hanyoukimura
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Finally a break in all this rain! Of course it was very muggy and warm, but at least i was able to get some work done.
Well the little Poulan that smoked a bit finally sold.
Today was a pretty productive day. Had a look at a neighbor's Craftsman. He dropped it off a few days ago saying it would leave a puddle of oil on the ground. He mentioned he had put a bolt through the back mount with a nut on it to hold it to the deck because the deck had cracked. He thought it was the crankshaft seal on the Briggs Quantum and had bought a new one. However, when I first looked at it that day I noticed oil on the back of the deck and under the deck but there didn't appear to be oil on the crankshaft. My suspicion about the leak was confirmed when I as I was pulling the engine off. It turns out it wasn't the deck that was cracked, but the block of the engine itself was cracked. In fact the mount was broken away from the engine, leaving a hold for oil to leak out of. He's deciding what he wants to do with it.
Afterward, I finished rigging up a homemade BBC cable for the Ariens so I could see how it ran. The cable actually looks fairly legit, I'm pretty pleased with it, although I will probably still go buy a new OEM cable...seems the one I need is actually about $20 so not bad. I'll get pictures of the setup tomorrow.
I also decided to finally tinker with the Jacobsen. The exterior of the carburetor and tank were nasty, but the inside wasn't too bad. Cleaned it all up, rinsed teh tank out and cleaned the carburetor and it fired right up! needs a throttle spring, but it will run really well without it, just at low idle.
I also finally played with this Craftsman I've had for over a year now. gave up on the finicky carburetor and swapped it out with another one, put a shroud on that would accept the tank I have for it, and it too fired up and runs well.
Well the little Poulan that smoked a bit finally sold.
Today was a pretty productive day. Had a look at a neighbor's Craftsman. He dropped it off a few days ago saying it would leave a puddle of oil on the ground. He mentioned he had put a bolt through the back mount with a nut on it to hold it to the deck because the deck had cracked. He thought it was the crankshaft seal on the Briggs Quantum and had bought a new one. However, when I first looked at it that day I noticed oil on the back of the deck and under the deck but there didn't appear to be oil on the crankshaft. My suspicion about the leak was confirmed when I as I was pulling the engine off. It turns out it wasn't the deck that was cracked, but the block of the engine itself was cracked. In fact the mount was broken away from the engine, leaving a hold for oil to leak out of. He's deciding what he wants to do with it.
Afterward, I finished rigging up a homemade BBC cable for the Ariens so I could see how it ran. The cable actually looks fairly legit, I'm pretty pleased with it, although I will probably still go buy a new OEM cable...seems the one I need is actually about $20 so not bad. I'll get pictures of the setup tomorrow.
I also decided to finally tinker with the Jacobsen. The exterior of the carburetor and tank were nasty, but the inside wasn't too bad. Cleaned it all up, rinsed teh tank out and cleaned the carburetor and it fired right up! needs a throttle spring, but it will run really well without it, just at low idle.
I also finally played with this Craftsman I've had for over a year now. gave up on the finicky carburetor and swapped it out with another one, put a shroud on that would accept the tank I have for it, and it too fired up and runs well.
