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Mike F. I'm saving up to insulate the garage one day so I can have a "heated shop" in the winter. I'm fortunate to have a nice battery charger with boost with the trickle charge feature. The 782D has the block heater. Maybe this weekend should it warm up enough I can fire up the 125. We wrap Fancy up in a little blanket or big towel to keep him warm if he wants rides now. Last couple of mornings he seems content to forgo the morning before I go to work ride.... too danged cold for him.
 
Yeah, I'll have to save a lot of pennies to run electric out to the shed. I need to remember and get that mag heater tomorrow! If it works.. then I guess the easy answer will be run the power out to the shed.
 
On a lark, I was in the shop doing some other things and strolled over to the 169 turkey, spun the fuel tank open, pulled the choke closed and cranked it over. And the motors fires to life right off! It runs way to rich (lots of black exhaust) and I push the choke in but it stalls and goes back to it's usual crank it 'til it almost starts but then the cylinder hits and all rotation stops. She definitely likes the warmer temperature. Oh well.
 
Mike F. The 782D was a hard starter when I first got it. New battery and fresh fuel and on a nice summer day it still started hard. After I put an Interstate battery in the 782D was like a new tractor. Apparently that cheaper battery didn't have what was needed for cranking power.
 
Thanks for the thought Marlin but, I've had the turkey connected to a car battery with double ought cables and it cannot spin through the cylinder firing at the current rpm. I'm believing the compression release tab needs an adjustment.
 
Mike, sounds like the compression release is sticking. I had a 129 that did the same thing after a rebuild. I took the cam cover off and got the relief arm to move. Sprayed it with PB Blaster and kept moving it. It finally freed up and it was a new tractor. It started a lot better but still was not a 0 degree starter.
 
I have verified the release is moving easily and have replaced the spring. I believe the wear in the linkage have made the valve opening / timing less effective. And it'll need an "adjustment"...

Thanks for the input Wes! Much appreciated.
 
I haven't decided Harry. I've mulled over the hammer option or going to a shop I know and have him lay a bead that I can mill back to spec.

This isn't a "guy" with an arc welder, very specialized TIG welding.
 
Mike - sorry I've been sorta AWOL here. I'm still wondering about your "adjustment". Seems I recall your K341A prior to overhaul would start and run but smoked. Still trying to make sense now of why it should be different. Other than you already changing the ACR spring nothing should be different so I can't help thinking it might still be something else - BUT WHAT????
 
Hello Harry. Missed "chats" with you!

The difference (at least in my mind) is in the compression. Before, it was low. Now, it has all it can handle and the ACR needs to relieve some more.
 
Mike - who would'a thunk that
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And just to come full circle.. I used the 169 to throw our 2 feet of snow out of the way. As usual it did the crank and stop when it fired the cylinder. Took about 30 or 40 minutes to get it warm enough to start.. About an hour in... it "popped" and I think it snapped the conn rod. I dragged it off the road and it sits in the driveway. I actually am so disgusted with this one..
 
Was having bad thoughts today. I won't have time to work on this, maybe just part it out ? OR???
I never enjoyed using this one. And after this weekends "situation".. I was close to chopping it into little pieces!
 
Can we interupt the 169 issue for a minute.....I do hope you get it fix and don't send it to the chop shop. Your shop, aside from all the awesome vehicles you have in there, is it a hardwood floor???? 😳
NICE. A little more explanation about shop please, a little tour around it with pictures would be awesome. THEN, back to scheduled program of figuring out the 169 issues. 😁
 
mpatterson said:
Can we interupt the 169 issue for a minute.....I do hope you get it fix and don't send it to the chop shop. Your shop, aside from all the awesome vehicles you have in there, is it a hardwood floor???? 😳
NICE. A little more explanation about shop please, a little tour around it with pictures would be awesome. THEN, back to scheduled program of figuring out the 169 issues. 😁
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I'm just venting off frustration. Right now I'm thinking I'll sell it cheap and get away from it. Yes, hardwood floor. The "shop" was a function hall we used to rent out, between the code upgrades and the insurances, it just didn't pay for the aggravations of dealing with the public. So we closed it. that was in the middle 80's. So I made a workshop out of it. Carpentry on one side, machine shop on the other. and cars / tractors / trucks in the middle. The main floor is 60x40 and there's a 12x60 floor on each side. it didn't take us long to fill it up! I used to crank out all sorts of work on the side but, I'm slowing down, and it takes to long to warm it up, so almost zero goes on in there now ( don't hold your breath on pictures!) lol...
 
mfrade said:
I'm just venting off frustration. Right now I'm thinking I'll sell it cheap and get away from it. Yes, hardwood floor. The "shop" was a function hall we used to rent out, between the code upgrades and the insurances, it just didn't pay for the aggravations of dealing with the public. So we closed it. that was in the middle 80's. So I made a workshop out of it. Carpentry on one side, machine shop on the other. and cars / tractors / trucks in the middle. The main floor is 60x40 and there's a 12x60 floor on each side. it didn't take us long to fill it up! I used to crank out all sorts of work on the side but, I'm slowing down, and it takes to long to warm it up, so almost zero goes on in there now ( don't hold your breath on pictures!) lol...
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Very cool. Good to hear that ypu made use of it in the end! 👍
What!? No pictures lol.
 
I was driving home and I remembered I have a 3 cylinder Kubota setting on the floor! It came from a generator that a friend wanted the actual generator and nothing else. It's been sitting in the building probably for the last 4 or 5 years. HMmmmm,, Hydro Harry will pop a cork! :cool:
 

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