Wednesday, 8 July 2026

Hydro-Gear BDU-10S hydrostatic transmission repair - English transcript

This is the Google Translate Swedish to English transcript from this video. You can follow along fairly easily by watching the time codes. The replacement part kit he shows is:

BDU-10 Overhaul Kit
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Ah
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[ __ ] How are we going to put this together then? Okay, I'm working on a hydrostat
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here and this one is a bit special. It's called that or yes special special. But this is how they always did it in the past
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that you had a unit that was the actual uh speed control, so that
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the hydrostart part and then it's kind of bolted to a shaft that's the differential.
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So this is one unit and then underneath it there's another unit. So you can see a little bit that like there's one and
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there's one. Most hydrostats these days are a single, built-in unit.
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And this was, you could say, a way that was done before. The problem that I have with this
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is that partly it's a bit weak. I don't think it pulls forward as well as it should and it actually gets a bit
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weaker when it gets warmer and also the oil gets very dark very
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quickly. Another thing is that it is extremely difficult to adjust it so that it
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stands still when you have, so to speak, released the uh uh pedals that are here in front
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there. There we have the pedals that you drive forward and backward with. The uh everything wants to go
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forward or backward. And what you have to do is change the length of this rod here and then so to speak
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change this. This is the actual front and rear adjustment that sits here that goes in there. So I'm going to take
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out this hydrostat and see if I can find what might be wrong inside it. I actually found a problem
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yesterday and it was that this one had come loose from here so it was completely
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loose. And it was when I put it back that I got a lot of the speed back. But I still want to open it up
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and see if I can see any other problems.
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H
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so that it works.
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I took the hydrostat in, so small and handy, and cleaned it with dish soap and
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hot water and it turned out really nice.
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H
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But look, it's good as hell.
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Oh my god
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So
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there. The first thing we're going to check is these check valves. There's one on that side and one on that side. Every spring
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and this little ball is
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all hm Mm. Can we take these instead?
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Ah.
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Both the springs and the balls here were intact and fine So we'll look a little further
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in. Hm.
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Х
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Hm. There's a good place here and pry it a little, I think. Should have had a
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very wide chisel here. Hm.
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Nah then we don't
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there's no passage there.
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Try this
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then. Ah. Oh. It works.
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Good there
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a little can
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A spring here.
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the gasket went to hell.
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Oh, the filter is
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completely
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Mm. Ah
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[ __ ] How are we going to get this together then? Ah [ __ ] Okay.
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Hm.
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Hm.
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Well, I'll have to start by ordering a new gasket and a filter.
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This filter looks too bad. I don't know if it's supposed to look like this.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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Okay, everything's cleaned. I've checked all the pistons and stuff and
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like that. And actually the only thing I can see that's a bit suspicious is a little
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a little scratch there. Here you can see
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it. It's not much
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but I can I can feel it like this with
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my fingernail. So I would have to flatten this surface a little bit. Uh otherwise
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most of it looks and be in good condition actually. Uh this filter needs to be replaced. So
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we're going to change the filter. See if we can flatten this. and uh fix a new gasket
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of course. I've received a package from the US and it's the gasket that's going to sit here and
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also the filter. So now it's time to sand this down and uh make sure to get
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it together. And I had originally thought that I would send this off to be sanded somewhere. But then I figured
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that no, we'll test it ourselves first because then it's a little more fun for you and see if it's possible to sand down a surface like this.
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Eh, because there are many who might not want to spend that much money on one like this. Above all, it's this little
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mark that I want to get rid of. But also this thing where you can see that there's a little bit of wear here. It's very little
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you can barely feel this with your finger. So to do this, I'm going to use wet sandpaper. First 400 and
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then 1200. I got some tips that maybe you should have 2000 but I can't find it. I got some tips
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that you could put it on a piece of ice and then put some
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oil on it and then you sand. And then I thought, I'm going to use my cutting board that I usually use when
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I work with carburetors. But then I feel like this, I feel like it's not really flat. And uh if I put it
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down here I can wiggle it a little bit.
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So I found another piece of glass. This is some kind of uh door to something. And here I feel like here is
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the flat thing that I don't know what. So I just have to work on it.
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Yeah.
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Hm. Don't be so easy.
