On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:52:11 GMT, "Mr Wizzard"
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"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Sun, 24 Oct 2004 20:04:59 GMT, "Mr Wizzard"
wrote:

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makes perfect sense now. Dam, so got decisions to make.
Eat the $100, or bust out the cutting torch and get in heavy
iron worker mode.

mmmmmmmmmmheavyironworkermodemmmmmmmmmmm :)

Do you, ahhh "Tig Weld" ? (in that: Do you, ah Yahoo voice)
I recently parted with my Miller Thunderbolt for one of these
new solid-state Thermal Arc STW-185, and I love it. (for TIG)

Actually, I don't - I don't have the patience for it. I have an Esab
453CV which I could build a freakin' ship with if I wanted to. I
picked it up at an auction for cheap money - it was the last item
auctioned and nobody had any money left. :)

I had the Miller Dialarc 250 which I sold to one of the local farmers.
I actually perfer the Esab, but man, I could build aircraft carriers
with the damn thing.


Regular DC arc mode takes some getting used to, and of course,
gone are the days of straight A/C sine wave welding with 7014,
or 6013, but its Ok. And only 40 Lbs, and small as a cracker
box. Neighbot has my Miller Thunderbold 300A A/C welder,
so its not too far away when I want to relieve a little stress and
but up 5 Lbs of rod in them late evening "who can run the nicer
bead" contest(s). hehe

So final update! Decided to see if I could the powerhead
seperated., and sure enough, came apart pretty easily.
Sure 'nuff, crankshaft seal toast. All "oozing" muck and such.
There is an intermeadiate seal that kinda protects the lower
seal, and that looked like it failed too, and there is a watery
grey ooze all up around the crankshaft seal, and the part of the
lip of the crankshaft seal itself is oozing some bubbly **** out
of the crankcase (which I have to assume is trapped something).
close up pics to follow, but there you have it folks, mystery solved!

YAY!!

Good luck with it.

All the best,

Tom
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