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by CuttingEdge
Sun Apr 12, 2020 1:28 pm
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: I Am Afraid of the Answer
Replies: 17
Views: 29739

Re: I Am Afraid of the Answer

Hey thanks, this is why I asked...I will order them then. I can wait a few days for FedEx to bring them. I have building my frame for this engine, and really need to get that done so I can drop the engine back into place after I get the oil pan buttoned up. Then I can put on the head, and the other ...
by CuttingEdge
Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:24 am
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: I Am Afraid of the Answer
Replies: 17
Views: 29739

Re: I Am Afraid of the Answer

With the power being out now, and for 3-1/2 days, I am convinced this is a worthy project, even if it is to get the hours off my ole tractor since it has been powering my home. I got the top end gasket for the Perkins Engine this week, so I can put the head back on. I also took the oil pan off and g...
by CuttingEdge
Sun Apr 12, 2020 7:20 am
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: Virus help if anyone needs it, what do you guys think?
Replies: 6
Views: 7838

Re: Virus help if anyone needs it, what do you guys think?

Can anyone send me up a truckload of electricity? (LOL) We had a blizzard on Thursday night and lost power, and still have yet to get it back. They say MAYBE at 10 PM tonight, so about 3-1/2 days without power. Well grid power. I have my tractor hooked up to my 20 KW PTO generator, and am making ele...
by CuttingEdge
Sun Apr 05, 2020 3:56 am
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: Will trade crawler for toilet paper.
Replies: 13
Views: 12227

Re: Will trade crawler for toilet paper.

This has been around a very long time. If you read the back of a Lysol bottle, even one you bought years ago, it lists Covid as a specific illness it kills.

They are just trying to keep the hospitals from being flooded at once.

It really is not a big deal...
by CuttingEdge
Thu Apr 02, 2020 1:57 pm
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: I Am Afraid of the Answer
Replies: 17
Views: 29739

Re: I Am Afraid of the Answer

When I was in Diesel Tech School the instructor was a former owner of a Massey Ferguson dealership, so he knew Perkins well. He really liked them, and we worked on our share. If I remember right, David Brown used Perkins Engines too. But you are right on ordering the right parts, it gets confusing, ...
by CuttingEdge
Thu Apr 02, 2020 1:49 pm
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: I Am Afraid of the Answer
Replies: 17
Views: 29739

Re: I Am Afraid of the Answer

Hey thanks Jim...I came to the same conclusion. I even went up in my other shop and looked long and hard at that 6 cylinder White Diesel Engine sitting on the engine stand. It is freshly rebuilt, but it really is entirely too big. I have no idea where to put it! As is, I would have to tow it to the ...
by CuttingEdge
Thu Apr 02, 2020 9:19 am
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: I Am Afraid of the Answer
Replies: 17
Views: 29739

Re: I Am Afraid of the Answer

I am getting nowhere fast on this. I tore into it this morning, and I thought I determined the problem: a stuck exhaust valve on #4 cylinder. It just did not act the way the others acted. But then when I tried rolling it over by hand, the valve was moving. I get to a certain point though, and the en...
by CuttingEdge
Thu Apr 02, 2020 2:55 am
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: Will trade crawler for toilet paper.
Replies: 13
Views: 12227

Re: Will trade crawler for toilet paper.

I saw my cousin in the store the other day...wearing a mask, so I started to make fun of her. She said it was because she could not afford to get sick...then she walked around the store, picking up this and that. The whole time I am thinking, 'and 10,000 people had their nasty hands all over some of...
by CuttingEdge
Wed Apr 01, 2020 1:32 pm
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: I Am Afraid of the Answer
Replies: 17
Views: 29739

Re: I Am Afraid of the Answer

Yeah it is the intake manifold...sorry, it has been a LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG time since I was in Diesel Tech school (1992). It could have been on its side at one time, but it has been sitting right side up since at least 1990. If it was on its side, it would have just been the brief time it took...
by CuttingEdge
Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:56 am
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: Slight Cutting Edge Update
Replies: 3
Views: 6014

Slight Cutting Edge Update

Just a quick update: As many of you know, I have cancer and last fall it became apparent that I could no longer farm, just because I am just not physically able too. Because of that, I was considered a Disabled Farmer, but that did not mean I could not get a different job, just not a job that was ph...
by CuttingEdge
Wed Apr 01, 2020 10:42 am
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: Will trade crawler for toilet paper.
Replies: 13
Views: 12227

Re: Will trade crawler for toilet paper.

I got a wife and four daughters so I need to build a toilet paper mill. At this point I am about to go raid the paper mill in Calais.

Note: The dog, the cat, the bunny, the duck and even the darn goldfish are all female too! (But most do not use toilet paper).
by CuttingEdge
Wed Apr 01, 2020 8:41 am
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: I Am Afraid of the Answer
Replies: 17
Views: 29739

I Am Afraid of the Answer

I have to admit, I am afraid of the answer on this, because it has been said, "If you have to ask, you already know the answer." In any case I have been getting my Perkins 4.108 diesel engine genset together, and thought everything looked good. But as I was putting on the air intake I noticed it has...
by CuttingEdge
Thu Mar 26, 2020 5:01 am
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: You Would Think this was Simple...
Replies: 21
Views: 21223

Re: You Would Think this was Simple...

I am still moving forward on this project, but slowly. It has been awhile since I updated this, so I found out a few things. It was NOT a Kubota engine at all like I was told, but a Perkins 4.108 diesel engine, so 55 brake horsepower; a lot more than I thought. Since they were made from 1958-1992, t...
by CuttingEdge
Thu Mar 05, 2020 3:22 am
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: Old Starting the New (Starter Circuits)
Replies: 14
Views: 16920

Re: Old Starting the New (Starter Circuits)

The parts place called and said my starter was in. I would go pick it up, but there is a new issue now, and my doctor said I cannot drive. It is ridiculous because I have been driving longer than she has been alive, and never even had a fender-bender, a ticket or anything. I am fighting it, but it i...
by CuttingEdge
Thu Feb 27, 2020 12:50 pm
Forum: Off-topic discussions
Topic: Old Starting the New (Starter Circuits)
Replies: 14
Views: 16920

Re: Old Starting the New (Starter Circuits)

I found out that the Diesel Engine I have been working on was not a Kubota after all, but rather a Perkins 4.108 diesel engine. Because a half-million were made between 1958-1992, there are plenty of parts for them. I was able to get a brand new high speed, high torque starter for this engine for $1...