JTK
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That's a beautiful job you did daman. Very worthy of the mytractorforum board!
Joel
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Originally Posted By: JTK
That's a beautiful job you did daman. Very worthy of the mytractorforum board!
Joel
thanks JTK,little too much boredom i guess but what the heck.
That's a beautiful job you did daman. Very worthy of the mytractorforum board!
Joel
thanks JTK,little too much boredom i guess but what the heck.
Projects like this are cheap and really fun. Now you get to monitor your oil pressure while you're mowing. It will be interesting to see how it changes as the oil gets hotter and hotter.
Is that the end of a Purolator Pureone I see in the foreground of the picture?
Is that the end of a Purolator Pureone I see in the foreground of the picture?
Originally Posted By: Jim 5
Projects like this are cheap and really fun. Now you get to monitor your oil pressure while you're mowing. It will be interesting to see how it changes as the oil gets hotter and hotter.
Is that the end of a Purolator Pureone I see in the foreground of the picture?
Cant slip anything by a good BITOG'er,good eye
, yep it's a P1 L10241.
Projects like this are cheap and really fun. Now you get to monitor your oil pressure while you're mowing. It will be interesting to see how it changes as the oil gets hotter and hotter.
Is that the end of a Purolator Pureone I see in the foreground of the picture?
Cant slip anything by a good BITOG'er,good eye
The only problem I see is that the stripes in your yard will now be crooked due to looking at the gauges all the time..
Originally Posted By: TurboLuver
The only problem I see is that the stripes in your yard will now be crooked due to looking at the gauges all the time..
thats to funny lol,,i'll have to work hard on that issue,but true yea.
The only problem I see is that the stripes in your yard will now be crooked due to looking at the gauges all the time..
thats to funny lol,,i'll have to work hard on that issue,but true yea.
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Originally Posted By: daman
Originally Posted By: TurboLuver
The only problem I see is that the stripes in your yard will now be crooked due to looking at the gauges all the time..
thats to funny lol,,i'll have to work hard on that issue,but true yea.
Got room for a compass or GPS on that dash?
Joel
Originally Posted By: TurboLuver
The only problem I see is that the stripes in your yard will now be crooked due to looking at the gauges all the time..
thats to funny lol,,i'll have to work hard on that issue,but true yea.
Got room for a compass or GPS on that dash?
Joel
Originally Posted By: JTK
Originally Posted By: daman
Originally Posted By: TurboLuver
The only problem I see is that the stripes in your yard will now be crooked due to looking at the gauges all the time..
thats to funny lol,,i'll have to work hard on that issue,but true yea.
Got room for a compass or GPS on that dash?
Joel
thought about a tach but yea she's getting full,lol
Originally Posted By: daman
Originally Posted By: TurboLuver
The only problem I see is that the stripes in your yard will now be crooked due to looking at the gauges all the time..
thats to funny lol,,i'll have to work hard on that issue,but true yea.
Got room for a compass or GPS on that dash?
Joel
thought about a tach but yea she's getting full,lol
A tach would be really cool.
yea i know but hard to find for a small engine. $$ if you do find one.
Originally Posted By: daman
yea i know but hard to find for a small engine. $$ if you do find one.
The only small engine tach I have is old as time. It has bars that vibrate in harmony with the engine and are labeled with rpm ranges. I got it at a garage sale for a few bucks. It's very large and heavy - not something that could be strapped on an engine.
yea i know but hard to find for a small engine. $$ if you do find one.
The only small engine tach I have is old as time. It has bars that vibrate in harmony with the engine and are labeled with rpm ranges. I got it at a garage sale for a few bucks. It's very large and heavy - not something that could be strapped on an engine.
Originally Posted By: Pete591
What pressures:
-Idle
-Mid throttle
-WOT
-After oil is hot
???
Thanks!
check my OP link some info i posted but working on it,just installed it haven't mowed yet, stay tuned....
What pressures:
-Idle
-Mid throttle
-WOT
-After oil is hot
???
Thanks!
check my OP link some info i posted but working on it,just installed it haven't mowed yet, stay tuned....
Originally Posted By: Pete591
My .02
The oil temps seem okayish.
The oil temps too low....the tubing size and number of feet runs to the gauge probably are the reasons.
If I were gonna do something I would run just an oil warning alarm with < 1' of hose.
Pete there's no supply tube to the temp gauge,it's a electronic gauge,temp sensor T'd in the pressure port.
them oil temp shots are only after 15 or so mins idling with some full throttle time, she'll be a whole lot hotter once mowing starts
My .02
The oil temps seem okayish.
The oil temps too low....the tubing size and number of feet runs to the gauge probably are the reasons.
If I were gonna do something I would run just an oil warning alarm with < 1' of hose.
Pete there's no supply tube to the temp gauge,it's a electronic gauge,temp sensor T'd in the pressure port.
them oil temp shots are only after 15 or so mins idling with some full throttle time, she'll be a whole lot hotter once mowing starts
Originally Posted By: Pete591
What pressures:
-Idle
-Mid throttle
-WOT
-After oil is hot
???
Thanks!
UPDATE: Mowed the lawn today wasn't too hot 73deg the engine didn't work to hard,grass was on the short side.
oil used; Amsoil ACD 10w30/SAE 30W
oil filter PureOne L10241
idle-cold, oil-cold
full throttle-hot, oil-hot After mowing for 1.5 hrs 1ish acres
Idle-hot, oil-hot this is after 10 mins of idling notice how temps rised and oil pressure dropped some? that's why one should always mow at full throttle to get the best cooling. All in all not as high of temps i thought i would see, cool day though that i'm sure had something to do with it and the engine wasn't working hard.
2005 craftstman LT2000
18.5 HP INTEK 136hrs
What pressures:
-Idle
-Mid throttle
-WOT
-After oil is hot
???
Thanks!
UPDATE: Mowed the lawn today wasn't too hot 73deg the engine didn't work to hard,grass was on the short side.
oil used; Amsoil ACD 10w30/SAE 30W
oil filter PureOne L10241
idle-cold, oil-cold
full throttle-hot, oil-hot After mowing for 1.5 hrs 1ish acres
Idle-hot, oil-hot this is after 10 mins of idling notice how temps rised and oil pressure dropped some? that's why one should always mow at full throttle to get the best cooling. All in all not as high of temps i thought i would see, cool day though that i'm sure had something to do with it and the engine wasn't working hard.
2005 craftstman LT2000
18.5 HP INTEK 136hrs
Thanks for the update!
Originally Posted By: 97 GTP
I have the same mower except it's an '03 model (18 HP). Have you had to replace the head gasket yet?
nope all is well so far,hope they fixed it by '05,,i adjusted valves here just the other day and re checked them they where good.
I have the same mower except it's an '03 model (18 HP). Have you had to replace the head gasket yet?
nope all is well so far,hope they fixed it by '05,,i adjusted valves here just the other day and re checked them they where good.
Is that a single? I wonder if the Twins run hotter with the extra moving parts.
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