^^ if I had to repower with a single output shaft, it looks fairly simple to reverse the direction (cams spin backwards). The main obstacle is speed. The Cam spins 1/2 of the crank speed. There's not enough room in this tiny chassis to fit a much larger traction pulley.
Connecting rod snapped right at the piston...smacked the piston skirt and scored the cylinder.
Block-end cam bearing is cracked --> That's the deal breaker right there. Time for a "new" engine.
The oil level is good.
I'm fairly certain that this engine was over-revved causing the valve springs to float; there was a healthy amount of fresh oil spray right at the breather tube.
The PO did have it to a service shop prior to the last storm because he didn’t like the way it sounded... If I were him, I'd let them know that the engine grenaded.
cracked sump:
toasted cam shaft:
the cam lobe smashed the lifter and became lodged ...i suspect valve spring float from overrevving
^^^ exhaust valve was also slightly bent
snapped connecting rod, damaged piston skirt and slight cylinder scoring from the dinged piston:
^^^ cracked the block behind the starter as well...
Looks like a harbor freight engine is in store for that 1 you could make a few bucks flipping that also. besides I thought the wifey was in love with ALICE????
The traction assembly is designed for 1/2 of the RPMs that are generated by a crankshaft PTO...and the chassis is too cramped already to fit a larger friction pulley. If there's a will, there's a way I suppose...I don't need anymore projects!
The Mrs. won't go near Alice for some reason. She (Alice) does look rather menacing... maybe when I clean her (Alice) up, my wife will quit giving Alice the cold shoulder!
" The Mrs. won't go near Alice for some reason. She (Alice) does look rather menacing... maybe when I clean her (Alice) up, my wife will quit giving Alice the cold shoulder! "
now that it's spring maybe the Mrs. will warm up to alice
Fed Ex santa dropped off the new quasi-short-block for the Ariens off of fleabay. Parts-wise, it only needs a carb, hot-box...all of which I have from the original motor.
...it's been awhile since I've gotten one with out the "ventilated block" mod:
And when I pulled the plug, my nostrils instantly burned ...any of you guys who put any time in front of a parts washer know that smell.
Despite the careless use of parts cleaner, this still appears to be a low-hour engine.
When I popped off the breather, the smell was worse...so there was a bunch of that crud in the sump.
^^ I had no intentions of pulling this engine apart (..I can't speak for my sub-conscience though). I didn't want that parts cleaner ruining a perfectly good engine.
looks that way in the picture however it's one of the nicest cylinder bores that I've seen in awhile. No scoring that my fingernail can detect. It still has the original cross hatching.
EDIT: It does appear to have a blown head gasket though.
I had to chop-off about 1" from the inner-tube & drill some through-holes to bolt to that stubby axle.
There were some nice nylon inserts that i was able to bang into place using the female end of a 1/2" extension....tightened things up nicely!
no more wobbly Ariens!
The engine runs like a champ. The only hang-up was a sticky inlet needle in one of those cheap chinese knock-off carbs. Cleaned-up / rebuilt the carb from the original blown engine...back in business.
after a few laps around the driveway (my cellphone was MIA otherwise I'd have a vid )
The shear bolts are frozen....daily dose of heat & ATF/Acetone hopefully frees those up. It would be a miracle if those augers spin freely when I get the bolts out. Even the zerks are rust mounds.
As far as paint goes... I hear allis chalmers orange is a good match.
A new scraper bar & skid shoes...and a slight adjustment to the auger pulley (belt rubbed right through the belt cover) and she'll be as good as new.
allis chalmers orange is a pretty good match, The chute was painted but the bucket was not. This is the Rustoleum allis chalmers orange.
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