Posted by paul on December 04, 2008 at 00:16:35 from (66.44.132.73):
In Reply to: Worst breakdown posted by 37chief on December 03, 2008 at 22:52:37:
I was combining oats with the Gleaner F - gas.
Just was running a little rough, drove to the yard & cleaned out the radiator, looked it over, worked on the points, didn't really see anything. Ran better.
Went back to the field, combined 1/4 of a round, it ran really rough. Pushed in the clutch.
BANG. Very loud bang.
Then everything was quiet, except the combine cylinder spinning down to a stop below me.
I smiled at myself, & turned the key - nope, didn't do anything. Didn't expect it to.
Climbed down to the ground, went back to the engine, and could see smoke coming out of the hole in the oil pan....
Mechanic thought he could save the engine. Dropped the oil pan, & bits & pieces fell out. Piston flakes, a valve or 2, rings, couple pieces of the camshaft (it boke at every bearing...) He still figured he could rebuild it, but then found an oil journal that was smashed, then it wasn't worth messing with.
Figure a main bearing turned & starved one side of the 6 cylinder of oil. The rod broke & stopped the engine in a couple revolutions at most, with the end of the rod shattering the camshaft & smacking the oil journal.
It was a lonely walk back to the house.
Had to drop the header where it sat, and towed it back to the yard backwards. Mecanic was kinda busy, so we pulled the engine off the top & drove it over to him.
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