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[ __ ] what a job.
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Okay.
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[Music]
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[Music] It feels like when I drove with
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flat here, it grinds the most out here and I don't know if it's the glass pane that bends a little or that it's Yes, but
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here's like a higher edge. So what I did now was I made holes in a 1200 paper and then I simply
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took this uh pump or whatever it is the engine part and stuck it through and
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then I put oil in between and then I can grind a little so
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It's going to be great.
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I don't know if you can see that much of a difference, but this mark that was here, it's a little smaller and I can't
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feel it really the same way. But yeah, no, if you want this to be completely 100 then
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you have to leave it. This was a real pain
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I can tell you. It gets stuck and comes loose and here and there. So I can't recommend this method on a soldering iron
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unless you're extremely patient and have a lot of time. Before I put everything back together
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I'm also going to remove these three and inspect them. And then it turns out
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that there was a quarter of an inch on these.
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And uh I was waiting for the gasket so I made sure to get a whole kit of these so that
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you have them when you need them. Here was just a plug and there was a plug. But I'll check that one
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too. Lug with gasket. Here you can probably drain the oil
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too
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maybe. Yeah. Yeah, that was money well spent. Didn't need it for anything. So I put some oil here
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and also on this part that sits here. This arm should sit. This is up.
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So this is how you adjust the front and back. It's simply that you change the angle of
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this
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part. There are two springs. A soft one and a hard one. And the soft spring
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should be here. And the hard spring should be on this shaft here.
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This one is this one is angled. I don't know if they see it maybe. It's always angled this one.
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The manual also says to check these springs. Look at these ones, they should be centered here in the middle. Eh, it
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you can move them a little
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here before you put them together
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it. Filter, spring.
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I've made sure that these this this that direction and that direction they will fit
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in here and here. So there it has to be there really can't be any oil in there because then it will be like hydraulic locking.
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H
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I was about to forget a super important thing.
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If you can guess what it was, you can write it in the comment. M.
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I probably forgot to say it, but I've checked all the holes here so that the threads that there's not oil or anything
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in those threads. Then it will be really bad.
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Oops. Hm. I don't like that one. A bit
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slow. I thought this one was a bit slow but I don't know. I couldn't
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see. There wasn't anything in it anyway. So we'll pull these a bit. Let
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see. We'll start here then. Yes.
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Ah, that's going to be great. Eh, you should also feel these shoulders so that they
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move and that makes this one move easily. This one moves. We'll feel this one
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too. It's under a bit more tension so I couldn't get it to move
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manually. Yes, no problem. Eh, I've checked all these shoulders to make sure they can be moved. It
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goes a bit half-way but it moves. It moves and it moves. So it's perfect. Eh, I think that one is pulled.
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I hope so. Uh, I'm going to I'm going to tighten it up a little bit too. Check. Uh, but now it's
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time to put these valves in here. Check
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valves. M.
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If you can check here and you'll see that little ball is in here. And I think you can get to these from the side
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too.
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Here you fall down there. Wrong. Okay. So you shouldn't have
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it because then it ends
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here or it took
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away. There it was. Okay.
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[Music]
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F Okay. [Music]
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Ah, we'll put this in so we can get a little bit of a spin on this. Now we see that it doesn't leak in
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all
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cases. Exactly. What the hell? I have to clean. the threads there
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too. Hm hm.
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Everything is back except for this adjustment eh adjustment or whatever
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should I call the steering. But eh there wasn't much to complain about except for this one. It turns out that
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it was easiest to take it off, put the belt in the right
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place, screw it so that it was fixed without the spring then then and then tilt
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over this one because it was very difficult to get to and hold this one under if it was in this position.
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Otherwise there was really no no no strangeness. Eh, I like a little grease
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in it too because it was very dry and sounded
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bad. Okay, we'll try to start it.
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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А [Music]
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[Applause] [Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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Okay, I think it's time to test drive it a bit.
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So now we can
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[Music]
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drive Yeah, I'll test drive it a bit here in the pasture I thought. But damn it got
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punched. Yeah. But it ran fine anyway.
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BDU-10 Overhaul Kit
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Sunday, 8 March 2026

