[AT] 430V

[Mattias Kessén]

Congratulations!

Med vänlig hälsning

Mattias Kessén


Sent from my not so smart phone.

Den 16 sep. 2017 2:49 em skrev "Stephen Offiler" <soffiler at gmail.com>:

> WOW!  Congrat's!
>
> (and I'll take about 1% of the credit... it's the 99% perspiration thing
> that gets the job done!)
>
> SO
>
>
> On Sat, Sep 16, 2017 at 7:46 AM, Spencer Yost <yostsw at atis.net> wrote:
>
> > Yep John, the only way I'm staying away from the tractor is to cut hay,
> > which will happen today or tomorrow depending on soil moisture.   I wish
> I
> > could be raking hay with it - we'll see...   I'm certainly going to try.
> >
> > The engine must still pretty snug because raising the rear wheels last
> > night would not turn it.   After looking at the cylinder walls below the
> > piston I am pleased with what I have seen in terms of newly exposed 1/2"
> > section of the wall but some fine emery cloth, cleaning and some oil for
> > the lower wall is in order.  So I lowered the rear end last night and
> will
> > clean up the walls before I go any further.
> >
> > After I clean up the cylinder I will  try the starter first.
> >
> > Stay tuned,
> >
> >
> > Spencer Yost
> >
> > > On Sep 16, 2017, at 7:23 AM, John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > I forgot to add, if you work really fast, you just might make it to the
> > > hay field with this tractor for the last cutting.:-D
> > >
> > > John Hall
> > >
> > >
> > >> On 9/15/2017 9:37 PM, Spencer Yost wrote:
> > >> It free!!!!!!
> > >>
> > >> A solid 30° movement on my flywheel mark and a half an inch on my rod
> > measurement. However I have run out of things to jack against. Now all
> the
> > counter weights are all too close to the oil pump or the sides of blocks
> to
> > safely use the jack. So I have the tractor suspended on the rear wheels
> > again and I will leave it overnight.
> > >>
> > >> Steve Offiler probably gets the prize for this one for bring up the
> > geometry idea. I got progress by abandoning jacking against the front
> > counter weight; which was not a perfectly tangential force, and went to
> the
> > second cylinder counter weight, which I could create a perfectly
> tangential
> > force too. It acted like it was never stuck and simply gave up the ghost
> > with no problem.  Clearly, geometry is everything.
> > >>
> > >> Unfortunately the second counter weight required very careful
> > positioning, as there is about three different things I could damage if
> > anything slipped or moved too quickly. And now it's too far up in the
> block
> > to jack against.
> > >>
> > >> 99% of the work is done. I am quite relieved!
> > >>
> > >> Spencer Yost
> > >>
> > >>
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