Never too old too learn somethin

[squonk 42,784]

As some of you know. I've been messing with a couple of k181's. The 48 yr. old engine in HHHOOOWWWAARRRDDD!!! ran like a watch but it STUNK!!! Every time I used it I had to change clothes and shower right after. I've torn it down for new rings and valves and will have a thread on that later BUT:  

 

I had rebuilt an engine from my 875 to put into Howie. I really hate how the oil drain tube is blocked by the brake clutch pedal. I thought why not run it out the front. there's plenty of room. Just turn the pan around. So I did and installed an EZ oil drain valve. Ran the engine on my stand. Everything was fine. It sat for a few days and when I removed the engine there was like a half teaspoon of fresh oil on the frame along the flywheel side. Where did that come from? Took of the flywheel again and the seal is fine. Cleaned everything and the next day, there's the oil again. and again and again. Really couldn't see exactly the spot that was leaking but decided it had to be the pan gasket so the pan came back off

 

I should have taken pictures then but I didn't so on this original engine I did:

 

Notice how the oil pan gasket fits in this picture along the flywheel side. The gasket barely is on the block surface. The gasket only goes on one way. It looks the same either way but it's not.

 

 

Now here is the gasket flipped. You also have to put the pan on the same way or the gasket won't lie correctly on the pan rail.

 

 

 

 

I ended up putting a new drain nipple, a 90° elbow and the EZ drain pointing towards the front .

 

Edited April 26 by squonk

[stevasaurus 23,107]

Learning is not the issue Mike, it's retaining that knowledge.    It's defraging the Hard Drive.  It's remembering why you walked into a different room.  It's knowing where you put the note that tells you where you hid something.  It's trying to remember the name of the person walking towards you, and it's your Mom.  

[953 nut 58,259]

Thanks for sharing this Mike, not something you would pick up on at a glance. 

[adsm08 2,768]

15 hours ago, stevasaurus said:

It's defraging the Hard Drive

 

And this becomes a much longer process when you don't have enough memory.

[953 nut 58,259]

1 hour ago, adsm08 said:

 

And this becomes a much longer process when you don't have enough memory.

I have never forgotten anything, it is the retrieval of said stored information that is cumbersome.   There is so much in the files that it can no longer be retrieved quickly, but in the meddle of the night I will wake up remembering what I was wanting to remember, but now I can't remember why I was seeking that little bit of information in the first place.        

[adsm08 2,768]

1 minute ago, 953 nut said:

I have never forgotten anything

 

Lucky, all I get when I try to remember anything is Read/Write errors. Either the information never copied down, or its so badly degraded it can't be read.

[stvski80085 175]

I was formatting it off as it was trying to write.