Did the machine shop resurface the head? Some times the shops just run
a
Don't know, actually.
sanding block over it. Also, when you torqued down the head did you
follow
an established torque pattern and use that pattern to torque the head
down
in 3 or 4 successive levels of tightness. If
AS a quick and dirty - I don't want to put more time/money than
neccesary into it - move, you could try one of the head gasket sealing
products. That engine isn't very high compression is it? Might be
worth a shot, but I'd bet against it working.
--
OK Don, KD5NRO
Norman, OK
'90 300D, '87 300SDL,
01, 2006 9:55 PM
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Genset
AS a quick and dirty - I don't want to put more time/money than
neccesary into it - move, you could try one of the head gasket sealing
products. That engine isn't very high compression is it? Might be
worth a shot, but I'd bet against it working
Jim Cathey wrote:
Everything was very clean so far as I can remember. The leaks are in
the center, both sides.
How much does 6 gallons of Evans coolant cost?
I bet the leaks would be quite minor at zero pressure.
What did you use as the electrolyte?
What did you use for power?
Thanks
-Dave Walton
94 S350, 99 E300
On 1/1/06, Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I was curious how you got the piston out of the rusted bore without
beating
the crap out of it to get it out.
What do you mean 'without'?
Anyone here ever work with one of these?
http://utterpower.com/listeroi.htm
No, but I'd like to!
-- Jim
What did you use as the electrolyte?
Washing soda. Sodium carbonate. Found it in the laundry room.
What did you use for power?
Battery charger. Found it in the garage.
Net capital cost: Zero. Net result: OMFG this stuff is magic!
-- Jim
AS a quick and dirty - I don't want to put more time/money than
neccesary into it - move, you could try one of the head gasket sealing
products. That engine isn't very high compression is it? Might be
worth a shot, but I'd bet against it working.
10:1 compression, it's a for-LPG motor. I'm
There might be a slight coolant leak at the middle of the intake
manifold. I suppose it could be the head gasket, but I'm wondering if
the middle section of the manifold, the carburetor perch, is heated by
a coolant passage? It has holes into the head, and somehow I'd
thought it was exhaust
Jim Cathey wrote:
Anybody know about such things? This is an old low-tech heavy-duty
engine, are head-water-heated carburetor perches SOP?
I don't know much about heavy-duty engines, but it's certainly been done
before on car engines. You have to keep the intake from icing up one
way or
Aren't most V-8 intake manifolds heated with water from the heads?
Even the auto choke on my Saab V-4 Sonett was water heated!
On 12/31/05, David Brodbeck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Jim Cathey wrote:
Anybody know about such things? This is an old low-tech heavy-duty
engine, are
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Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Genset
In a message dated 12/31/2005 9:41:25 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This morning it ran at idle. A milestone! Details
Jim,
Hurray, have been following this project like the first moon visit! The
successful cylinder rust removal
I was curious how you got the piston out of the rusted bore without
beating
the crap out of it to get it out.
What do you mean 'without'? :-)
Much crap was beaten. But only after some serious rounds of
electrolytic rust-removal, and a bunch of penetrating oil.
Three pistons were rusted in
I've got the genset running at speed, and the battery charges
then. The regulator is discombobulated, however, and I'm getting
300+V. More disturbing than this is that the head gasket very
definitely _is_ leaking. Water is seeping out on both sides.
Sigh. The head was torqued down to 175#-ft
Jim Cathey wrote:
More disturbing than this is that the head gasket very
definitely _is_ leaking. Water is seeping out on both sides.
Sigh. The head was torqued down to 175#-ft in three stages,
over a new dry gasket. I wonder what is wrong?
Warpage? You did put a surface plate on it while
cool
Jim Cathey wrote:
This morning it ran at idle. A milestone! Details:
http://cathey.dogear.com/genset.html
-- Jim
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Ditto. When I first saw the pictures when you bought the genberator I could
not believe it could be resurrected.
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On 12/31/05 11:04 AM, Kaleb C. Striplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
cool
Jim Cathey wrote:
This morning it ran at idle. A milestone! Details:
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 08:40:53 -0800 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
This morning it ran at idle. A milestone! Details:
http://cathey.dogear.com/genset.html
Congratulations!
