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bdusted440
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Hey and welcome. you're best bet is to get a service manual and read it. Even if you have someone else do the work you will know what there talking about and be less likly to get taken.my 2c
yolanda
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Welcome aboard Phil! We have a cousin who is attending University in Alabama. How is the weather treating you guys....we have been rained on for a good portion of the summer.
How did you blow the engine...Powering it up too much...It is true about reading the manual....at least when the mechanic tells you what is wrong you will know that it isn't just bunk. Hope you get it working soon.
How did you blow the engine...Powering it up too much...It is true about reading the manual....at least when the mechanic tells you what is wrong you will know that it isn't just bunk. Hope you get it working soon.
PHILIPHD
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Acutually the weather has been great here in Northern Alabama, we have been getting some amount of rain but not enough to get us out of our drought condition.
As far as getting riped off by a mechanic, I am my own mechanic along with the assistance of mu buddy JR who is a mechanic. In all my years of working on boat engines, car engines and tractor engines have i ever had an engine failure due to the head of a valve breaking off and dropping into the cycliner. It definetly wasn't caused by over reving the engine. I had just started the engines and was letting them warm up. They were idling at about 700rpm and running smooth. The one engine stopped running and I thought it had stalled. I never heard any noise to give me any other clue. When I tried to restart the engine it wouldn't turn over. I went down in the engine room and removed the spark plugs from the engine thinking it might have ingested water, but it hadn't and the engine still wouldn't turn over. When I pulled the plugs I found the one for #2 cyclinder was damaged. I then started tearing the engine down and removed the cyclinder head for that bank of cyclinders and there was the head of the valve imbedded in the top of #2 cyclinder and completely destroying that engine. End of story.
Phil
As far as getting riped off by a mechanic, I am my own mechanic along with the assistance of mu buddy JR who is a mechanic. In all my years of working on boat engines, car engines and tractor engines have i ever had an engine failure due to the head of a valve breaking off and dropping into the cycliner. It definetly wasn't caused by over reving the engine. I had just started the engines and was letting them warm up. They were idling at about 700rpm and running smooth. The one engine stopped running and I thought it had stalled. I never heard any noise to give me any other clue. When I tried to restart the engine it wouldn't turn over. I went down in the engine room and removed the spark plugs from the engine thinking it might have ingested water, but it hadn't and the engine still wouldn't turn over. When I pulled the plugs I found the one for #2 cyclinder was damaged. I then started tearing the engine down and removed the cyclinder head for that bank of cyclinders and there was the head of the valve imbedded in the top of #2 cyclinder and completely destroying that engine. End of story.
Phil
175checkmate
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Welcome to the board. Sorry to hear about your engine trouble. I had to do this type of swap when I was in the navy. Not fun. The hardest part was figuring out how to rig the motor out of that hole and get it on the deck.
