Well I was extremely saddened to figure out that the motor was not in fact rust locked per se as much as it was completely rusted inside. I tried to get the head off but wound up breaking 3 bolts in the middle of the head. 2 were at the mating surfaces of the block and head, the third was actually just below the top of the head. It looks like there will be lots of drilling in order to get the head off. I think I will have to completely rebuild the motor because of the amount of rust involved. I really hope that this is not indicative of what this tractor rebuild is going to be like the entire time. I am going to try and keep going for now until I can get the motor rebuilt later on.
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