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Posted by Gunner Asch on June 23, 2008, 4:25 pm
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On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:17:23 -0700 (PDT), "pdrahn@coinet.com"
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>> Ive always said that Id rather take a beating than work on an
>> engine..shrug....now Im older..and I dont heal as well..so I guess its
>> time to dig in and learn.....
>>
>> Thanks Rob, and everyone else. Ill post any updates
>>
>> Gunner, headed back out to put up more fencing before it gets too hot.
>>
>> Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
>> illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an
>> unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the
>> proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
>
>MY personal experience with generators is when water gets into the
>generator itself, rust builds up between the armature and the field
>pieces and locks it tight. Gunner, be sure to examine this possibility
>as well.
>
>My worst stuck was a generator using a 2 cylinder Lycoming aircraft
>engine. Valves are in the one piece cylinder/head. One exhaust valve
>was stuck. Never did get it it free. Gave away the generator.
The machine itself looks clean, remarkably free of oil spew, with just
the right amount of cobwebs, old oil in the proper places under the
hood, and only a tiny amount of storage rust on the machine anywhere.
Paint is faded, looks to have been on a truck or trailer for most of
its life. Wireing looks very good, nothing sagging, cable tied
properly in the harnesses and so forth.
It has a couple stickers from a construction/industrial company that I
believe is long out of business on the outside...shrug...the general
good condition, abilt faded paint etc is what caught my eye. It wasnt
a hammered piece of shit in the slightest.
Genny looks good, with just the right amount of dust and no rust
noted.
Shrug...looks to be in pretty good shape for a 20 yr old welder, and
one assumes that 2300 hours isnt all that much for this type of
machine?
I pulled the cover off the side, that covers the valves, no
sludge/nasty stuff, and lifted the valves one at a time, all seem to
be free, and the cam followers (?) all turned nicely, with evenly
polished sides.
Shrug
Im giving it the old college try though..hope to learn something.
Thanks
Gunner
Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an
unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the
proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
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Posted by Martin H. Eastburn on June 23, 2008, 9:23 pm
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Dad had a 4 cylinder power generator on his 28' Dodge camper.
(old class - where the frame was a large truck frame and the wheels were
semi-class wheels.)
One summer he came down from North Dakota - he was re-designing and installing
a massive Radar up there... - the generator was frozen.
He put in head cylinder oil through the spark plugs and put the plugs back in.
He drove the 'truck' 2500 miles and we went to the local Semi tractor service
center that was in town. We got a massive box wrench - the generator had
a hex shaft out one end and the generator on the other...
We put it on and rocked it slowly CW-CCW and then it rotated freely.
Took off the wrench and pressed the start button. It ran for years
when asked to run after the fix. He kept the big wrench in the cargo bay
under the chassis with the truck chains but never needed it.
Martin
Martin H. Eastburn
@ home at Lions' Lair with our computer lionslair at consolidated dot net
TSRA, Endowed; NRA LOH & Patron Member, Golden Eagle, Patriot's Medal.
NRA Second Amendment Task Force Charter Founder
IHMSA and NRA Metallic Silhouette maker & member.
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Gunner Asch wrote:
> On Mon, 23 Jun 2008 11:17:23 -0700 (PDT), "pdrahn@coinet.com"
>
>>> Ive always said that Id rather take a beating than work on an
>>> engine..shrug....now Im older..and I dont heal as well..so I guess its
>>> time to dig in and learn.....
>>>
>>> Thanks Rob, and everyone else. Ill post any updates
>>>
>>> Gunner, headed back out to put up more fencing before it gets too hot.
>>>
>>> Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
>>> illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an
>>> unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the
>>> proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
>> MY personal experience with generators is when water gets into the
>> generator itself, rust builds up between the armature and the field
>> pieces and locks it tight. Gunner, be sure to examine this possibility
>> as well.
>>
>> My worst stuck was a generator using a 2 cylinder Lycoming aircraft
>> engine. Valves are in the one piece cylinder/head. One exhaust valve
>> was stuck. Never did get it it free. Gave away the generator.
>
>
> The machine itself looks clean, remarkably free of oil spew, with just
> the right amount of cobwebs, old oil in the proper places under the
> hood, and only a tiny amount of storage rust on the machine anywhere.
>
> Paint is faded, looks to have been on a truck or trailer for most of
> its life. Wireing looks very good, nothing sagging, cable tied
> properly in the harnesses and so forth.
>
> It has a couple stickers from a construction/industrial company that I
> believe is long out of business on the outside...shrug...the general
> good condition, abilt faded paint etc is what caught my eye. It wasnt
> a hammered piece of shit in the slightest.
>
> Genny looks good, with just the right amount of dust and no rust
> noted.
>
> Shrug...looks to be in pretty good shape for a 20 yr old welder, and
> one assumes that 2300 hours isnt all that much for this type of
> machine?
>
> I pulled the cover off the side, that covers the valves, no
> sludge/nasty stuff, and lifted the valves one at a time, all seem to
> be free, and the cam followers (?) all turned nicely, with evenly
> polished sides.
>
> Shrug
> Im giving it the old college try though..hope to learn something.
>
> Thanks
>
> Gunner
>
> Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
> illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an
> unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the
> proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.
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>> Ive always said that Id rather take a beating than work on an
>> engine..shrug....now Im older..and I dont heal as well..so I guess its
>> time to dig in and learn.....
>>
>> Thanks Rob, and everyone else. Ill post any updates
>>
>> Gunner, headed back out to put up more fencing before it gets too hot.
>>
>> Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
>> illogical liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an
>> unscrupulous mainstream media, which holds forth the
>> proposition that it is entirely possible to pick up a turd by the clean end.