What's up today (bullchiting) thread.

yes I have power, and maybe electric will be next. They are significantly cheaper…
The “good” ones have gear oil in pump and so they don’t use water to cool pump. Therefore Tend to last longer

With freezing temps 1/2 year and choosing not to heat garage or barn just limits storage options
Decisions decisions

 

I really like our water boss softener that I installed a few years ago. Menards had a sale on them when I needed one

 

Saw a free Honda GX240 on FBMP the other day...said it was seized up.
I decided to go grab it, gotta be good for parts at least, or maybe even easily repairable.
I talked with the guy while picking it up, he is a mobile mechanic for an outdoor power equipment place, so I thought, yup, this one is likely actually junk.
After talking with him about it a bit, he n his kid (18-20 yo maybe?) put new rings in this thing to fix an oil burning issue (unusual)
Then it started making bad noises and smoking worse than ever...they shut it down and put a Predator 8 HP on it.
I popped the case open to check the rod n crank and found the rod bolts loose, very loose! Things didn't look too bad so I put it back together to try it out... would not turn over 360* without locking up, but not seized locking up, more like clunk, sudden stop!
Pulled the plug out and checked the combustion chamber out with a bore scope...broken piston.
Pulled the head and found the ring lands blown clean off the front of the piston (rings too)
Pulled the head to check the cylinder, it still looks good, so I'm going to rebuild...I found a nice oem piston/rings/rod assembly on eBay for $20, so I'm gonna try to save this thing.
I'll be under $40 all in with gaskets, so if it doesn't work out, I still have lots of good parts for $40, and a couple hours of fooling around.
I think it's gonna work fine though.
Oh, and I believe he let the kid rebuild it and he forgot to set the torque on the rod bolts...piston hit the head, or valves, which broke it...lots of ring bits laying on the piston, and some in the muffler too. Surprisingly the valves and pushrods seem fine, although the valve adjustment was way loose, which he did mention setting. Jr still has some learning to do...