Is the green paint John Deere green, like I painted my genset?
I wasn't aware that yours ran on propane for some
Is the green paint John Deere green, like I painted my genset?
JD Green Krylon! 99 cents/can at the liquidator's.
I wasn't aware that yours ran on propane for some reason; that's what
my
Chevette-engine powered genset runs on, too.
I'd have preferred diesel, but this is what first became
Ditto. When I first saw the pictures when you bought the genberator I
could
not believe it could be resurrected.
You should have seen the Frankenheap!. Wait a minute, it pretty
much looks the same doesn't it.
-- Jim
On Sat, 31 Dec 2005 14:03:32 -0800 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'd have preferred diesel, but this is what first became
available locally. It's a pretty good fuel choice for a
backup generator, actually. It stores well.
Indeed it does! And it flows to wherever you want it. Plus, you
In a message dated 12/31/2005 9:41:25 A.M. US Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
This morning it ran at idle. A milestone! Details
Jim,
Hurray, have been following this project like the first moon visit! The
successful cylinder rust removal was of particular
Is this the six banger hercules that you did that museum derusting
trick
on?
Yeah. I can't emphasize enough how well that derusting technique
works, and it's cheap-cheap-cheap. But you do have to have a way
to submerge the rusty surface. I've got some rust spots on the
hood of the 190D that
On Thu, 15 Dec 2005 07:15:53 -0800 Jim Cathey [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
The motor never did turn over, but according to the Fluke I only was
getting 100A or so at the peak of current draw.
It draws more than 350A initial starting current, this drops off
pretty good once it's
So what kind of Fluke meter do you have that reads 350 A? Or do you
have
an ordinary Fluke with a switchboard shunt?
Standard Fluke 83 with a clamp-on 400A AC/DC current probe.
-- Jim
Is it something like this?
http://cgi.ebay.com/FLUKE-AC-DC-CURRENT-PROBE-80I-410_W0QQitemZ5840943202QQcategoryZ4671QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
or
http://tinyurl.com/aequt
Would one of these be better or worse?
Is it something like this? http://tinyurl.com/aequt
Not really, mine's an i410, and is bright yellow. Might
be a successor to that one however. I bought it rather
than an all-in-one because I already had the 83.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItemitem=7572962311
-- Jim
Jim
Good deal, sounds like you are close to success. You're a good writer and I
always enjoy what you have to report, however, I still envy your
justification to own a Unimog.
Harry Watkins
Newton, MS
86 SDL Silver
85 300D Euro
86 SDL Gold
81 240D manual trans
- Original Message -
I still envy your justification to own a Unimog.
Humph, the justification was pretty much I want it. The rest
has all been rationalization and make-work!
-- Jim
On Thu, Dec 15, 2005 at 07:15:53AM -0800, Jim Cathey wrote:
I hooked up the 'new' batteries, and hit the start button.
WOOKA-WOOKA-WOOKA-WOOKA... Hooray! The thing spun over easily, at a
pretty good clip. I put the spark (paint!) plugs back in, and tried
again. WOOKA-WOOKA-WOOKA-WOOKA...
http://www.f1-rocketboy.com/lister.html
Tres cool!
-- Jim
Check out the following site.
Randy
http://www.f1-rocketboy.com/lister.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Craig McCluskey
Sent: Friday, November 25, 2005 9:14 PM
To: Mercedes mailing list
Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT: Genset
On Fri, 25 Nov
For the curious, I added a couple of pictures of the engine
reinstallation
process to the website. It's up to date as of yesterday's activities.
http://cathey.dogear.com/genset.html
FYI, the deep-fried buzzard came out excellent, as always. 45 minutes
from
dip to lip, about normal.
Jim Cathey wrote:
For the curious, I added a couple of pictures of the engine
reinstallation
process to the website. It's up to date as of yesterday's activities.
http://cathey.dogear.com/genset.html
Looks like quite a project, but an interesting one. Thanks for posting it.
I'm
I'm curious how you plan to deal with the 3 phase issue. Are you going
to use just one phase of the generator?
Uncertain. You can wire it Zig-Zag, and get 50% of rated out of it as a
one-phase generator, which is still a big step up from the 5kW rope-pull
that I'm using now. Or I can rewire
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