[AT] Stationary engine cylinder oilers

[Henry Miller]

I finally took it apart today. Good
Thing, there was a quarter inch of junk in the bottom blocking the holes
so no oil could get through. Of course I didn't have a replacement
gasket so the bowl leaks oil out fast, but I can tell something is
getting down, and I think it is reaching the cylinder. It seems to be
dripping way too fast, but since most of the oil is leaking onto the
engine I don't care. Once I get a gasket (and recommendations?) I'll
worry about it. 

First order of business today was the cooling system. I don't know how
it was intended to be filled, but I removed the top pipe and put a hose
into the engine. The drain was opened, but nothing came out. I spent an
hour trying various things to get the junk out. When I finally got a
clear steam of water onto the ground I filled the engine until water
came out the top of the radiator. Turns out there is an overflow on the
radiator (probably to prevent pressure explosions when things get hot).
I put a bottle of cooling system cleaner in as well. 

Once the above was taken care of a little gas and crank it over. I made
the mistake of using the crank, and not pulling it off when the engine
fired... I'm glad I can reach the kill switch from the other side,
seeing the crank spinning was a little scary. Next try and drove it
around the house twice. The tractor was obviously designed for kids, I
can drive it but it is cramped. 

Video here. https://youtu.be/FZ9kXL9Bzws 

Soon after the video I decided it was too loud so I put a muffler that I
had laying around on. Much better though still loud. 

Then my son came outside so I let him drive. A 4 year old is a little
too small, but in first gear and low throttle it is hard that slow... I
needed to let that cleaner circulate so I was happy to let him drive for
probably an hour. I didn't let him out of the front yard as that is the
only level part of the yard. He was happy to drive his sister's tractor
(apparently the John deere is his, and this is his little sister's) 

I took the glass fuel bowl off the pearl and cleaned a quarter inch of
junk out of that. No fuel comes out when I turn the gas on so I suppose
I'll  have to clean that tank. 

I drained the fuel tank on the John deere. Varnish. Then I felt inside
the drain hole and there is a lot of junk so pulling that tank is also
on my todo list. 

With one running tractor I'm very happy with today though. 


-- 
  Henry Miller
  hank at millerfarm.com


On Sat, Aug 12, 2017, at 02:55 PM, Doug Tallman wrote 
> Henry, not sure which oiler you have but you should have the flip top up 
> to drip oil. The knurled nut below the flip knob will adjust the drips 
> per minute. Screing it out is more oil. Usually set the drips to 
> 8-10/min but may need to vary depending how much oil you see in the 
> cylinder. If you don't have enough, they will have a funny wheeze sound 
> to them. Doug T
> 
> On 8/10/2017 9:22 PM, Henry Miller wrote:
> > I've been playing with my new tractors. New battery in the pearl and it
> > turns over, but the varnish in the tank is preventing gas from reaching
> > the carb. I'll never again wish engineers had to work on their cars, my
> > uncle did all the work on this tractor, but that didn't prevent him from
> > putting a zerk where the battery has to be removed to get grease in. The
> > battery is underneath in front of the rear axel and there is no room to
> > swing a wrench. I had to block the battery to one inch below installed,
> > connect the cables and then lift it the rest of the way to bolt it in.
> >
> > Similar fuel problems with the John deere model (John deere e hit and
> > miss engine). I cleaned the check valve on the fuel line, but still no
> > fuel.
> >
> > I have a new water pump in the titan, but I keep looking at the cylinder
> > oiler and thinking I bet something is wrong and no oil is getting to the
> > cylinder. Needless to say I'm not going to run it until I can figure out
> > how to adjust it. I've never worked with one before so I only have vague
> > ideas of how they work. Does anyone have advice on what to do look for?
> > Maybe which forum the experts in these things hang out on?
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
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