I bought a massive Chinese 1130 engine from PG Saw last fall.  Good service from them.  No complaints.

Casey,

Sorry about your loss but honestly, I cannot believe that people haven't heard about the horrors of dealing with OOPS and really wonder why anyone would still give them a chance to destroy their precious stuff.  I have been burned by them in the past.  Total destruction of parcels, as well as misdirected.  I absolutely WILL NOT use UPS!

Quote from: guyd on March 05, 2010, 10:36:54 PM

Quote from: rcavictim on March 02, 2010, 05:56:17 AM

I would love to find a high pole count pancake alternator like that only smaller.

like the ones Ginlong sell in china? I have one (UK) and its very well built.

Thanx for the lead.  I just sent an inquiry about the GL-PMG-20K.

Got a reply from Ginlong.  That 20 kW job costs about $8500 USD.  I'm gonna pass for now.  So.......I'd love to find a high pole count pancake alternator like that only smaller.

I would love to find a high pole count pancake alternator like that only smaller.

I spent last evening tearing into my JD175.  The small (timing end) crank main bearing (6209), has apparently been operating in a blown-up condition for quite some time making a shaking vibration that had me totally scratching my head.  The symptoms were made fuzzy because I also have a massive 180 lb. flywheel spinning on the same frame and the vibration occurred at a beat frequency between the big flywheel and the engine flywheel speeds and noticeable only at certain rpm's.  Last time I ran it it suddenly got a lot worse so I decided it was time to shut 'er down and tear into it.  At least four balls appear to have disintegrated taking out the rotating spider-carrier which was shredded and strewn about. Shrapnel was scattered all over inside the crankcase.   Now I know what was causing a curious mystery vibration!  My added neo sump magnet caught some of it.  My added full-flow spin on canister oil filter between the oil pump and the rest of the engine engiine has provided a clean supply of lube oil all along. These two DIY add-ons likely saved the engine from fatal damage given that I continued to run it for many hours after the initial bearing failure. No other damage that I can see.  Crank pin and lower rod bearing are spotless.  Must pickup a new bearing on Monday and get this little genset back in operating condition.

Since JD has a reputation for failures of their poor quality Chinese bearings, not using outsourced quality bearings like is done by Changfa, I should also replace the larger flywheel side ball bearing but I am dirt poor and that one may break the budget.  However, now is the time to get at it easy though since I now have the crankshaft out of the engine.

I have burnt straight Voltesso35 transformer oil straight in my 1.5 L VW idi diesel engine generator and also in a JD175A where the engine and fuel tank was sitting in summer temperatures (no deliberate injector heat) with absolutely no negative issues. I would not hesitate to mix it with pump diesel to make it thinner for use in colder temps.

Glad to see the site back up!

What would these timebases be then ?

In a lifetime of observation and impatience for the stupidity of society I have come to the conclusion that the human preoccupation with the time is entirely artificial and is designed to suit control of others over our lives, not rather for our own best interests. Most of the time the calendar on the wall is the timebase that provides sufficient temporal resolution for my lifestyle.  Even at this relaxed level of time resolution you might be surprised how many times I am now late for something.  I tend to miss out on week long sales at the grocery store because I cannot make it in time.  That sort of thing.