Recent content by Crusty007

Thanks, that's welcome news. If I can't get down there to that broken bolt and remove it I can still leave it in and thread the outer end of the crank bore. All that bolt has to do then is hold the flywheel onto the shaft since a key transmits the torque to the flywheel and a taper centers it...

I knew that it should be that way but I wanted a sanity check anyway just in case there was some gotcha that I didn't know about. What I don't yet know is if the part that the flywheel goes onto is a stub shaft that in turn goes onto the actual crankshaft and is also held onto the crank by that...

Thanks Ray, that's a welcome sanity check. Since the exposed end of the broken bolt is some 5" down inside the crank center bore the odds of even being able to drill it are not good. I've been using two nested sockets on the end of my puller bolt to protect the crank end and to keep the...

Like I said, I've already pulled 5/16" bolt threads out of the hub and I bent the 1/2" pusher bolt on the puller that I made this morning, so it had a hell of a lot of force on it. Of course this was accompanied by many whacks using a 3lb sledge hammer to try and get it to break free, for zero...

I just stripped out the remaining original 5/16" threaded hole in the hub with my puller so it will have to be threaded larger now too. Put a bend into the central 1/2" bolt of my puller too. I really don't want to use heat because there's an alternator coil attached to the backside of the...

I haven't been able to see the end of the bolt yet because I'm still struggling to get the flywheel off. I made a puller this morning and threaded the stripped out hole for a larger bolt, but after an hour with a big Crescent wrench I'm still no closer to getting it off. I'm close to dragging...

I don't think there was any malice involved, but rather just a common misrememberance. But don't trivialize the impact of a needlessly broken bolt in the crankshaft. I still don't know yet if this just became a parts machine.

I'm familiar with occasional brain dysfunction because it's something I have to watch for myself since I no longer have the mental clarity that I had for most of my life. I find that it's wise for me to check things several times, ensuring that my thought process isn't locked into the same...

Since my unit was built for two I have a strong incentive to go with two - and the thought of sweltering in the heat waiting for a battery to arrive when I could have gone to Napa and bought a replacement 12v days before is the deciding factor for me. If they'd fit I'd even consider Trojan T105...

I have the TM from here but I don't have a clue what years it's for. My 002A is a 1984 built by Onan according to the plate. Is there an advantage to using a 24v battery vs 2 12v batts? This is eventually going to become the backup power during floods at my cabin on the river and I could see...

I've calmed down now and wish to submit my apologies to you. I should have stopped when I found that it was so hard to get any movement but everything else on this gen so far has been difficult to get apart and I thought that this bolt was just another example, so I kept hammering. Once the...

That taught me a lesson yet again. It's a right hand threaded bolt which holds the flywheel on and now I've got a broken bolt in the end of the crank.

It's missing those fins because some ham fisted idiot broke them off, likely in the scenario you suggested. The engine turns over normally with a 3/8" drive ratchet on the center bolt. There's also one fin on a head that's cracked and it will eventually break off - maybe I can braze it. I've...

Thanks - I'll take a look tomorrow. I've studied the pump label plate extensively and I can factually state that Ambac (or any other manufacturer's name) is not on it, and I was thinking that I likely have a PSU. So that thing I took to be a seal is actually the spacer? Looks like I'll be...

I just marked the piston and then rotated the motor with a ratchet and I can see the piston rotating in a CCW direction so I guess that verifies functionality. Here's a picture of the parts that I have. The seal on the mushroom button is cut and no doubt not a seal anymore. The valve housing...