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Post by pinkscoot on Sept 8, 2020 14:16:19 GMT -5
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Post by milly on Sept 8, 2020 17:38:13 GMT -5
Nice to see, a lot of my friends in the music and entertainment industry have not worked since March either over here.
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Post by pinkscoot on Sept 9, 2020 9:51:24 GMT -5
The UK did this back in August and it was very successful. Some of our stagehands in town have side work that gets them by but I had one guy come out that's a bartender, drummer and stagehand he's had nothing. He says his garden has never looked so good.
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Post by 90GTVert on Sept 9, 2020 19:19:04 GMT -5
I pulled the valve cover off of the dead cylinder on the riding mower. No need to check valve clearance, since both pushrods were just lying in there. Didn't need any testing to tell if they were bent either. I pulled the head off to look it over. I'm not really sure why it bent the pushrods. Apparently it's common for mowers to overheat and the valve guides move. Both the intake and exhaust valves are ~8mm above the spring seats. Looks normal AFAICT. One valve seal is totally missing the rubber part. I'm gonna assume that's why it smoked on startup. Initially I thought that combined with compression loss was pointing to rings. The tappets, which are just solid steel, seem to move fine and look OK from what little I can see from the top. The engine would have to be removed and totally disassembled to inspect the cam, tappets, get the piston out, etc.. The valves move well in the guides, no excessive carbon buildup, wear on the rockers looks pretty normal to me. I kinda hate to do it without knowing for sure what's up, but I think I'm gonna get new pushrods, valve seals and of course gaskets and put it back together. I did hear some tapping/knocking, so maybe valve clearance was an issue? I'll order the other valve cover gasket too and check those so maybe this won't happen again if it was the issue. BTW, 1st valve clearance check in the service manual is rec at 300 hours. Currently at 205.9hrs. I guess these things are like Chinese scooters and you just can't trust the manufacturers to get stuff right. I know darn well that hardly any (if any) mower dealers would ever check this stuff on a new mower. So that mower is down and I go to cut grass on the old Craftsman yesterday. I get 1/2 done and the pulley and belt that were replaced 1 1/2 mowings ago failed. The pulley ripped apart again and took the belt with it. Perfect. I went 80 something miles round trip to the nearest Husqvarna dealer that actually stocks much and got genuine parts today so I could finish mowing instead of waiting till next week for online parts when the grass is a foot tall. I've been using a lot of Stens parts for years for these Craftsman/Husqvarna/AYP mowers and they've mostly been alright, but I think the pulley and belt both sucked. The belt is actually shorter and the pulley uses a riveted design, different from the current OEM pulley. Combine the two and the pulley rips apart at the rivets I guess. Also did the front wheel bearing (ball bearing) conversion on the old mower today since it has worked well on the newer one so far. I'm so tired of mowers. Never had a season like this before, where it's literally one thing after the other or sometimes a bunch at once.
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Post by aeroxbud on Sept 10, 2020 5:27:04 GMT -5
That's pretty poor reliability from the new mower.
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Post by 90GTVert on Sept 10, 2020 8:12:18 GMT -5
That's pretty poor reliability from the new mower. Yeah, I'm not happy about it. The newest mower we've had before it is the 20 year old Craftsman that we've still got with a Kohler engine. I have never even done the recommended vavle adjustments on that thing. 20 years, nothing but oil changes, spark plugs and air filters. Engine has been flawless. That's the same experience that I recall with every other mower with a Briggs or Kohler engine. Granted, it would be advisable to do the routine maintenance schedule, but they've always ran and ran. I kinda figured that's just how it is when you make a 700-800cc engine put out just ~25HP and they were designed for this. Whenever a mower is replaced I don't think I'll be going with a Kawasaki engine. Of course for all I know this could be the modern era of Chinese junk and this is how it goes. I ordered pushrods and such last night. Replacement rods are now thicker. I thought about it and I think I may go ahead and order 2 more. If I'm gonna check the lash on the other side, doing the rods won't take much longer.
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Post by FrankenMech on Sept 10, 2020 12:11:53 GMT -5
Rotten Chinesium steel. There is a lot more to making steel than just melting some scrap in a pot and rolling it out. That pulley looks like pot metal.
