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General Discussion / Re: Electric car question
« on: December 28, 2022, 06:51:01 PM »
Why not just put a Changfa in it  ?

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General Discussion / Re: Electric car question
« on: December 28, 2022, 12:54:31 AM »
I think about.....

How much "free fuel" do you have ?
How much will you have in the engine, frame, gen head, nuts, bolts etc,etc,etc.?
How much do you spend on the car ?
How much will you drive it ?

X amount of $ for a car that will loose 30%, give or take, charge loss/conversion right off the bat.
Then said car battery craps out x amount of time down the road and the car is basically worthless.
One of the things I think about is how many of these cars will end up rotting in the ground out behind the
barn somewhere.  Problem ?

I think electric cars are a great idea. The tech has made great strides the last few years. I just don't
think we are there yet with the current batterys.
Hydrogen seems to be gaining ground ?

IF i were think along the new car lines I would.probibly look at the hybrid line. They seem to do well.

Now that I have made a complete a** of myself with my stupidity I will amble away.

Enjoy,
Gary






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General Discussion / Re: Electric car question
« on: December 27, 2022, 04:08:37 PM »
Short answer.....no



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Engines / Re: CS 3-1 blows blue smoke
« on: December 24, 2022, 01:39:29 PM »
"no load while running"
I would bet that's your answer.

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General Discussion / Re: Favorite recipies for penetrating oil
« on: December 07, 2022, 12:34:16 PM »
BOAT....Bring Out Another Thousand.....
Most stuff I work on it's bring out another 10 thousand !


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General Discussion / Re: Favorite recipies for penetrating oil
« on: December 07, 2022, 12:40:26 AM »
Kroil
Fluid Film

Both are top shelf in my book.
On salt water boats they save the day.

Well, that and hammers and torches !


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Red Stone Engines / Re: I found Redstones for sale.
« on: December 03, 2022, 01:26:26 PM »
He has not been here for months.

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General Discussion / Re: Next! 16/2 Lister
« on: November 30, 2022, 10:16:17 PM »
How can that be ?
What did the old bearings look like ?


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General Discussion / Re: Next! 16/2 Lister
« on: November 17, 2022, 04:55:05 PM »
Nothing wrong with that sleeve.
Just run a big weld bead around it and knock it down with a hand die
grinder and you are go to go !

(Just kidding of course !)

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Engines / Re: LPWS4 Injector Pump not 'spitting'
« on: November 13, 2022, 05:27:37 PM »
Google  LPWS4.......the manual will come up from many sites for download.


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Listeroid Engines / Re: Over speed
« on: November 12, 2022, 03:59:03 PM »
My twin is rated for 1000 rpm even though I run it at about 800.

That engine in the video didn't sound bad to me.

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Engines / Re: LPWS4 Injector Pump not 'spitting'
« on: November 10, 2022, 02:05:10 PM »

I think your engine is what is in military gen sets.
More info may be available on the "Steel Soldiers" site.

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Listeroid Engines / Re: New guy with Powerline 2-20
« on: November 09, 2022, 01:38:04 AM »

I have a 6/1 and a 25/2 and start both by hand.
Both are tuned well enough that they start first "hit" every time and run great.
But I am in Florida and don't think I've ever started them below 50 degrees or so.

But at 68 and not overly stout I would like an electric start on the big one.

Looks like a nice project.


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Listeroid Engines / Re: There be a listeroid 12/2
« on: October 31, 2022, 04:38:24 PM »
I'm no help with the tag but I would think your idea of "idi" would be correct.

I think the bearing housing would be short with a roller bearing and longer with a bush type bearing
but I could be wrong.

Dieselgman would be your best bet for info and parts.

I would pull the heads and see what you have. You may get lucky and not have to go any further.

I will add that most of the time i spent on mine was not engine assembly. Time was spent on getting the
throttle linkage set up correctly. I am happy to say that after many hours of playing with it that the
cylinder temps are only a few degrees apart. I put a tstat on each head and am using a pump and an
aftermarket Honda type radiator and the setup works great.

If you read through my posts you will see the way I have mine setup.


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Listeroid Engines / Re: There be a listeroid 12/2
« on: October 31, 2022, 02:14:31 PM »
Looks like the external spring on the govenor is missing.

I wish my twin were rated for 660 rpm.
Mine is rated for 1000 and after many hours of "play" I could not
get the thing to work at anything under 800 or so.

Your unit looks like it would work fine with a 5 or 7.5 kw head.
All things considered it will probibly pull about 5 kw.

Neat project !


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