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Posted by SteveB on June 21, 2008, 11:04 pm
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> Ignoramus12603 wrote:
>> I would really like to buy something like this non-running Trailblazer
>> or D40 for cheap and try to fix it, kind of like I did with the
>> compressor. Would be a very fun project. But no luck so far. A lot of
>> sellers of such things lie a lot, like
>> "you just need a $7 carburetor part from autozone". and say "it is
>> like new but does not run: Yeah right.
>>
>> i
>
> Or they say "ran perfect when put into storage XX months ago" and then you
> get there and the thing is missing the carburetor, alternator, starter &
> battery. Arghhh ...
>
> To me cheap is cheap, like $100 or less. People selling a broken
> gas-powered
> welder from the 1970s for $600 are dreaming, and wasting people's time.
>
> Grant
Looked at some antique Lincoln with an Onan motor on it. This thing was
OLD, or at least it looked it. He wanted $1400, and I was thinking of $200.
Some people.
Steve
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Posted by Ignoramus12603 on June 21, 2008, 9:21 pm
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>> Ignoramus12603 wrote:
>>> I would really like to buy something like this non-running Trailblazer
>>> or D40 for cheap and try to fix it, kind of like I did with the
>>> compressor. Would be a very fun project. But no luck so far. A lot of
>>> sellers of such things lie a lot, like
>>> "you just need a $7 carburetor part from autozone". and say "it is
>>> like new but does not run: Yeah right.
>>>
>>> i
>>
>> Or they say "ran perfect when put into storage XX months ago" and then you
>> get there and the thing is missing the carburetor, alternator, starter &
>> battery. Arghhh ...
>>
>> To me cheap is cheap, like $100 or less. People selling a broken
>> gas-powered
>> welder from the 1970s for $600 are dreaming, and wasting people's time.
>>
>> Grant
>
> Looked at some antique Lincoln with an Onan motor on it. This thing was
> OLD, or at least it looked it. He wanted $1400, and I was thinking of $200.
> Some people.
>
And they think that they are sitting on a pile of gold.
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Posted by SteveB on June 22, 2008, 4:20 am
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>>> Ignoramus12603 wrote:
>>>> I would really like to buy something like this non-running Trailblazer
>>>> or D40 for cheap and try to fix it, kind of like I did with the
>>>> compressor. Would be a very fun project. But no luck so far. A lot of
>>>> sellers of such things lie a lot, like
>>>> "you just need a $7 carburetor part from autozone". and say "it is
>>>> like new but does not run: Yeah right.
>>>>
>>>> i
>>>
>>> Or they say "ran perfect when put into storage XX months ago" and then
>>> you
>>> get there and the thing is missing the carburetor, alternator, starter &
>>> battery. Arghhh ...
>>>
>>> To me cheap is cheap, like $100 or less. People selling a broken
>>> gas-powered
>>> welder from the 1970s for $600 are dreaming, and wasting people's time.
>>>
>>> Grant
>>
>> Looked at some antique Lincoln with an Onan motor on it. This thing was
>> OLD, or at least it looked it. He wanted $1400, and I was thinking of
>> $200.
>> Some people.
>>
>
> And they think that they are sitting on a pile of gold.
>
And I do the nastiest meanest thing I can. I take my money and walk, and
don't give them a clue that they are clueless. Had they been reasonable at
all, they might have made a sale. I may have bought a lemon or a jewel.
Steve
Steve
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Posted by Doug on June 22, 2008, 9:09 pm
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> SteveB wrote:
>>>Gunner wrote:
>>
>>
>>>>>>I may have flushed $600 right down the toilet.
>>
>>
>> I think I may have paid too much for mine, too. But it came with a full
>> cutting set, welding tips, tools, rods, a trailer, a tool box, a vise,
>> and
>> lots of goodies. I gave $300. I'm into it now for a total of just under
>> a
>> grand. I saw one the other day for sale locally for $1700.
>>
>> The old boy I got my SA 200 from said it had sat for three or four years.
>> Luckily, the engine turned. Point is, these are very tough engines, and
>> unless it seized, it should come unstuck. IIRC, you said he said it was
>> running when he put it up. Maybe you could get by with just pulling the
>> head. Still, disconnect the belts, then try the big socket thing after
>> soaking with Kroil or PB Blaster. Let us know if you ever find out what
>> the problem was.
>>
>> Steve
>>
>>
I've used PB Blaster to free more than one old engine. If after a few days
of soaking it still won't turn I would pull the head. My experience with
these small tractor type motors is that they either set up from cylinder
wall rust or because water ran down into the exhaust system and rusted a
valve in place.
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