush/exchange fluid again and again?
Are their filters we missed?
Or is something damaged like the pump or clutch?

 

[Profnohair]

Re: Help needed / Flooded L175

Glad to hear yours made it out. Our L175 not so lucky down here in Mandeville, LA. We performed all of the life saving techniques and have it running well. However, even with changing the hydraulic fluid 2 X we have a drive slippage problem. Once warmed up, she has no power to the wheels. Reve- r-up and she will move a bit! Something is not right.

Do we still have water and need to flush/exchange fluid again and again?
Are their filters we missed?
Or is something damaged like the pump or clutch?

Did you clean the hydraulic suction screen?

See this article on OTT. http://www.orangetractortalks.com/2...uction-screens-everything-you-wanted-to-know/