I paid 900 in 2001. Best money I spent that year. It will last me many more years. By the time I replace it the annual cost will be under 30 bucks.
so waht ya doin today?
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Ian
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It has to be a diesel due to torque/rpm requirements of the pumps. I got it for a song to replace my extremely worn-out '83 model but haven't had the time or inclination to fix it. the Kubota V2230 is expensive, too, unless buying a used one. They go for about $1500, reman exchange more like 3500 with a good core, mine has a broken head and damaged block deck.
Bret4207
At the casting bench in the sky. RIP Bret.
Everything is closed down here. We certainly haven't had the 75mph winds they were calling for, but the temp dropped from 40 something to about 22 and the wind is blowing steady at 25 with gusts up to 40 or higher. Oh, and it's snowing enough to cause white outs. Roads are closed in one county, a gas station had the canopy over their pumps blown right over and out of the ground, powers out in a lot of places. Typical weather in the north country. I ensured we won't lose power for a single second by pre-planning and getting the 25Kw PTO genset hooked up to the tractor and staged it in front of the garage. The lights haven't so much as flickered!
Ian, how did someone manage to do all that to the Bobcat engine?
Snowblowers- you buy them in spring when the stores are having their closeouts or off Craigs List most anytime other than fall/winter. Most of the ones that "won't start" just need the fuel system cleaned. As long as people keep running E10 or 15 ethanol fuel in those things they will be a dime a dozen in "won't start" condition. Sometimes a can of Seafoam or Berrymans B25 will clean it enough to run. Usually you have to take the carb off and phyiscally clean as much as you can and then soak it in a variety of solvents trying to soften up that crap. Sometimes, not always certainly, you can buy a new carb for under $50 and as long as you avoid the "stale E10 left in the tank/carb" method of storing things you'll never have any more problems.
Ian, how did someone manage to do all that to the Bobcat engine?
Snowblowers- you buy them in spring when the stores are having their closeouts or off Craigs List most anytime other than fall/winter. Most of the ones that "won't start" just need the fuel system cleaned. As long as people keep running E10 or 15 ethanol fuel in those things they will be a dime a dozen in "won't start" condition. Sometimes a can of Seafoam or Berrymans B25 will clean it enough to run. Usually you have to take the carb off and phyiscally clean as much as you can and then soak it in a variety of solvents trying to soften up that crap. Sometimes, not always certainly, you can buy a new carb for under $50 and as long as you avoid the "stale E10 left in the tank/carb" method of storing things you'll never have any more problems.
Ian
Notorious member
They got it hot somehow (broken belt, coolant leak, who knows) and kept refilling it and running it until all four combustion chambers split. The fire ring blew on cylinder #4 from coolant explosions and continued operation etched a groove across the deck to one of the steam holes in the head, at which point they couldn't keep coolant in the system anymore. It probably has a bent rod or crankshaft, too, but I didn't check. A couple years ago the great People's State of Kalifornia had deemed the emissions from all mobile refrigeration units using this same engine to be a hazard to life, posterity, and the polar ice caps and to be taken out of service immediately, so they were available here in the US for a song with low hours. I didn't buy one because I couldn't confirm the crankshafts were the same, but even having to change the crank would be cheaper than a reman with no core. Used engines of unknown or undisclosed history are still pretty widely available. At some point I'll have to fix this one because the main pump unit is going out in my old one and when it quits completely it will total the machine. The pump on the other one is totally different, of course, and the engine in the one I'm using now isn't in great shape either.
uncle jimbo
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Waiting for it to stop raining so I can go out and try casting with that resurrected Lee mold I have been working on with a lot of ideas and help from everyone.
At least it is rain, which I don't have to shovel.
At least it is rain, which I don't have to shovel.
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KeithB
Resident Half Fast Machinist
Just finished the PowerPoint presentation I plan to give to the City Council tonight to try and get tax abatement for my new shop. I'll know in a few hours whether we will keep our operations in the City or move outside the City/County limits. At this point I'm tired of the whole thing, and while I hope we get it if we don't I will just pack up and go somewhere else.
462
California's Central Coast Amid The Insanity
Had a range session with the hoot-to-shoot Pedersoli/Navy Arms rolling block and Lyman's 457193 405-grainer. Tried a new load of 21-grains of 2400 and it grouped close to the bullet's accuracy load of 15.7-grains of Unique. Think I might give it another try.
The scouterized Swede's accuracy load hasn't been of late, and it didn't dawn on me till about an hour ago that, in the past, the muzzle's thread protector may not have been installed. Next time I'll remove it.
The scouterized Swede's accuracy load hasn't been of late, and it didn't dawn on me till about an hour ago that, in the past, the muzzle's thread protector may not have been installed. Next time I'll remove it.
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358156 hp
At large, whereabouts unknown.
And shovels typically have sharp edges, and are over 2-3/4 inches long, so be careful in some jurisdictions (Portland) since they could be considered as weapons or hazardous materials, and would be subject to confiscation, and you could be prosecuted for carrying one without a permit.
I'm still puzzled over half the academic world believing in global warming, and the other half seems wrapped up over a pending new ice age. I think they just split the difference and renamed their theories "climate change".
I'm still puzzled over half the academic world believing in global warming, and the other half seems wrapped up over a pending new ice age. I think they just split the difference and renamed their theories "climate change".
waco
Springfield, Oregon
Next time I’ll keep my mouth shut! Tell her I learned my lesson.
