Re: Pony engine conversion to Elec start

Posted by Bob on February 05, 2005 at 12:55:15 from (66.163.134.177):

In Reply to: Re: Pony engine conversion to Elec start posted by 55 50 on February 05, 2005 at 09:40:32:

I grew up around an "R", a 730, and an 830. They were never babied, and the compression was NEVER released at shut-down. They all went about a zillion hours with no problems. They were sold to pay nursing home bills, and I wish I had them back!

I don't think there's ANY comparison in stress between the bouncing against compression at shutdown, and the POUNDING those shafts and splines take while LUGGING loaded up a hill, at full fuel!

I grew up pulling 28 feet of drill behind the 830, on some land with coulee hills. You don't know the definition of "torque rise" until you've driven a fully-loaded 830!

So, while there's no question that releasing the compression at shutdown is a good idea, I'm sure most of the old girls never had that luxury treatment in their working lives, and still survived!

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