July 2009 MD B/S now everyone shoot the breeze

[jr32560]

Originally Posted by BPofMD Been so long, Charlie, can't remember symptoms...what happened to it? well he had no compression-he put oil in the cylinder-and got it back-head gasket okay-valves okay- now charlie -ya mentioned about filled cylinder full of water when air filter left off? was that this mower? and did ya see if maybe the valves were out of time? it could be rings? here is a crazy idea-can ya put the head back on with out the push rods in place-to keep both valves closed at all times? if so i would do that and then spin it over with the compression tester in place -that should tell ya if it's the rings or not -if the compression comes up just let it set for a few and do a leak down test? that may give ya a clue on the condition of the rings if no compression or it drops really fast-ya might be beating a dead horse unless ya want to replace rings

[jr32560]

[jr32560]

[80351]

Good Morning Marylanders,
Everybody party too much lastnight
or what

[jr32560]

hey my thoughts exactly

[jr32560]

how ya doing dave how was your 4th? and good mornin!

[sglaine]

Good morning Maryland and the Kitchen is open

[dustybumpers]

morning all, hope your holiday went well. going to do something with the tractor today, yeah jr, that's the water loged one, but was having some trouble with it before that. guessing that just pushed it over the edge.got the other 14.5 for parts from my boy, gonna tear it down first to see how it's put together.on the internet, I see it has timeing gears just like a car, could be that, cylinder not scored, or scratched, bad rings possible, but I'm leaning toward someyhing else.

[sglaine]

Originally Posted by dustybumpers

morning all, hope your holiday went well. going to do something with the tractor today, yeah jr, that's the water loged one, but was having some trouble with it before that. guessing that just pushed it over the edge.got the other 14.5 for parts from my boy, gonna tear it down first to see how it's put together.on the internet, I see it has timeing gears just like a car, could be that, cylinder not scored, or scratched, bad rings possible, but I'm leaning toward someyhing else.

What kind of Tractor is it?

[80351]

Originally Posted by dustybumpers

morning all, hope your holiday went well. going to do something with the tractor today, yeah jr, that's the water loged one, but was having some trouble with it before that. guessing that just pushed it over the edge.got the other 14.5 for parts from my boy, gonna tear it down first to see how it's put together.on the internet, I see it has timeing gears just like a car, could be that, cylinder not scored, or scratched, bad rings possible, but I'm leaning toward someyhing else.

Yeah Charlie what Sean said

[80351]

Originally Posted by jr32560

how ya doing dave how was your 4th? and good mornin!

Was Ok Jr, put another 120 miles on the bike, went with Di and Larry to
one of Di's relatives in Ferndale for a cookout including some really good homemade
Merryland crab zoup. How bout you still have all your fingers and toes
Just thought I would make an appearance before getting started on the day.

[sglaine]

Good Morning Dave

[dustybumpers]

Originally Posted by sglaine

What kind of Tractor is it?

lawn tractor, 14.5 briggs&stratton. re-did the farm all last year, but it is too big to get at some of my place.lawn mower too small. I'm too cheap to go buy a new lawn tractor, would rather spend the money on something useful, like food. hehehe

[jr32560]

Originally Posted by 80351

Was Ok Jr, put another 120 miles on the bike, went with Di and Larry to
one of Di's relatives in Ferndale for a cookout including some really good homemade Merryland crab zoup.
How bout you still have all your fingers and toes

i knew you went riding yesterday as ya saw on my post-and what is the deal with my fingers and toes?why would i not have em?was i suppose to do something that would make me loose em?

[sglaine]

Take it from me..I would go nuts if I didn't have food...LOL