[AT] Sorry for the OT post...

[Dick Day]

Correct, the pto shaft on the engine.

On Fri, Jul 14, 2017 at 9:35 AM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com> wrote:

> Dick, to clarify, you said "I did notice that the pto shaft that the pump
> attaches to was so hot I could not even touch it."   You DO mean the motor
> shaft, right?  Not the pump?
>
>
> SO
>
>
> On Thu, Jul 13, 2017 at 9:26 PM, Dick Day <dickday0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > I'm desperate.  Last year I bought a fairly large power washer.  4200psi
> > 3.5gpm.  It has a 389cc gas engine. It ran great, we used it a lot.  In
> the
> > Fall, I removed the pump and stored it the heated shop for the winter.
> > Over the winter, I converted it to also run on LP.  In the dead of
> winter,
> > I wheeled it outside and it fired right up.  I put it away until the
> > spring.  I put the pump back on and decided to clean the siding on the
> back
> > of the house.  It started right up. The second I squeeze the trigger, it
> > runs really bad.  Let go of the trigger and it's fine.
> >
> > I put some gas in it and now it also runs really bad when engaging the
> > pump.  If I remove the pump, it starts and runs great on both LP and gas.
> >
> > The LP conversion consisted of removing the air filter, installing longer
> > bolts and mounting an LP collar between the carb and the air filter.
> > Nothing was modified.  I've done several LP conversions and they all run
> > way better on LP. After a few years, the pistons look almost new.
> >
> > The company, Champion, has been fantastic.  They do not discourage their
> > customers from converting to LP.  The tech I have been working with says
> > that he and the others in his office "hate" to see engines running on
> gas.
> >
> > So, it seems as though the pump might have gone bad sitting in the box
> over
> > the winter.  Not likely.
> >
> > Today, I pulled the pump off and wheeled it outside and fired it up on
> both
> > LP and gas.  No problems.
> >
> > I did notice that the pto shaft that the pump attaches to was so hot I
> > could not even touch it.  Is this normal? Does heat simply get
> transferred
> > through the pto shaft?
> >
> > As I said, the company has been fantastic to work with. They sent me a
> new
> > carb and even a new pump (which I have not tried yet).  I'm trying to see
> > why the pto shaft is so terribly hot.
> >
> > Is this normal?
> >
> > Thoughts?
> >
> > Thanks
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