
Bought A Bolens H1704 Hydro This Week , Bad News
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Posted December 11, 2012 - 06:34 PM
Not sure if I may just scrap it for parts , got to think about it a few days and get a price at the machine shop for a possible sleeve insert. Has anyone had anything like this happen or see this before ?
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Posted December 11, 2012 - 06:40 PM
Cheers
Ty
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Posted December 11, 2012 - 06:42 PM

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Posted December 11, 2012 - 06:44 PM
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Posted December 11, 2012 - 07:22 PM
Last year dad missed checking the antifreeze in one if his Kubotas. [approx 25 horsepower] It is a size that you think would be a three cylinder but is actually 4 cylinders. He found out that engine was rare in tractors but larger zero turn Kubotas used the same engine. While looking on Craigslist a couple of weeks later he found a good running correct engine from a zero turn that the hydro had given up on and he bought the complete engine on a stand and heard it run before purchase for $400.
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Posted December 11, 2012 - 07:35 PM
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Posted December 11, 2012 - 08:39 PM
thats why i say it froze as if water entered the Cylinder casing rust and expansion damage i can bet that it will run (judging that the bottom end is not junk pull the piston and rod out Stick weld (or braze ) that hole it will just shake odd and run funny i found a video from a member with a briggs twin with a blown rod running perfectSorry to hear this Don. Those Iseki motors have a good reputation. That is an extremely odd looking bit of damage. The entire cylinder looks odd. Maybe it was run on 2 cylinders after the damage?
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Posted December 11, 2012 - 08:58 PM
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Posted December 11, 2012 - 10:39 PM
Bummer...
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Posted December 12, 2012 - 05:05 AM
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Posted December 12, 2012 - 05:18 AM
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Posted December 12, 2012 - 08:10 AM
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Posted December 12, 2012 - 08:33 AM
- Don Campbell said thank you
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Posted December 12, 2012 - 08:49 AM
- Don Campbell said thank you
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Posted December 12, 2012 - 11:31 AM