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Decided it was time to get the engine drive going again. I can't remember the last time I used it. It's been literally YEARS. I did fire it up last Summer, but the shutoff solenoid doesn't work right. SO I KNOW THIS WASN'T THE SITUATION LAST SUMMER.
The entire damn machine is packed with rat sht, and twigs/leaves. All of the windings are completely full of rat sht. All of the transformers are packed with rat sht.I'm at a loss as to where to begin.None of the wiring seems to have been eaten, so far........................ I don't believe an air gun is the answer. It would probably drive the sht into areas I'll never be able to access. My first thought is to shop vac the entire thing.I'm worried I'm gonna have to entirely disassemble the ENTIRE F'N MACHINE to get to all the crap. I have the sides completely off, and the only thing left is the base......which I'm afraid means removing the motor, and bigazz alternator (or whatever it is)........the generator I guess.I have absolutely no idea what's safe to touch. I've no idea whether this thing has capacitors in it.This all got started because we have a pretty severe ice storm forecast for Wed. I figured I oughta get the thing going for backup power. And, I'm also gonna use it for the crane build (I can't sit around and worry about the health sht all the time, it's time to get up and do something).Man, I tell ya................I hadn't figured on this crap
Reply:Anyways..................this is where it's at for the moment......... I've got it striped down as far as I want to for now. Some of the crap was removable by hand, but the rest has to be Hoovered I'm thinkin'.
Reply:I'm worried about that crap shorting something if I don't find it all, and get it out. And I'm worried about the damn thing catching on fire if the hidden crap dries out when the welder gets hot. This is a real f'n disaster.
Reply:Reminds me of a certain Clausing lathe..
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Reply:I am sure Roy would send a lighting bolt to start the fire, just to show you he still cares..
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Reply:Just thinking out loud, so to speak, but those things are designed to sit in the back of the truck while you're doing speed down the highway through a downpour. They don't get transported around in enclosed trailers, after all.Thus.... I would think everything in there is safe to touch or it would have been shorted out the very first time it got rained on. Water gets everywhere given enough time, and if there was any way something could short or whatnot... it would have happened already.Personally, I'd put it up on blocks and hose the snot out of it with as much pressure as you can get. Then when it dries, have a good look-see everywhere, with a flashlight, and then hit it again with the hose.Three or four good washings, each one getting a little more of the junk out of all the nooks and crannies, should do you right.But what do I know? I could be entirely wrong about their water resistance.
Reply:I wouldnt water it, would vac and air blow.www.urkafarms.com
Reply:Check under flywheel if you have a stator and magnets before starting. Had a mower that shattered magnets because of debris. They like my muffler too.
Reply:This is why I have a nicely rocked, sterilized yard with no vegetation within 200 yards. I could just imagine the uproar of something like that happening to customer equipment. Having 3-4 stray cats eating rodents helps too.Oh yeah, back to the problem, I would repeatedly soak it with a garden hose to loosen the dried stuff then use a hose nozzle to wash it out. A bit of detergent will help loosen the stuff. No high pressure washing. Blow with air and allow it to air dry. Done quite a few Big gensets that way.Last edited by 12V71; 6 Hours Ago at 08:56 PM.
Reply:What a shame to neglect a good piece of equipment like that. Ya know, half the problems you seem to encounter in life could probably be avoided if you learned how to take care of things properly (lawn mowers/weed wackers/chainsaws etc etc)...... Geeze Louise
No excuse for that IMOMiller 211Hypertherm PM 451961 Lincoln Idealarc 250HTP 221 True Wisdom only comes from Pain.
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Originally Posted by John T
What a shame to neglect a good piece of equipment like that. Ya know, half the problems you seem to encounter in life could probably be avoided if you learned how to take care of things properly (lawn mowers/weed wackers/chainsaws etc etc)...... Geeze Louise
No excuse for that IMO
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Originally Posted by John T
What a shame to neglect a good piece of equipment like that. Ya know, half the problems you seem to encounter in life could probably be avoided if you learned how to take care of things properly (lawn mowers/weed wackers/chainsaws etc etc)...... Geeze Louise
No excuse for that IMO
Reply:The usual crowd piles in...............Geez doooooods get a life. Go have sex with yer wimmmen.
Reply:Seems I hit a nerve...
