[AT] Sorry for the OT post...

charlie hill charliehill at embarqmail.com
Tue Jul 18 10:24:24 PDT 2017


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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