|
Posted by SteveB on June 21, 2008, 1:27 pm
Please log in for more thread options
> 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
|
|
Posted by Grant Erwin on June 21, 2008, 2:51 pm
Please log in for more thread options
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 once worked on a Packard from the early '50s that had sat in a field for
awhile. The engine didn't turn over, so we pulled the head (straight eight).
We soaked all the pistons in penetrating oil for awhile, then took a piece
of wood and a hammer and, using the wood as a drift, tapped on each piston
in turn. After awhile, it broke loose. Then we put the head back on, used
a bunch of starting fluid, and fired it up. It ran at that point, at least
long enough to get it back to town to the rebuilders.
Can't quite believe you can't get it to turn over, Gunner. I think you just
gotta want it a little badder.
Grant
|
|
Posted by Ignoramus12603 on June 21, 2008, 5:39 pm
Please log in for more thread options 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
|
|
Posted by Grant Erwin on June 21, 2008, 5:53 pm
Please log in for more thread options 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
|
|
Posted by Ignoramus12603 on June 21, 2008, 9:18 pm
Please log in for more thread options > 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 ...
Yep.
> 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.
Absolutely. Wasting their own time also.
--
Due to extreme spam originating from Google Groups, and their inattention
to spammers, I and many others block all articles originating
from Google Groups. If you want your postings to be seen by
more readers you will need to find a different means of
posting on Usenet.
http://improve-usenet.org/
|
| Similar Threads | Posted | | Re: Miller Trailblazer 55G update...sob.... | June 23, 2008, 4:25 pm |
| Re: Miller Trailblazer 55G update...sob.... | June 23, 2008, 5:35 pm |
| Re: Miller Trailblazer 55G update...sob.... | June 23, 2008, 10:32 pm |
| Miller Trailblazer 55G? | June 3, 2008, 6:36 am |
| Miller Trailblazer 55G further updates..... | July 4, 2008, 9:16 pm |
| Page update | September 12, 2007, 2:39 pm |
| Page update | January 5, 2009, 11:55 am |
| Garage door update.... | April 30, 2008, 8:23 am |
| Update on welding class | September 5, 2008, 6:17 pm |
| Tanks update, many things and hopefully last post on this. | October 28, 2008, 10:46 am |
|
|
Yahoo! 
Google 
Windows Live 
del.icio.us 
digg 
Netscape 
XML Sitemap