ole girl is down
 

I was cutting the grass yesterday with the 1200. and heard the rattle of death, reached for the pto and the key. did not help, lost the rod pushed her into the shop and closed the door! had a few :beer2: gonna git my camera and go pull the K301 this morning, hope it's not ventilated.

thats not good:angry:

Sorry to hear that. Let us know what you find out.

that sucks. lucky for you though that there are so many of those engines floating around people trip over them.

Sorry to hear that, Jeff.

:eek: Boy, hate to hear that......................

Good luck.

news so far is she is not ventilated!!!! rod is FUBAR, but I'd bet that granddady did not spring for a mew one back at his 30 year rebuild. hope to get bore and crank miked latter today. don't worry photos will come.

what do y'all use to pull the spool piece on the out side of the flywheel? a steering wheel puller?

You may want to post engine questions in the engine area, I'm sure you will get more help.

OUCH! It was a sad day for me when my 1650 busted it's crank... :( I know your pain...

I'm not 100% sure what you're asking specifically, but for large puller jobs I bought one of these:

http://www.amazon.com/OTC-6980-Heavy...eywords=puller

It's a bit pricey, but it works insanely well.

Ouch!! Sorry to hear about the bad news, but it may be an opportunity to do things right and have that peace of mind for the next 30-40 years! Seeing the bottle half empty or half full....:beer2::beer2::beer2:.....or heck, just being able to see the bottle at all after a while....Good luck!

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I think my hub adapter slid right off. I did use a steering wheel puller to get the flywheel off. I don't see why you couldn't use it on the stuck hub too. I put som on blaster on the flywheel and let it sit overnight. It popped right off I'm the morning, got lucky.