Garden Work & Started Rebuild Of Seized Wood Chipper Engine

We are still working in the garden in hopes of providing all of our food needs for a year. I am trying to rebuild a seized up engine on a wood chipper that I have.

I am hauling loads of mulch and compost every day this week. There is a lot of compost there and it all needs to be moved. We can certainly use it here so I am bringing it home.

I have started work on a seized up old wood shipper/shredder that I brought back from NY. I figure the piston is seized due to being left outside too long.

I brought it over to the garage and removed the shroud first. The pull starter cord was hanging out and jammed up.

After some lube and work I got the pull starter working again smoothly.

Next I removed the cylinder head to find a surprise inside. The cylinder was full of water nearly to the top. There is a huge amount of water and rust particles in the cylinder. The valves are rusty too and the intake valve is seized in place.

I cleaned out the cylinder and sprayed some PB blaster into it. I let it soak for a few minutes. Then I took a block of wood and a hammer and pounded on the piston to free it up.

I got lucky that the piston was not all the way down in the cylinder. There was enough space left for me to get it moving downward.

Then I worked the flywheel gently, freeing up the piston a little bit at a time until I got it to move all the way up the cylinder.

After cleaning out the cylinder and then spraying it with oil again I worked the piston up and down until it moved freely.

Next I worked on the valves in the same manner.

Soon I had the engine moving smoothly.

I am also experimenting with solar power for the chalet. I hope to figure out how to set up a grid tie inverter to power our home entirely.

For now I am experimenting with placement of the solar panels in the sun for maximum daily exposure.

I removed the carburetor and will clean that later.

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