[AT] Sorry for the OT post...

[Dick Day]

Yep, it cranks just like before, I can tell when it hits dtc.

On Tue, Jul 18, 2017 at 12:24 PM, charlie hill <charliehill at embarqmail.com>
wrote:

> If it blew the oil fill plug out of it, it has to have base compression.
> That's not a good sign!
>
> Does it turn over freely now?
>
> Charlie
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Dick Day
> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2017 5:25 PM
> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
> Subject: Re: [AT] Sorry for the OT post...
>
> So... is there a chance the engine is still salvageable?   No parts laying
> around, just the plastic oil fill threaded plug.  It all happened so fast.
> My wife and I both smelled something burning but saw no flames.  The engine
> shut down and 2 seconds later the oil fill plug shot about 2 feet from the
> engine and oil went a good 15 feet.   I let it cool down outside and rolled
> it back into the shop.  I am semi-retired and only work Mondays & Tuesdays,
> so Wednesday I plan on removing the pump, draining the oil through a fine
> screen. If I don't see any pieces in the oil, I'll fill it back up and see
> if it will run without the pump on.
>
> Thanks
>
> On Mon, Jul 17, 2017 at 4:19 PM, Dick Day <dickday0 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > 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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