Talk About Anything Thread V3

LOL, I know the dude probably does it as his side job to make some $$, but golly throw the rest of us a bone.

I am having a hard time training my Jack Russell about the wifi dog fence in the backyard. I should have just set-up a traditional fence.

Ugh... predicting 112-114 for a high temp tomorrow in OKC.  Right now it is 104.  This would all be fine with like 10-15% humidity, but we are running 50-60% humidity on top of that!  Ugh..  Feels like temp at 104 is 126, I can just imagine the 114.

Oof that sucks mighty

In other news, finally picked up an impact wrench today. It’s an older matco 1/2 inch drive. 1100 ft lbs of torque. I’m super stoked because I’m so used to taking my sweet time with my ratchets. Everything is about to go so much faster now

Ouch

Temps. 108 where I am. Red Dot.



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Boo....

Wow.  Only 105 here, must be because there is no concrete out here.

Sweet man, I got a used impact a month or so ago for 20$, actually, it hadn't even been used, anyways, work is so much faster now and my knuckles thank me.

WTFH! that's pretty hot!!!!! Luckily we here get max temps of ,,only" 35°C outdoors

SebastianAlbrecht wrote:

WTFH! that's pretty hot!!!!! Luckily we here get max temps of ,,only" 35°C outdoors  

That's still pretty warm.

MightyRaze wrote:

SebastianAlbrecht wrote:

WTFH! that's pretty hot!!!!! Luckily we here get max temps of ,,only" 35°C outdoors  

That's still pretty warm.

Yep it is. But we do'nt have it that often so hot. this years max were in my area 30°C

That's way too hot.  I was working in the sun in a 100 degree heat index last week.  I did get somewhat acclimated to it, but I don't think I could handle that Oklahoma heat.

I went out and tried to work on Kal... Did something else and came back in. LOL. 106 at 1:30 6ft off ground in the shade on the NON-sunny side of the house.

So I scored me another K Series today!





Small block, most likely a K181, attached to a Kohler generator. The generator is no good but that's okay because I'm only interested in the engine. Thinking about sticking it in my rusty old LT11 and making some cool rat rod speed machine, I think that'd be real neat.  Being a genny engine it most likely have a tapered PTO journal, but I can work with that for sure. Either way it's a pretty cool unit!

rebuild the engine, sandblast it, put it on whatever you want, run it til it dies

I love that weathered yellow look. Very industrial and ratty. Perfect for a rat rod

SebastianAlbrecht wrote:

rebuild the engine, sandblast it, put it on whatever you want, run it til it  dies

I mean, the engine runs just fine so I doubt I'll rebuild it.

CraftsmanQuad19 wrote:

I love that weathered yellow look. Very industrial and ratty. Perfect for a rat rod

Yeah totally, looks like an old Cat engine or something, hahaha. I was planning on just leaving it like that, maybe a coat of clear too.

Sweet find.  Electric start?  The oil drain plug is in a different location than my K181s, mine are on the bottom.

Thanks, haha. She's rope start only which isn't a big deal to me

So bit of an update, I got the generator seperated from the engine and got a look and my PTO journal:



Short tapered shaft, with a woodruff slot (oddly enough) But I had a fellow I know cut the hub off the ammature in his horizontal band saw.





Perfect! Just gotta get a much shorter bolt for the crank, then I can fix a pulley to the hub and lock the whole riggins onto the crank! Got pretty lucky there, haha.  Also as a bonus he gave me a neat old Honda G200 horizintal shaft engine:



So that might turn into a cool project. I'm definitely happy about the Kohler though, haha.

That Honda is pretty cool, and glad to hear about the shaft

Briggs would be better, but the K Kohlers are good too

CraftsmanQuad19 wrote:

That Honda is pretty cool, and glad to hear about the shaft

Thanks CQ, I'm pretty happy about it too. Haha.

SebastianAlbrecht wrote:

Briggs would be better, but the K Kohlers are good too

A couple things better in my opinion about these Kohlers then old cast Briggs are the side draft carbs (as opposed to updraft, which can be a little finicky), the fully adjustable valve lash, and the external, easy to access breaker points (as opposed to under the flywheel). I love my good ol' Briggs and Strattons, but the K Series are undeniably good engines.

Sweet old Kohler.... back when they were great engines. Don't get me wrong they still have some good ones.. But yeah!... That's one of the nice things about having the whole thing, you were able to make a shaft! Love the look of that old thing.

Yeah, they still make decent engines I guess, but nothing as good as these oldies. Haha.

What is the size of the shaft adapter created?

The darker part is exactly 1.500", so I'm thinking I could probably get a deck drive pulley off one of the engines I have lying around and fit it on there. Hopefully anyway, haha.

Got some new junks. 74 Kawasaki F11 250 and a minibike with a 2hp Briggs