Thats OK, I still love you Sammm
Miller 211Hypertherm PM 451961 Lincoln Idealarc 250HTP 221 True Wisdom only comes from Pain.
Reply:Warfarin doesn't kill dogs, the new stuff will. I like my pup. So..........................what kin I tell ya? We live with the problem. Sux, but we do. K'kins would go into depression if Peanut was poisoned. I would too. We're good people, and we try to live a good life.
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Originally Posted by John T
Seems I hit a nerve...
Thats OK, I still love you Sammm
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
The usual crowd piles in...............Geez doooooods get a life. Go have sex with yer wimmmen.
Reply:Everything fell into the cracks and crevices by gravity cause the mice don't move the **** in there they just drop it, so flip it upside down and suck or blow it out
and it will be cleaned by gravity too.
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
Don't like ya, never did(shrug)
Reply:I would drain it of fluids (You're probably going to want to change them anyway)rotate it sideways or even upside down if I could, use air and a stiff brushand then a hose with a decent nozzle if there was anything left.Driving it around and getting it bumped around a bit (back of a truck or towed) before diving in also would help loosen some stuff, and get all the bigger live residents evictedLast edited by SlowBlues; 5 Hours Ago at 09:53 PM.
Reply:Forgot to mention, rat/mice feces can cause pink eye and lung infections, so wear some goggles and a respirator.
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Originally Posted by 12V71
And you turn Crybaby every time you ask for advice...
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Originally Posted by _Weldman_
Forgot to mention, rat/mice feces can cause pink eye and lung infections, so wear some goggles and a respirator.
Reply:Old gennie repairman showed me a trick yrs for a gennie that got damp. Take all the brushes out of their holders, start it and run for a few hours and let the cooling fan dry everything.Ol' Stonebreaker "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop saw
Reply:My initial thoughts are too tip it upside down. Drain all the fluids shake all the loose crap out of it. Hopefully they didn’t get in anything important. Mouse and rat urine is so corrosive.Millermatic 252millermatic 175miller 300 Thunderboltlincoln ranger 250smith torcheslots of bfh'sIf it dont fit get a bigger hammerDon't mice/rats also carry hanta virus?, if I recall. Maybe that was just only down in New Mexico where I read about it..
Reply:Take a weed blower and blow the crap out of it and move on. I've seen thermo king units packed with more crap than that from the sh$t birds. But then again a 53' trailer with a TK unit is pretty hard to keep out of the weather, a 20 hp engine drive is easy to keep out of the crap.
Reply:Never thought about the corrosive effects. I saw some of the amber coating on the transformers in the rats nest. I'm assuming they gnawed it, and moved it to the nest. I dunno how much that stuff insulates, or just keeps corrosion down.
Reply:It's not like the damn thing wasn't started once in a while. I do this with everything I own. All the trucks, tractors, and welders. So eat sht dooooooods.Gotta problem, and some folks have done some good suggestions. Good as it can be. It's a crap shoot.Thanks for the GOOD INPUT!! I'm getting on in years, and got problems, so I don't give a damn about calling azzholes out nowadays. If yer crappin', you're gettin' called. If not, thanks. Gettin' tired of takin' crap with a smile.
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
Geez guy, you ever get tired of the same wheez??????????????? Advice is what it's worth, and I generally do well not heeding yours(shrug). I do a post, and it's a story. It's a journey. You're watching the solution as it happens. I really don't want your input. Ya haven't gotten it by now? I do sht on my own, always have, and it always works out. You're not in the loop man...........
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Originally Posted by 12V71
Well, don't ask for advice. I take care of my "sht". You leave it laying around in tall grass with the hood open for 15 years. In 30 years I've probably been through a mil-mil and a half of equipment, except for the weekend rabbit assault, it's all run every time I need it. And I don't hang on to old junk that's about to die. Do what you want and keep whining.
Reply:This thread needs a new titleWhen the Cat's Been let out of the bag........
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Originally Posted by _Weldman_
This thread needs a new titleWhen the Cat's Been let out of the bag........
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
Dooooood that can't weld structural with stick, welds it with shty non rated flux core. Gimme a break guy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reply:You posted the work, you live with it.(shrug)
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
You posted the work, you live with it.(shrug)
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Originally Posted by 12V71
Sure funny how you feel you can criticize anybody you want to, but sure as hell can't take any...
Reply:So...................like.................this all started with rat sht??????????????
