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Evan(PA) Post Addict
Posts : 541 Join date : 2009-02-27 Age : 38 Location : PA
| Subject: Good weekend Mon 24 May 2010, 12:31 am | |
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poncho62 Post Addict
Posts : 471 Join date : 2009-03-13 Age : 71 Location : Hanover, Ont, Canada
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Mon 24 May 2010, 8:25 am | |
| All a kill switch does is ground the point, which cuts off the spark....probably just a broken wire. I had a good weekend roo.....My daughter is moving from a house to an apartment, so gave me back the tractor and mower that I got her last year......I promptly sold the tractor for $250...4 hrs on Kijiji......and have the mower for sale.......Also sold a generator I had laying around for $300........ | |
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tracktor312 Posted on by 1K
Posts : 1226 Join date : 2009-03-02 Age : 57 Location : MA
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Mon 24 May 2010, 8:39 am | |
| good deal poncho!! Evan there is a brass bushing in the generators that wears maybe thats all it needs.. Also I hope you cleaned them cooling fins out on that wizard!!!!!!! | |
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Evan(PA) Post Addict
Posts : 541 Join date : 2009-02-27 Age : 38 Location : PA
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Tue 25 May 2010, 12:25 am | |
| - poncho62 wrote:
- All a kill switch does is ground the point, which cuts off the spark....probably just a broken wire.
Thanks for the tip...I'll check into it. | |
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Evan(PA) Post Addict
Posts : 541 Join date : 2009-02-27 Age : 38 Location : PA
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Tue 25 May 2010, 12:28 am | |
| - tracktor312 wrote:
- good deal poncho!! Evan there is a brass bushing in the generators that wears maybe thats all it needs.. Also I hope you cleaned them cooling fins out on that wizard!!!!!!!
I've never had an S/G apart before, but I'll open it up and have a look sometime this week. And yes, I cleaned the cooling fins with compressed air...now to just fix that pesky kill switch lol! | |
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Evan(PA) Post Addict
Posts : 541 Join date : 2009-02-27 Age : 38 Location : PA
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Wed 26 May 2010, 11:35 pm | |
| Fixed the kill switch on the push mower today. Turned out when I reassembled everything, the throttle cable was out of adjustment and was not allowing the lever at the carburator to contact the kill switch. A quick adjustment of where the cable bolts to the blower housing and its now good to go. I'm loading some pics of my starter generator to photobucket currently and will post them shortly. | |
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Guest Guest
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Wed 26 May 2010, 11:39 pm | |
| If you figure out how to make the s/g run the other way let me know. |
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Evan(PA) Post Addict
Posts : 541 Join date : 2009-02-27 Age : 38 Location : PA
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Wed 26 May 2010, 11:45 pm | |
| Alright here's a pic of the innards of my starter generator. I pretty much know nothing about these things lol.( including how to make them run the other way JD) Don't know if the whole unit should just be replaced...or take it to a starter shop and have someone look at it...or what to do about it. Any ideas? | |
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| Subject: Re: Good weekend Wed 26 May 2010, 11:49 pm | |
| Looks like the com needs polished and a set of new brushes. Are the windings black? if so it's been hot and that will really cut down the cranking power. Thats the problems I'm having with the ones I have. |
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Evan(PA) Post Addict
Posts : 541 Join date : 2009-02-27 Age : 38 Location : PA
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Thu 27 May 2010, 12:08 am | |
| - JD wrote:
- Looks like the com needs polished and a set of new brushes. Are the windings black? if so it's been hot and that will really cut down the cranking power. Thats the problems I'm having with the ones I have.
Ya I'm sure the windings are black...i don't think thats just the camera causing color distortion. Prior to a week ago it seemed to be working fine, although I don't think the charging system was functioning on the tractor as I had to frequently put it on the charger. I really haven't used this tractor that much since I got it back together since last July. Prior to that it had sat for probably 13 years. Last week I cranked it over and moved it and it was fine. Went to move it again a short while later and it almost acted like it was seizing up or something...cranking very very slowly and sounded just plain sick. Even charged the battery fully and tried it again to see if there was any difference and it did the same thing again. So now just to decide whether its better to replace or rebuild. | |
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| Subject: Re: Good weekend Thu 27 May 2010, 12:14 am | |
| I know that you can get new ones off ebay for $120. Thats what I'll probably end up doing. The closest rebuilder around here is about 60 miles away. If you've got a good rebuilder close to you I'm sure it would be a lot cheaper than a new one. |
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poncho62 Post Addict
Posts : 471 Join date : 2009-03-13 Age : 71 Location : Hanover, Ont, Canada
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Thu 27 May 2010, 8:09 am | |
| - Evan(PA) wrote:
- Alright here's a pic of the innards of my starter generator. I pretty much know nothing about these things lol.( including how to make them run the other way JD)
The ones that run in both directions have 2 sets of terminals and 2 sets of brushes in them......seems that yours does not have this..... I would clean it up, grease the bearings and try it.....I have seen worse. | |
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Evan(PA) Post Addict
Posts : 541 Join date : 2009-02-27 Age : 38 Location : PA
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Thu 27 May 2010, 11:03 pm | |
| Well tomorrow I'm going to have a friend who knows more about it take a look at it and give me his 2 cents worth. I know it will definitely need a good cleaning at a minimum. But the tractor is down again with some drive belt issues and an empty gas tank...hope to have both of those items fixed tomorrow lol. | |
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wvbuzzmaster Admin
Posts : 1026 Join date : 2009-02-24 Location : West Virginia
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Fri 28 May 2010, 9:28 pm | |
| - Evan(PA) wrote:
- Well tomorrow I'm going to have a friend who knows more about it take a look at it and give me his 2 cents worth. I know it will definitely need a good cleaning at a minimum. But the tractor is down again with some drive belt issues and an empty gas tank...hope to have both of those items fixed tomorrow lol.
If you had fixed the baby Moto a year ago when the fuel pump went out you would have a backup Moto now to fix the big Moto up with all the work you plan to do to it. | |
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Evan(PA) Post Addict
Posts : 541 Join date : 2009-02-27 Age : 38 Location : PA
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Fri 28 May 2010, 10:24 pm | |
| I'll fix the baby moto mower in due time...anyways, today the starter generator got some repair done to it. It got a thorough cleaning as well as a new bearing, then my dad spray painted it black. Tomorrow I'll test it out to see if its in working order again. Now just need one replacement drive belt and the tractor should be good to go again. | |
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Evan(PA) Post Addict
Posts : 541 Join date : 2009-02-27 Age : 38 Location : PA
| Subject: Re: Good weekend Sat 29 May 2010, 10:52 pm | |
| Tonight I decided to give the repaired SG a try. 1st tried it with a set of jumpers with no load on it. It didn't sound right to me, but I wanted to see what it was like with a load on it, so I put it on the small moto-mower and tensioned it up good, and then put a known good battery on it. To make a long story short, its working like a big piece of crap....basically like it was before. Still cranks very slowly and acts like its dragging really bad, almost to the point its making it vibrate badly. Of course, the inside was cleaned really well, and my dad replaced the bearing right behind the pulley, then gave the outside case a quick paint job. So back to the drawing board...may have to take it to someone to see what exactly the problem is. Oh well at least I did get a new spark plug installed in the push mower today. | |
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