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Looks like someones wallet is going to be much thinner!
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Yeah, there;s no point in trying to repair that engine. It most likely has more damage than just a piston with a hole in it.
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Amazingly enough it can get metal locked back together.
The crank is shot but the base was fixed.
Think of a series of screws drilled interlocking 1\2 way through each other. Now cut some steel plate to fill where the cast iron was busted out and metal lock it back to the way it was.
Most of these stationary engines were built and installed it the 70's & 80's at considerable cost to the owner.
Can't just throw them out and get a new one.
The crank is shot but the base was fixed.
Think of a series of screws drilled interlocking 1\2 way through each other. Now cut some steel plate to fill where the cast iron was busted out and metal lock it back to the way it was.
Most of these stationary engines were built and installed it the 70's & 80's at considerable cost to the owner.
Can't just throw them out and get a new one.
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Back in 2004, I was out trail driving with a buddy who had a really nice, still under warranty, lifted Ranger Edge. I went through a HUGE mud puddle in my bone stock 2003 Ranger XLT without any issues. He charged through it in his lifted 2003 Ranger Edge, and didn't make it through. I'm sitting there thinking, WTF - How is he stuck. He sucked water up into his aftermarket intake and hydro-locked it. After getting it towed out of the woods, the shop that towed it offered to pull the heads and ***** the damage. It was a MESS! The number 5 cylinder looked like a grenade went off in it. The piston had a big hole, and the resulting junk gouged up the cylinder walls.
Damnedest thing though? The shop was able to clean up the motor and the rest of the truck, and towed it to a local Ford dealer where their service center replaced the motor under warranty. I think my buddy was out of pocket $400 to the shop for the motor clean up (and clean out!) and I had to loan him my stock intake.
Damnedest thing though? The shop was able to clean up the motor and the rest of the truck, and towed it to a local Ford dealer where their service center replaced the motor under warranty. I think my buddy was out of pocket $400 to the shop for the motor clean up (and clean out!) and I had to loan him my stock intake.
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Not really in anything.
It's a stationary natural gas engine. Connected to a big gas transmission turbine.
To move gas down a pipeline you have a pumping station about every 150 miles that basically suck it in one side of the station, pressurize it and push it down the line.
The unit pictured is a V-12, 4 stroke, 4000 Hp at 425 RPM. 16" Bore X 16" Stroke.
We rebuild them and sell new ones.
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