Sure is quiet in here....do I need to start a fight?

[tbone75]

I know that Stihl makes a better product than Elux does .

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

Just had to do it didn't ya ! LOL

 

[pioneerguy600]

How did that ole saying go, Stihls rock, huskys drool, whomever owns them is a f........, nah than not it. Found on road dead.....nope not that either.....LOL

 

[Cantdog]

Of course he did.......once a "Flippy Cap" always a "Flippy Cap"...LOL!!!!

 

[pioneerguy600]

Hmmm, nutin but slacckers in here. Thought someone would have a project goin on. Puttin up Christmas trees, repairing/building engines or stuffs.

 

[tbone75]

Got a MS 661 dropped off last night with a broke chain adjuster . Never seen one break before ? Got it fixed with a piece of another adjuster . Went to sharpen the chain ? Its trashed !!! No idea WTF he hit with it , but its a new junk chain !

 

[pioneerguy600]

Got a MS 661 dropped off last night with a broke chain adjuster . Never seen one break before ? Got it fixed with a piece of another adjuster . Went to sharpen the chain ? Its trashed !!! No idea WTF he hit with it , but its a new junk chain !

It is very easy to ruin a new chain, been there and done that, boy does that ever suck!!

 

[Cantdog]

Hmmm, nutin but slacckers in here. Thought someone would have a project goin on. Puttin up Christmas trees, repairing/building engines or stuffs.

Yep it was so slack I had put muh Christmas Tree up twice!!! Looks like I may have to pull the heads on the 5.3 Vortek.....but gotta put that off for a while.....have to put the new motor together and installed in the "Miserable Device" first to maintain my mobility.....my projects never turn out to be simple and always take much longer than I expect.....putting the whole mess of until next year.....

 

[pioneerguy600]

Yep it was so slack I had put muh Christmas Tree up twice!!! Looks like I may have to pull the heads on the 5.3 Vortek.....but gotta put that off for a while.....have to put the new motor together and installed in the "Miserable Device" first to maintain my mobility.....my projects never turn out to be simple and always take much longer than I expect.....putting the whole mess of until next year.....

I was chatting with a buddy that has run a slew of Jeeps and other AMC vehicles and he has also experienced cam damage in the straight six engines. Low oil pressure is more common than I thought as it was not a problem I was aware of. The number one cylinder/front of the engine takes the most beating from low oil pressure so it might just be an oil passage blockage somewhere between the pump and the delivery ports.. He also says he checked the pumps themself and they were all putting out at least 40 - 50 lbs pressure.

 

[Cantdog]

I was chatting with a buddy that has run a slew of Jeeps and other AMC vehicles and he has also experienced cam damage in the straight six engines. Low oil pressure is more common than I thought as it was not a problem I was aware of. The number one cylinder/front of the engine takes the most beating from low oil pressure so it might just be an oil passage blockage somewhere between the pump and the delivery ports.. He also says he checked the pumps themself and they were all putting out at least 40 - 50 lbs pressure.

Yeah I traced the oil flow passages from the oil pump to the damaged lifters/lobes and found everything clean and open......number one and two EX lobes were the beat ones in this 57,000 mile engine......definitely going with a hi volume/high pressure oil pump......the old engine would carry 60 lbs at high idle cold but would drop to 10 lbs hot.....or less.....

 

[pioneerguy600]

Sounds like the oil was thinning out too much when hot, was there too much clearance between the pump gears and the body/cover?

 

[Cantdog]

Don't know....haven't taken the pump apart. I think the biggest problem with the old motor was beat bearings. New motor will get a new high volume pump anyway.

 

[Cantdog]

I believe it was a bad cam in the new motor. It seemed to be getting plenty of oil everywhere else and was the cleanest used motor I ever saw inside.

 

[dancan]

Merry Christmas y'all !!!!

Mighty Mouse Logging LLC

 

[Cantdog]

Yep I'll second that Danny.....Merry Christmas y'all....and all y'all too!!!!!

 

[pioneerguy600]

Very nice Christmas day hee, sun out and sitting just at the freeze thaw line now.

 

[tbone75]

Merry Christmas everyone !!!

 

[dancan]

Ayup , beauti day here , might get some flurries , the wife would be happy .

 

[pioneerguy600]

Have a wonderful day ya all wherever you may be, been a great one thus far!

 

[Cantdog]

Nice here too......just about the same as Jerry described.......was a bit hair raising driving back from Milford 8 PM yesterday........temp 31-33 degrees.....roads very wet and shiny......cars whizzing into the weeds all the way home.....big night for the tow trucks.....the old Saabaroo just paddled along.....nevah slipped a tire.....old eyes had a hard time seeing at times....white lines obscured by ice.....edges of the tar hard to see.....was real tired by the time we got home....1 hour drive was more like 1 hr 45 min.......a lot of "Nervous Nellies" out and about with long lines of cars behind them........we were 15th in a 20 car parade coming into Blue Hill....25 mph.......for 14 miles.....

 

[SawTroll]

Merry Christmas everyone!

We got some inches of nice white snow, just on time for Christmas.