I have been to the Mount, and back
Reply:I have this deep seated feeling that this all boils down to ingrained sexual problems. Y'all need to see yer therapists. Or..........do it on yer own
Fwap yer way to mental health
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
So...................like.................this all started with rat sht??????????????
I have been to the Mount, and back
Reply:Try going back and reading my first post in this mess... Just advice.
Reply:Crazy ya think. Weird ya think......................... Makes as much sense as the crap y'all spit out.............or squeeze out
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
Crazy ya think. Weird ya think......................... Makes as much sense as the crap y'all spit out.............or squeeze out
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Originally Posted by 12V71
Try going back and reading my first post in this mess... Just advice.
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
You posted the work, you live with it.(shrug)
Reply:Is this a schlong thing??????????
Get back to yer real stuff, and call it a day
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
Is this a schlong thing??????????
Get back to yer real stuff, and call it a day
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Originally Posted by _Weldman_
You should eat your own words in that regards for what you post on here and complain about. Now that you have my full attention I will say right now, unlike you I don't need a chronic disease or age for me to call out arseholes and I don't need to hide behind a keyboard to do it either. I might or might not like what you post or not like you in general or whatever, but I set aside my differences anyways and try to help you along with anyone else on forums no matter race, creed, sex, or whatever makes them different or what they think why they are different. Never insulted you in anyway yet you want to call me and my welding out.Let's start off with you're a fake in what you think you are and what you think you can do, you created your own misery by not learning from your own mistakes that could of mitigate 95% or more of the BS you post on here. If you knew half the schit you claim to know or do you would know the flux core I use and you would know it's just as strong as a welding rod you like to stick up your arse and ride. The flux core I use NR211 is approved for AWS D1.1 which is same FABshield 21B another T11 wire is rated up to 3/4 inch structural. The whole T8 classification came from re-classification after Northridge earthquake in California. My work has been tested in ways you will never know and I do know how to weld with stick, and burned through thousands welding in refineries in Pt Arther TX, I prefer not to carry welding rods everywhere going up the heights your pusy arse too afraid to climb up cause some sorry arse excuse of whatever you can conjure up.Keep meddling in your own misery and not learning from your mistakes, I will keep exceeding in every which way you have failed and then some two fold over. Lot more to be said but you aren't worth the time though I will leave you with this picture. If my non stick welding structural with non rated flux core is of what you said then riddle me this, how in the fuk did I get this home with other heavy equipment hauled over thousands of miles with the king pin I welded on? I also built the flatbed the you see back there too. Do me a favor and don't answer, it was a rhetorical question even though will answer back with something anyways.
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Originally Posted by _Weldman_
You should eat your own words in that regards for what you post on here and complain about. Now that you have my full attention I will say right now, unlike you I don't need a chronic disease or age for me to call out arseholes and I don't need to hide behind a keyboard to do it either. I might or might not like what you post or not like you in general or whatever, but I set aside my differences anyways and try to help you along with anyone else on forums no matter race, creed, sex, or whatever makes them different or what they think why they are different. Never insulted you in anyway yet you want to call me and my welding out.Let's start off with you're a fake in what you think you are and what you think you can do, you created your own misery by not learning from your own mistakes that could of mitigate 95% or more of the BS you post on here. If you knew half the schit you claim to know or do you would know the flux core I use and you would know it's just as strong as a welding rod you like to stick up your arse and ride. The flux core I use NR211 is approved for AWS D1.1 which is same FABshield 21B another T11 wire is rated up to 3/4 inch structural. The whole T8 classification came from re-classification after Northridge earthquake in California. My work has been tested in ways you will never know and I do know how to weld with stick, and burned through thousands welding in refineries in Pt Arther TX, I prefer not to carry welding rods everywhere going up the heights your pusy arse too afraid to climb up cause some sorry arse excuse of whatever you can conjure up.Keep meddling in your own misery and not learning from your mistakes, I will keep exceeding in every which way you have failed and then some two fold over. Lot more to be said but you aren't worth the time though I will leave you with this picture. If my non stick welding structural with non rated flux core is of what you said then riddle me this, how in the fuk did I get this home with other heavy equipment hauled over thousands of miles with the king pin I welded on? I also built the flatbed the you see back there too. Do me a favor and don't answer, it was a rhetorical question even though will answer back with something anyways.
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Originally Posted by farmersammm
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