All done the spring service, buzz bomb pony oil and main, oil filters, fuel filters and sediment bowl, outer air filter with mouse nest removed and replaced, and some choker bells and cable chokers attached. I couldn’t tighten the leak out on my right final so that’s a job for another day. Getting floated out in an hour or so for the next job. Some land clearing and tree removal. Started the pony at -12c. First time I’ve had to use the choke!
Hi Dizzel,
thanks for taking us along on your adventure.
I well remember the buzz bomb saga at The Dealer--we hired 2 mechanics to work full time doing the constant raft of updates that were tried and applied to the Recalls for these things--must have nearly sent Cat broke.
It took a few years to get the BB's sorted to be reliable but many people could not afford the down time while change over BB's were swapped out/in so often, so they went over to Direct Electric start.
Treat your BB kindly and keep up the servicing especially the oil changes, at least at half the recommended time--twice as often.
Always check its oil level before each start and if you see the oil level has risen, most likely from fuel/gas/petrol dilution --change the oil and find out and rectify the cause.
Cheers,
Eddie B.
[quote="edb"]Hi Dizzel,
thanks for taking us along on your adventure.
I well remember the buzz bomb saga at The Dealer--we hired 2 mechanics to work full time doing the constant raft of updates that were tried and applied to the Recalls for these things--must have nearly sent Cat broke.
It took a few years to get the BB's sorted to be reliable but many people could not afford the down time while change over BB's were swapped out/in so often, so they went over to Direct Electric start.
Treat your BB kindly and keep up the servicing especially the oil changes, at least at half the recommended time--twice as often.
Always check its oil level before each start and if you see the oil level has risen, most likely from fuel/gas/petrol dilution --change the oil and find out and rectify the cause.
Cheers,
Eddie B.[/quote]
I will do that Eddie. Neil suggested every x number of starts I should change the oil. I’ll go with 10-15. This last change showed small rust coloured flakes on the oil pan magnet and quite a lot of fine metal suspended in the oil itself. That was alarming enough to really heed the warnings. I almost never run this engine at high idle. Maybe 10% each run. I make sure the main engine is warmed up and will easily start before I go to high idle. I also run 2stroke premix at 50:1 so that the cylinder walls have a little extra lube at startup. I’m about 4 starts into this change already and will update the condition of the oil on the next change. I was bloody impressed it lit off this morning. Pretty chilly!
Thanks as always.
Stay healthy all!!
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