Two huckleberry pies are in the oven.
Pacific Northwest GTG June 10th-12th
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paccity
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sat at the crack. see ya there.
I worry as to the quality of the pies. The crusts did not crack open and do the flood of juice all over the oven as normally occurs.
I hope they are OK.
I hope they are OK.
SawTroll
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Have a good GTG! 
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
Just made it back home. Truck limping along on seven cylinders..........smoking like a freight train. Instead of a 1100 mile round trip of fun and relaxation...........I made a worthless 200+ mile round trip for nothing.
Super bummed out. I've been looking forward to this trip for months. Was all excited about seeing friends Randy and Annie tonight, and meeting a whole bunch of new friends tomorrow.
Everybody have a fun and safe trip. Make lotsa cookies, eat good food, and enjoy the fellowship. I'll see you all next year at the GTG (hoping there'll be a 2012 PNW GTG at the Farleyville Fairgrounds), and hopefully will see many of you at the NorCal GTG that's shaping up for the fall............hopefully at Laytonville.
Bummer on the folks we're gonna miss. ah, well, I have the truck loaded and ready to go. Fire training in Napavine all week; I'll leave straight from there and be a couple of hours ahead of myself. Probably be there before dark tomorrow.
RandyMac
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That is sorta my goal as well, be there well before dark. I might wait on a package or not. TruSouthOil was generous this year, we can have full cases of 50/40 TruFuel as door prizes and burn a bunch too. The shipment wasn't complete, the Fedex guy said he will be by as soon as he can.
NORMZILLA44
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Man, Im real sorry to hear that Aaron. Im cutting wood tommorow. I can pull that 700 outa the shed, and meet ya. If I dont hear from ya. Ill throw it in, just in case. Man that sucks, shoulda called me man. I woulda ran up, and met ya in willits, and helped Ya. You get my PM the other night Randy? P.S for a Husky, and Stihl dude, I gotta say I been scoring some saweet Mac's latetrtly uh?
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
Figured you were still at work when the truck crapped out. Doubt there was anything you could have done I'm afraid. Looks to be a failed piston. I'll text you tomorrow if I can meet up. Probably will be dealing with the truck all day....
Duke Thieroff
Fill your hands, you SOB!
Thats really bad luck Aaron - hope you can get it all sorted out whichever way you go about things. I am assuming that there was a heap of white smoke coming out of the exhaust? Hope it is just an injector tip thats failed and not a piston.
Best of luck with it mate - hope things get back on track.
Regards,
Chris.
paccity
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for thoughs who have left already prayers for a safe journy. for thoughs who have not , the same.:msp_smile:
RandyMac
Stiff Member
I'll be on the road in an hour or so. Packed up, waitin' on Fedex.
Wish I could be there, folks. Be safe and enjoy yourselves! Don't forget the videos and photos.
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
Yes it does Chris. Thanks for thinking of me. I'll make it to one of these shindigs someday...
Thanks Chris. No white smoke. No bubbles in the cooling system. No overheating at all. EGT's were high the whole trip home though. Dosen't seem like it's a pinholed cylinder (which is a common failure with these engines).
Black and blue smoke out the tailpipe. LOTS of blowby into the crankcase. Rough shaking idle, and preasurized smoke and oil mist chuggin' out the dipstick tube, oil filler neck, and anywhere else it can escape. It's forcing oil out the rear main seal. Looks like a severe increase in blowby in one jug due to a roached piston.
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NORMZILLA44
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Definately not sounding good.
Does not sound too good Aaron - definitely sounds like a piston failure / seizure. I used to work for a German Diesel Engine company (MTU) and we had similar failures in the test cell with high speed marine engines (12V1163TB83 series engines - 11.63 litres per cylinder, 3,600KW output @ 1200rpm). When the piston seizures were investigated in full - it came out that the lubricating oil we were sold was in fact not the oil specified!!!! When the particular oil major (one of the top 3) was asked to explain - they replied with ' if we had known MTU was the customer - we would not have sold this oil product'. I hate to think what we as everyday users of oil products are getting when we purchase these products.
Hope you can get that engine sorted out with minimal rework costs - a new piston, rings, liner, seals and bearings.
Regards,
Chris.
cpr
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Rotten luck Aaron. Check that injector too and make sure it isn't sticking and torching a hole in the piston.
Eccentric
Mister Wizard
Thanks Chris. Unfortunately, this engine doesn't have replaceable liners. If a jug is scored, I'll need to have the block bored and fitted with a pressed in sleeve.
Thanks Charles. If I decide to go to the trouble of fixing this engine, I'll be sure to go through the injectors.
Hope the GTG crew is having a safe, fun time. I expect to see some photos and vids. I'll ship Bob what I was planning on trading him for the NOS 1050 Homelite cylinder and aftermarket piston he had for me. If he doesn't feel it's a good trade, I'm sure we'll be able to work something out.
