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Conrad Hahn
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Username: Conradiii
Post Number: 1
Registered: 03-2011
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 19, 2011 - 02:03 pm: | 
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I had to say something about this. This is my first post anywhere so I am not sure if I even did this correctly. So, I thought my Argo 6 wheeler (1989 I think) was shot as it had not turned over for a year. It seemed like the engine was seized or the starter gear had jammed the flywheel. Zoom ahead about 1 year, my backyard was flooded and I forgot to put my drain plugs in.... you know what happened next, my unsinkable craft was swamped so now my great Argo is really dead......so I thought. I will try to make this short. I asked around and found out about "pickling" the engine. When the water receded I began the process of flushing the engine out with oil to try to save it from being underwater for 2 weeks. It seemed to work as the engine was still filled with water and the air did not get to it yet. In this process you need to manually turnover the engine, to do that you must turn the flywheel but mine was stuck or the engine was seized....not so. I decided to take the starter motor out but was having a lot of trouble so we took off the flywheel shroud and found it completely packed with "bedding" from mice. It was so packed that the starter gear was jammed and stuck "engaged" with the flywheel. We could not believe that a mouse had almost taken down the might Argo. With a lot of patience and some pry bars and WD-40 we managed to "unstick" the flywheel which enabled us to turn the engine over and things have worked out great. The engine is not running yet as I am waiting for all the electronics to dry out but I am confident my baby will still be bringing me hours of fun. Crazy stuff. It turned out that the flood may have saved my ARGO. |
Jeff bar
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Username: Argo8x8
Post Number: 212
Registered: 03-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 21, 2011 - 04:21 pm: |
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Neat to hear about your project, have lots of fun...
Give that elecrtic coil pack lots of time to dry, as you can not buy them anymore
Jeff Bar |
Conrad Hahn
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Username: Conradiii
Post Number: 2
Registered: 03-2011
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Monday, March 21, 2011 - 08:19 pm: |
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Tried to post before but I do not think it took.
Thanks for checking out the story.
I asked in my last post about the coil pack. what is it ans what does it look like. I am not a engine guy although I seem to work on them often. I get by with limited knowledge. I plan on giving the system about 1 month to dry out but I have been told that I should remove the components and put them in an oven on low temp.
Your thoughts. |
Jeff bar
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Username: Argo8x8
Post Number: 213
Registered: 03-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Tuesday, March 22, 2011 - 01:28 pm: |
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Jeff
I think an hour in nor more than a 125 degree oven would be good
Jeff Bar |
Conrad Hahn
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Username: Conradiii
Post Number: 3
Registered: 03-2011
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Saturday, March 26, 2011 - 08:49 am: |
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thx, sounds good but where is the coil |
Jeff bar
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Username: Argo8x8
Post Number: 214
Registered: 03-2005
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Votes: 0 (Vote!) | | Posted on Sunday, March 27, 2011 - 06:19 pm: |
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Coil pack is the thing the spark plug wire is coming out of
Jeff Bar |
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