Recent content by grywitt

Do i got my bore gauge. It's a cheap one but for my level of expertise it should be fine. I zero ed. I don't know how to write zeroed, zerod? It to the smallest dimension I could find in the cylinder wall. It has a .01 mm per mark measuring ability and I couldn't find anywhere in the cylinder...

Correct me if I'm wrong. The carbon and smoke are from over fueling. So rings not holding proper compression mean each explosion isn't giving the expected power so it's sending more fuel to compensate. Hence over fueling? I can at least see logic in that. I did find a guy around here that...

Okay so the top ring was stuck in place. There are some scratches in the piston above where it (the gap) was stuck. I ordered a bore measuring tool. I thought for a minute that the timing was off because my dots didn't come together but with a little more turning they matched up. Ha ha...

Well i see I'm not alone at least. I still want to buy them but have to stop myself. I too have noticed that the gens are selling for quite a bit more on the auction that they were when I first started buying them. That's why I thought I could at least sell them easily when I got off my lazy...

I found a thread on here about getting that pmg off and the tool to use. Stop looking i found it. I will be digging into this engine soon. I don't have an internal micrometer. I should probably start looking into which shops around here might bore that out for me. This is getting outside my...

I'm definitely going to do that once i figure out how to get the PMG out of my way. I do need to get the rotor out of the stator yes? Can I take the retaining ring off and pull them both together? I got it to come out about an inch so far but my puller isn't correct. Can someone recommend the...

The one head stud bolt is really rusty. Not sure what to think of that as well. The head gasket looked okay to me no obvious leakage. I sprayed pb blaster in the cylinder on the piston and it stayed for quite a while. As i moved the piston up and down there did seem to be a spot where it might...

Copy that. I just thought maybe someone took it apart and didn't put them all back. The TM says 16-18. .. 13 is what I was seeing. Then the TM says add shims to add degrees but that's backwards right? Closer the the lobe adds degrees yes? More shims means less degrees? I'm pretty confused...

So as i add shims and get closer to TDC I think I realize the TM is backwards? The TM says if it's before 16 add shims. What am I seeing wrong? I did check the injector spray and timing and it looks good and happens at about 5 degrees. Since add far as i can tell now I need to remove shims I...

Me too! This is my favorite Gen. Well gens. I don't have the need for uninterrupted power so the sync box is a novelty but I like it.

Much better! Thanks again for the help! It looks good with new lamps.

I guess I better stop buying gens. I've been telling my wife is can sell them if I want to. Ha ha. I was working a lot of hours and was collecting projects cause I enjoy fixing things. Most of them I bought as non running machines. From what I've seen I've gotten really lucky and they have all...

So I got a gen at the auction thinking it looked rough enough it might be a good parts gen. I paid a bit much for a parts gen but with the price of parts it should wash pretty quick. Well after about 15 minutes with my meter and some hand tools it's running making power and sounds pretty good...

I'm going to set it up with the fuel injector hooked up but not in the cylinder then try to see exactly when it pops. Seems like the only way to know for sure. I'm not fully understanding the TM on how I check the timing. I thought that's what I was doing.

I've made a few videos of different tries angles ect. I put the one shim back in and if anything i think it shows more that I need more. Probably it was the fact that I hooked up batteries and had the fuel pump running though. I'm wondering if someone pulled the pump and only reinstalled it...