Caleb Flynn Murder Case Files Access

 The murder of Ashley Flynn and the arrest of her pastor husband Caleb Flynn is an engrossing true crime drama. Here are instructions for following the case docket. 

  1. Navigate to https://courts.miamicountyohio.gov/eservices/ .
  2. Scroll down to the "Case Search" area and click "Click Here".
  3. On the Search page, in the Site box, select "Miami County Common Pleas Court".
  4. Click the "Advanced Case #" link.
  5. In the "Year" box, enter 2026.
  6. From the "Type" box, select Criminal.
  7. In the "Number" box, enter 00088.
  8. Click "Search". The search results appear.
  9. In the first column, click on "Flynn, Caleb C." to view the document list.
  10. On the "Case Details" screen, click "Docket" to view the available documents.
  11. In the "Image Avail." column, click "Image" to load the document.



Monday, 23 June 2025

EvapoRust Alternative Recipe - Homemade Rust Remover

I'm experimenting with the homemade rust remover featured in this YouTube video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fVYZmeReKKY

Here's the recipe:
* Per 1L of H2O
1: 100 Grams Citric Acid.
2: 40 Grams - Sodium Carbonate /OR/ 63 Grams - Sodium Bicarbonate /OR/ 30 - Grams Sodium Hydroxide.
3: Add ingredients from 1 & 2 to one litre of water.
4: Wait for reaction between Acid and Base to complete.
5: Add final ingredient: Arbitrary amount of liquid dish soap (or other wetting agent / surface tension reducer).

I used Sodium Carbonate and added some Dawn dish detergent as indicated.



Friday, 1 November 2024

Kohler RH265 Linkage Solved On a Benchmark 38247 Tiller

 I'm repairing a seized piston in a Kohler RH265 engine used on a Benchmark 38247 tiller made by Ardisam. I got the governor-throttle linkage hooked up fine, but had a linkage left over that I couldn't figure out where it went.



After checking with Roger at Hamelin's in North Bay it turns out Kohler uses a 3-position throttle lever. The first position, Start, closes the choke by pushing the choke linkage into it. The idle and run positions allow the choke spring to open the choke.



I usually take photographs as I disassemble a motor but failed to do on this part. I caused myself a lot of frustration, but Roger got me going again.

Monday, 17 June 2024

Unseizing a Ring Stuck in a Piston

I was rebuilding a Honda GX140 motor that is part of an industrial pressure washing system that I acquired for a mere $100. The engine had been sitting outside for ten years and was definitely seized. The spark plug was missing, so who knows how long rain had been collecting inside the cylinder.

I followed YouTube videos on how to unseize a motor by pouring in a voodoo concoction of half carburetor cleaner and half kerosene. The idea is to constantly soak the piston in the rust-fighting chemicals, jiggle the cylinder frequently, and work the crankshaft until the piston eventually frees up. This happens over a couple of days. The biggest danger is if frustration takes over. You can apply too much pressure and break or score the parts.

In my case, the piston freed up after a reasonable time - two days. There was a substantial ridge of rust at the top of the cylinder wall that took rust eater and some light scraping to remove.

Once the piston was out, the hard part began: the rings were frozen solid into the piston grooves. I started another days-long round of suggested fixes including soaking in the aforementioned chemicals, heating the piston with a heat gun, tapping the rings with a plastic hammer, spraying penetrating oil, and even boiling the piston for 20 minutes.

Hours passed without apparent progress. Then, as the lyric goes, "Just a little change, small to say the least"! Under heat, part of the ring lifted ever so slightly. At first, I assumed it was wishful thinking because the change was barely perceptible.

An hour or two later, something else happened: rusty liquid seeped from a tiny area of a ring. It wasn't even a whole drop but an encouraging clue that the constant spray of toxic products was getting into the right place. All of the tutorials tell you that you must have patience. The problem is, they don't tell you how much patience is required.

In my case, the bottom ring raised and came off first. I used a small pick to get into the gap and work it loose. Next was the top ring. It broke in several places because I was too eager to pull sections off instead of waiting for the penetrating oil.

The middle ring almost broke me. I kept thinking that for 50 bucks, I could abandon this nonsense and order a new part. But hope springs eternal even if the ring does not. 

The final breakthrough was entirely unexpected. I was almost defeated and ready to hit the Order button for the part. But I went back out to the garage to give it one more college try. There seemed to be a subtle change in the ring, where I thought I might be able to get my pick into the gap. Risking stabbing by other hand, I applied more pick pressure than I had previously dared. At this point, if I ruined the piston, I was out nothing anyway, right? 

Wow! Things moved!

In terms of a story, this was the climax. I knew everything would resolve itself fine from that point on. Sure enough, during the denouement, I picked and sprayed, heated and sprayed, and finally had several broken pieces of ring to my great satisfaction.

I shared this small joy with my wife who offered an unenthusiastic "congratulations". Her flat response didn't matter. I alone knew this was a major achievement. I had shown patience and persistence, and triumphed over years of rust and neglect.

Yes, the piston and the rings were unseized and the key parts were not damaged. What's more, I had saved myself 50 bucks with only a week's labour (and 40 dollars' worth of chemicals)!



Thursday, 9 March 2023

Bell remote control not working

I just had my Bell 9242 PVR receiver replaced because the old one was acting up. The new unit refused to recognize my existing black remote controllers. 

After half an hour with support going through the remote reset procedures, I had to give up because it was time to take the dog out.

Tonight, I tried Bell Support again and managed to get to Level 2 support. It turns out that there's a new software version in these replacement PVRs and the PVR is not compatible with the old black controllers. They can tell the compatible remotes by the colour of the Select button.

In the end Bell agreed to send me two replacement remotes. They should have included these with the replacement box in the first place. They should also tell their Level 1 support about this. That would save a lot of hassle.