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Doc Sprocket Site VIP
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? August 31st 2013, 3:11 pm | |
| That's... what I thought. That is a product designed for piston-ported two-strokes. Reed-valve, and rotary-valve 2-strokes, and all 4-stroke engines have valves that prevent the backwash that the product supposedly cures. So- while it looks cool, it's not actually doing anything for your mower engine...
To be honest, I'm not convinced the bottle even does anything on a piston-ported 2-stroke for which it is designed. Any "backwash" that may occur, will take the path of least resistance (as proven by simple, common physics). With a choice between a narrow tube and a bottle that may or may not be vented atmosperically, and a nice big carburetor venturi, it's not hard to imagine it shooting right out the carb every time. | |
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Tyler Vanderwege New Member
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? August 31st 2013, 3:26 pm | |
| Yeah actually after reading that again I'm questioning my placement on the motor lol. Spur of the moment decisions aren't always the best.
Edit: after putting the rtv on the gasket and changing out the manifold it's still not letting me give it gas without bogging out. What else could it be.
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? August 31st 2013, 6:13 pm | |
| Okay- I didn't actually do anything to a TRACTOR... I recently acquired another Peerless 700. I tore out down completely, and spend several hours scrubbing all that evil Bentonite off all the almost 50 parts involved. With everything clean, I inspected all the internals. For a used unit bought unseen, not bad. The shift keys had a bit of corner damage, so I replaced them. The keys are still good spares, though. I have to order a new oil seal for the pinion shaft, as I will be filling this with 90W gear oil. Other than that, it's good to go! Aside from a few hard shifts that slightly chewed the keys, I think this does not have a lot of miles on it. Bushing and bearing wear is minimal, and there's no notable gear wear at all. Nice! | |
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? September 1st 2013, 1:41 pm | |
| - Doc Sprocket wrote:
- That's a nice old Sears! Looks just like the General used to!
yea, ive done a good bit to the body to get it in decent shape, and i love the springs under the seat, really helps alot this is it before i di some work to it lol | |
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k2500life Veteran Member
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? September 3rd 2013, 9:58 am | |
| Was not today, but... Stretch and I prepped for the tractor race/party coming up Saturday! Of course we had to do plenty of testing of the courses. | |
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? September 3rd 2013, 10:05 am | |
| Havent done anything today - its only now 7am but in recent days war machine mk1 got some new wheels front and rear, along with new (to me) tires, some LED glow lights under the hood (yet to be wired in) and very soon another front pulley upgrade is in order. Today I am setting up "the command center" - my old camp trailer being turned into a mini mobile shop for the builds, a place to make plans, small parts mods, and even paint some parts when needed (it is surprisingly well ventilated for such an old trailer) |
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? September 3rd 2013, 3:49 pm | |
| I cleaned a bunch of crap off my mower pulled it out of the garage to attempt to start it and it started to rain so I pushed it back in the garage and that is what I have done to it in the past month | |
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? September 3rd 2013, 6:44 pm | |
| on my bolens G10 (1974) i started it for the first time in a week, topped off the fuel, tightened the steering bolts, and aired up the tires again.. i have to get a drive belt, and she'll be good to romp. gotta get dome tires.. thinking bearclaws | |
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? September 5th 2013, 4:50 pm | |
| Thanks. Today, I tore open the transaxle (920) and replaced the pinion shaft bearings. Then, I replaced both clutch pulleys, because those bearings were bad too. It was pretty loud when you let the clutch out. All quiet now. Except the Cherry Bomb muffler... LOL | |
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? September 14th 2013, 10:00 pm | |
| Today, I was working on MULE's controls. I separated the throttle and choke mechanisms. Now, the factory dashboard throttle/choke combo control opens and closes the choke only. I grabbed a brake pedal I had pulled off a 1989 Yamaha XV250 Virago parts bike I bought awhile back, and mounted the pedal assembly to the right side frame above the footboard. I ran a cable from there to the to factory throttle/governor control. I ran out of daylight before I could finish. I have to come up with a cable stop to attach the cable to the block, and locate and mount a return spring to pull the throttle back to idle when you get off the pedal, then adjust everything. Will update my thread when it's done. | |
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? September 14th 2013, 10:36 pm | |
| I was running my tractor today and for no reason I decided to check the oil, good thing I did, it was completely dry so I was lucky enough to happen to have a spare quart on me... | |
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? September 15th 2013, 5:25 pm | |
| Finished setting up my gas pedal (works great!) and then proceeded to deep-six the factory console shift and instead set up the PTO engagement lever as a gearshift. Much better! | |
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| Subject: Re: What have you done to your tractor today? September 16th 2013, 8:49 pm | |
| drew up some possible plans for a new exhaust. consisting of a few feet of pipe, a cylindrical muffler and a rain cap.. gonna be a stack, but not too overly tall, maybe 6 inches tall | |
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