Posted by Mike (WA) on January 11, 2011 at 16:45:23 from (69.10.196.7):
I bought a Miller welder-generator at auction. I had checked the oil on the engine- it looked fine. It was battery start, with no pull start, so could not assess compression.
Got it home, put a battery on it, and it spun but did not appear to have compression. Took the head off, and found that I had been snookered. Piston and rod were missing. Many gouges on the head indicates that it had thrown the rod. Seller had gone to the trouble of taking the rod and piston out, putting engine back together, and putting enough used oil into it so it would show up OK on the dipstick. Prince of a fellow.
So, good news, bad news: Engine grenaded, but welder/generator must still be OK, or engine wouldn't have been running.
It occurs to me that I will always have a bunch of tractors around here, and all of them have PTO's. So instead of fixing/replacing engine, how about just adapting it to PTO operation? I can make a 3 point hookup, but need to convert the RPM's. My question is- where can I find a box to gear up the speed from tractor PTO to speed it needs? Can't really use a chain and sprockets, due to difficulty in oiling the chain. Any suggestions?
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