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Post by oldgeek on Sept 11, 2020 21:01:57 GMT -5
Microsoft forced a huge update on my computer first thing this morning. Totally wacked my windows 10 install. Spent the better part of the day getting it straightened out. I had to reload the OS, lucky I did not loose anything but time. I am still working on reloading applications.
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Post by FrankenMech on Sept 11, 2020 23:17:02 GMT -5
I usually install a windoze OS, get a few stable updates, then turn off updating for that very reason. Plus updates usually seem to come at the worst times and tie up your computer when you NEED to use it. AAARGH!!! Microsucks and Bill Gates be damned to Hell.
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Post by 2stroked on Sept 13, 2020 7:39:25 GMT -5
Aggghhhh.
Long story incoming.
Okay, so for the last year and a bit, I havr been using a 2017 1635 Massey to cultivate the the fields. Never had an issue with it. Now we let someone (Boss's BIL) borrow it to till their plot, and without me or the boss knowing, they decided to take the cultivator off the new tractor and put it on the old 135 gas special. When asked why they said they were more comfortable with the older machine. Okay, I can somewhat get that...
Yesterday I went to pull the Redskin potatoes, and to do that with any kind of quickness it's best to use a wide plow with the tractor so I slap the plow on the three point, and drive over to the patch. Get lined up, and go to drop the plow. Here's three problem. All the way down, which until the BIL played with shit got me almost eight inches of depth, has the tip of the plow about four inches ABOVE ground. Nothing I do will make it drop any further.
It's now my opinion the BIL managed to either break something, or they played with some shit they didn't need to play with, causing the issue. Just for shits and giggles I'mma hook up the cultivator today to see if it actually engages the soil. I'm at a loss. Oh, and now moving the draft lever moves absolutely nothing at all....
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Post by FrankenMech on Sept 13, 2020 11:26:55 GMT -5
I have found it is best not to let anyone borrow your tools or equipment. They always seem to come back bent, worn, broken, or screwed up, if they come back at all. It is sad to say this but I have learned this through long experience. People don't seem to respect and care for things they didn't shell out the bucks for.
In this case I think I would tell the boss that the equipment must go to the shop because it is broken or missing parts. Then let him deal with the BIL's screwup and the delay in getting the crops taken care of. The shop bill and/or rental cost of equipment should be his problem.
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Post by 90GTVert on Sept 16, 2020 15:02:41 GMT -5
I got the Husqvarna riding mower going again. Replaced valve seals, push rods, and gaskets. Check the side that still worked and put in the beefier redesigned pushrods over there too. Valve clearance is spec'd at 0.002-0.004". The working side was 0.012-0.013", still 100 hours away from the recommended first lash check.
Sounded much better than it has for a long time when I fired it up. Cut one quick pass and it ran well. So far, so good. Gotta cut all of the grass in a bit so it will be thoroughly tested. Crossing my fingers for no more pushrod (or any other) failures.
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Post by FrankenMech on Sept 16, 2020 15:33:04 GMT -5
Did you adjust the working side lash anyway?
I got the grass mowed today after a notice from the city. Some of those grass seed heads had reached 10" high OH NO!!!! I don't mow wet grass, and it has been raining, after an incident when I was younger but the city does not care. They must stick their nose in everywhere to justify their existence.
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Post by 90GTVert on Sept 16, 2020 22:06:31 GMT -5
Did you adjust the working side lash anyway? Yeah. I did the push rods on that side and set the valve lash to spec after.
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Post by captincvmn on Sept 17, 2020 14:34:43 GMT -5
Howdy y’all
So I’m learning my way around the forum, catching up on 49ccscoot U-Tube vids, leaving comments as Robert Pierce. Captaincvmn is an old CB handle converted to an AOL screen name back in 1994.
I work on garage doors in the York, PA area but I travel in a two hour radius from there.
I was in Hagerstown MD today working on dock equipment at a new Amazon building. Hydraulic 460v levelers with truck restraints. Dock seals etc. I’ll dig up a picture. Gotta convert to “desktop” mode on my iPhone so I can post pic.
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