[AT] Who would have thunk it...

[Michael P. Maynard]

Farmer, biggest reason it smoothed out and quieted down, was the extra
lubrication that 'biodiesel' has by nature.  (no pun intended)  Also, it
probably worked as a fuel system cleaner as well, being that biodiesel has a
cleaning solvent property to it.

Mike

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Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2006 10:46 PM
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Subject: [AT] Who would have thunk it...

	I got the steering back together with the new bearings on my Yanmar
1500 and have 
been mowing with it this week trying to get ready for a family reunion this
weekend. 
The steering works fine but it does have some non adjustable play in it from
wear in 
the recirculating ball block and the grooves in the worm on the shaft. I
think a 
little later I will order a new shaft and block assembly. About $120 from
the outfit 
in Texas but it is working basically OK for now so I am working it.
	It had some old diesel in it when I bought it and while it ran OK it
did seem to 
hammer a good bit and smoked a lot of black smoke. It seemed a tiny bit
rougher than 
I liked but I blamed the old fuel. I bought new fuel and that seemed to help
a tiny 
bit but it didn't change it a lot. Backing up a bit... list member Scott
Pike had 
inquired about some soy-diesel at a farm show and they sent him a 5 gallon
can of 
it. Since he didn't think it would do very well in his gas Allis's he gave
it to me. 
  Thanks Scott...   <(^¿^)>
	I filled the tank with that and the change was remarkable... In
about 20 minutes it 
lost most of the hammering and the smoke went almost totally away. The
running 
smoothed out and it pulled that 5' finish mower with much less effort...
Convinced 
me.



--
"farmer"

I try to take one day at a time but sometimes several days attack
me at once.   <(^¿^)> 

Refurbished Shopsmith's
Good used SPT's
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Francis Robinson
Central Indiana, USA
robinson at svs.net




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