Random Thoughts - Part Deux [NO POLITICS]

[Stephen W.]

Originally Posted by spike021

My car still makes such weird noises that bother me lol. < snip >

Originally Posted by NoHaveMSG

Still dealing with the dealership I bought my truck from in May < snip >

I've had my BRZ to two different dealers a total of four times in the first two years of ownership to correct a "clunk" noise in the front end. They can't find it to fix it. Now that my car is just over three years old they want to charge me to find/fix it.
I figure if nothing bad has happened in 15,000 kilometers I'll just continue to put up with it. (The noise that is.) But... I have very little faith in dealers anymore. Glad that this is my last car.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by soundman98

got home early today, and a carb, sparkplug, and fuel line came in the mail. so started working on 'the ox' as google says it is.. a toro 826 snowblower my nice neighbor gifted me..


it's got good compression, and definitely getting fuel now, but not getting spark...

for a 20-30? year old snow blower, it's got a way over-complicated electrical cut-off system...


next project is cutting it all apart except the key system, and seeing if my problem is either the magneto or the 'safety' system...

Bubba suggests that you wire the magneto directly to the spark plug(s).

(jest don't stick your hand in the machine when it's running - )

[Ultramaroon]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Bubba suggests that you wire the magneto directly to the spark plug(s).

(jest don't stick your hand in the machine when it's running - )

What if it's shot?

[Sapphireho]

Originally Posted by soundman98

it's got good compression, and definitely getting fuel now, but not getting spark....

Reminds me of when I was a very young kid and bought my first dirt bike (Hodaka/Steens). I got it real cheap because the previous owner said it hadn't ran in a couple years. It had no spark. I pushed it home, took the kill switch off the handlebars and fired it up.

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

What if it's shot?

Magnetos don't get shot.

Iffen you don't believe that, stick a spark plug wire in a magneto and hold onto the other end of the wire then pull on the starter rope -

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by Stephen W.

I've had my BRZ to two different dealers a total of four times in the first two years of ownership to correct a "clunk" noise in the front end. They can't find it to fix it. Now that my car is just over three years old they want to charge me to find/fix it.
I figure if nothing bad has happened in 15,000 kilometers I'll just continue to put up with it. (The noise that is.) But... I have very little faith in dealers anymore. Glad that this is my last car.

not that you want to of course, but shouldn't you have some recourse on that due to the fact that it was brought in specifically for that issue 4 times before the warranty and they couldn't locate it?

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Reminds me of when I was a very young kid and bought my first dirt bike (Hodaka/Steens). I got it real cheap because the previous owner said it hadn't ran in a couple years. It had no spark. I pushed it home, took the kill switch off the handlebars and fired it up.

reminds me of the generator my dad found a few years ago. same deal, great compression, carb looked new, definitely getting fuel.

finally figured out that there was a low oil cutoff hidden away as part of the cutoff switch. the oil was about 1/64th of a quart low. literally put a few drops in and it fired right up.

but to get to that point, we pulled all of the cutoff stuff off. i figured i'd just pull the plug wire if it worked.

well, it fired right up without all the kill switch stuff in the way. and shocked the hell out of me as i tried pulling the plug for what felt like 5 minutes, while my dad laughed harder and harder the longer i tried

my only regret is that i didn't make him pull the plug so i could laugh.

[cjd]

Originally Posted by humfrz

Magnetos don't get shot.

Iffen you don't believe that, stick a spark plug wire in a magneto and hold onto the other end of the wire then pull on the starter rope -

Tell that to the B17 that crashed a couple years ago. Shoddy maintenance by all appearances, but still. At least I think it was magneto... Both. Probably on multiple engines.

[weederr33]

[soundman98]

Originally Posted by cjd

Tell that to the B17 that crashed a couple years ago. Shoddy maintenance by all appearances, but still. At least I think it was magneto... Both. Probably on multiple engines.

That was questionable. Sounded like there were more than a few 'homebrew' repairs on that bird that didn't help matters

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by cjd

Tell that to the B17 that crashed a couple years ago. Shoddy maintenance by all appearances, but still. At least I think it was magneto... Both. Probably on multiple engines.

Well, if you are referring to the B-17 Nine-O-Nine that went down, it's my understanding that a lot of faulty maintenance and crew screw ups was responsible. Those 4 engines should have been able to bring that plane back down safely with half of the magnetos whacked out.

We will have to ask ol @Ultramaroon about that, he knows about airplanes. AND, if he doesn't agree with me, then NEVER FUCKING MIND -

[Ultramaroon]

Haha...


Well, I dunno what to say except one engine gets one carburetor and... wait for it...


two magnetos. Hmmm... wonder why. o.0

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Sapphireho

Reminds me of when I was a very young kid and bought my first dirt bike (Hodaka/Steens). I got it real cheap because the previous owner said it hadn't ran in a couple years. It had no spark. I pushed it home, took the kill switch off the handlebars and fired it up.

I got the picture - there he was, folks -

[humfrz]

Originally Posted by Ultramaroon

Haha...


Well, I dunno what to say except one engine gets one carburetor and... wait for it...


two magnetos. Hmmm... wonder why. o.0

Well, you see, Bubba's grandfather told me that each radial of cylinders had two magnetos so that if half of the spark plugs fouled the other magneto would take over and keep the engine running.

[humfrz]

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