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I've got to show my son that grapple! He took an old 425 last year and outfitted it with an LPW2 engine.
Converted it to 24V and has more lights and flashers on it than most emergency vehicles!
He made forks, a weight block and a 2 stage trailer hitch for the 3 point, then he made a hydraulic...
Here's my take on things....
In the first video I believe it is running on 1 cylinder. It is taking far too long for it to come up to speed and the smoke puffs look like a single cylinder firing not 2, and speed sounds fairly close to 1800.
In the 2nd video it sounds smoother, but I still think...
On the fuel level sensor you are correct, polarity doesn't matter. I usually connect black to what used to be the ground and the sense wire to the red / brown lead, but really doesn't matter and really no point in attaching to one of the mounting screws, I usually just connect with adhesive...
I'd agree with your game plan.
When you crank the 2007 over, how does it sound? does it spin abnormally fast, without strong compression pulses?
I assume you already have a cylinder hone, but if not get yourself a Lisle 15000 micrometer head hone.
I've successfully honed these motors up to...
I agree with replacing the original shim packs. I've never actually gone through the process of measuring to determine the correct shims. I have always either replaced whatever came out originally, or if that was unknown I throw 2 black shims back in and call it good and never had a problem...
You can do it with your 4" wheel. Cut diagonally on like a 45 degree angle to help avoid cutting into the stop. Even if you cut the shaft a tiny bit, it won't matter, the race doesn't spin on the shaft, so a small nick won't affect anything. Cut as far as you can and split it open by pounding in...
I wouldn't think your units would already have been bored out. I have zero experience with how the military maintains their equipment, but I would think boring the block would be beyond the limit that they would go before setting it aside for auction, especially a generator that new. Only way to...
When you first mentioned using Evaporust and a cyl. hone for the 2007 I thought you were crazy. I would have anticipated it needing to be bored and sleeved with all that rust! I've never used Evaporust but looking at the pictures I can't believe the transformation. Apparently it really is...
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