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Originally Posted by Vince_o
Ill tell you this has been one of the most intresting reads for me in a good long time. Kinda hate, in a crazy sort of way, to see it end. We bought an excovator for the farm in Pa when I worked for cat. When it came in on trade it was what we needed up there. So the lead machanic and I stayed after work one day and cut all the filters open on the machine. That was I think one of the best 200 bucks I spent in looking at a used piece of equipment. He had a tool cut the top and bottom out of the filter and then he put the element in a vise and squeezed all the oil out of it. Then layed them open on a table to see what was in them. That was the first time I saw anyone do that.
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Hopefully it's over?
I am a little concerned that it does not hold more than 10PSI of oil pressure when it gets to full operating temperature.
At cold start up it hits 50psi, and slowly falls as the engine warms up. It levels out at 10. Not sure why that would be, I triple checked the oil pressure relief valve numbers, when I milled the closure plate. The rod / main bearing clearances where all well within spec. The rods were on the high side of the limit, but still well within.
I keep telling myself its an air cooled twin, not an EFI modern liquid cooled motor.
It runs good, RPMs still hunt around a little at full throttle, but once the PTO engages they level out.
For now the plan is to run it. I never listed the MAG20 from the 2072, for sale just in case this KT didn't pan out. As of now, the MAG20 will be hanging around.
I do not have a tool to cut that open, I need to find one. Maybe Grainger.