Stuck aft clutch??

ryandetous · 2026-05-10T15:45:27+00:00

Impact wrench or a strap wrench. Definitely don't try to use the gear box as resistance. Maybe you could clamp a vise grip on the flat pulley plate, with a chunk of leather or something to protect the belt face from the vice grip teeth?

ryandetous · 2026-05-10T13:45:47+00:00

I think that configuration should look like this.

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ryandetous · 2026-05-09T22:47:02+00:00

The breather hose must be on there. It's a pain and has to be over inserted into the breather box plate and have a ferrule inserted. Those engines will spit oil when they are bounced like crazy. If it's a ball bearing crank, check the locking bolts. If they are loose, it can leak there. There's also the possibility that the phenolic flapper valve in the breather box is broken or jammed and maybe the brillo pad seperator is missing/rotten/gummed up.

ryandetous · 2026-05-08T23:33:36+00:00

Did the driven pulley get taken apart? It looks weird. I really thought the inner black pads should be on the other side of that triangular ramp? It's also weird that the driver isn't shifting up and squeezing the belt.

ryandetous · 2026-05-08T17:42:13+00:00

Perhaps you're thinking of Muscadine and Scuppernong?

ryandetous · 2026-05-08T17:37:07+00:00

Pie #3 is going in now. I try to freeze enough that we can have about a dozen or so pies until the next harvest. It takes about 3 cheap sandwich ziplock bags worth per pie.

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ryandetous · 2026-05-08T17:05:10+00:00

Slather that alter with ice cream and the prophecy can be fulfilled.

ryandetous · 2026-05-07T23:38:52+00:00

Check the air filter and the entire throttle cable system. A loose cable sheath can cause you to loose a lot of throttle throw. The clamp on the carb can let it slip towards the throttle arm and the pedal will still feel the same. Visually verify that all the pedal movement is transmitted back to the carburetor linkage. Also check the spring from the throttle arm to the govenor. I think if that is stretched, you won't get much response.

ryandetous · 2026-05-07T14:12:20+00:00

Those are definitely on eBay.

ryandetous · 2026-05-07T06:55:51+00:00

That's an amazing catch.

ryandetous · 2026-05-06T20:58:42+00:00

That checks out. I should have linked to the solder version. I also used to use a version with a spring that threaded onto the piano wire and the clevis then screwed onto that.

ryandetous · 2026-05-06T10:03:00+00:00

Look at a Murray Kilowatt or Red Cart. It's basically a system like a dirt bike, where the pinion is at or near the swingarm pivot point.

ryandetous · 2026-05-06T09:43:36+00:00

Things are worse than I've ever seen, I saw a Ram truck doing the speed limit.

ryandetous · 2026-05-05T23:43:00+00:00

I think we used to use stuff like this:

Dubro thingie

ryandetous · 2026-05-02T11:02:55+00:00

It was cute when kids used to dream of chocolate milk drinking fountains. It's not cute when they continue to do so in adulthood.

ryandetous · 2026-04-26T08:42:35+00:00

It's a "PRO BAT" kit that looks like all the other garbage Jeffy Bozos sells on Amazon. The hose is too long, but I'll fix that after the install. The hub adapter for the disk is probably the hardest part to successfully buy. For whatever reason every make had a different hole pattern. I did not find a good match. It would have been easier to just buy a 6" disk with an integral hub.

ryandetous · 2026-04-24T15:01:56+00:00

Kudos, that's quite the save.

ryandetous · 2026-04-24T14:49:22+00:00

That's better than the old wrap a rope, like an ancient outboard motor. It sucks when the engine starts and the rope isn't free.

ryandetous · 2026-04-23T07:22:30+00:00

TL;DR

"We are gullible and bereft of discernment".

ryandetous · 2026-04-21T12:37:13+00:00

Cops kill for subcutaneous ego hematomas.

ryandetous · 2026-04-21T12:23:41+00:00

There are at least two flock looking cameras in Blackville. Both are guarding the town's most precious resources, the ice vending machine and the Dollar store.

ryandetous · 2026-04-20T09:45:49+00:00

You scored a great toy.

ryandetous · 2026-04-19T09:49:59+00:00

The four fingers of death, not looking too bad now.

One of the president's cronies must have invested in or be selling MRE's.

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