Today’s freebie
- Thread starter Thepaetsguy
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Worthless around these parts... The guy who gave it to me free got it free.. Smoked looking equipmemt has to be givin away around here unless you wanna tip them when they come pick it up.. I see prices in other location and it’s mind baffling... But ehh that’s not a complaint I mean for the most part cheap engines are fine by me.
I bet that gallon tank on the 8hp fits the mini bike just under the bars above the starter.. I have a ton of work to do in just tearing down the yellow 8hp on the mini bike now. Swapping over a ton of parts. The yellow 8hp on the bike is only alive due to oil consumption. it smokes like a car with a blown headgasket. And after 15 or so miles the pan is dry. An almost nos 8hp just fell into my lap so on the minibike it goes.
I have been not per say slacking off on my own projects but rather spending time on other people’s.... making some side cash a generator out of the box that wouldn’t start a replace a few car battery terminals stuff like that. I unlocked the most stuck engine fourwheeler engine have ever dealt with yesterday also. Then unlocked the starter on the fourwheeler. BRUTE FORCE prevailed! If I hear this fourwheeler run I’m driving it down to the tree line and dragging out the flipped over kodiak! She’ll start
Look at me getting all fancy with paved floors and a garage.. This thread will be a catch all I guess I’ll get back to the mini eventually. The starter and cable on this beast is pitiful and driving me nuts. It kicked once and blew a bunch of crap out of the exhaust... batteries also are flat and not charging and that pullstart isn’t my choice of starting it. Thing was locked up so bad I can’t believe I unlocked it at all...
gah 400A crank start on his battery charger dims the garage lights.. Engine kicked once and I let off the starter to not pop any breakers. battery’s are flat after charging all night the battery‘s are just no good. I guess this can be a catch all thread for me for now. I’ll get the mini back together eventually. I‘m gonna snag a can of either.. I have a plan
This fourwheeler was never ever going to be fixed the way I’m doing it. I’d argue most who tried would have failed to unlock it in the first place. I spent over an hour and a half before it kicked free as I was about to give up. Then the stuck starter... 400A crank start is nice but only 3-4 cranks and then wait I’m not gonna wear out his breakers. it wants to start I’m close. Monday I’ll go up with hot sauce and and a fresh head and try again.
I’m taking a few batteries with me and using his cables as mine are basically junk. The four wheelers ground strap is a joke at best. I have a new ground strap. And from starter to battery on the quad I’m gonna rip all the positive cable/solenoid stuff out and clean it up make it a bit more positive capable. Once I have good clean cables all the way I should be in good shape.