I'm glad you noticed. That car is my father's. He bought it in 1998, trashed. He then took every nut and bolt out of that thing and restored It. It took him 3 years, but it's his baby now.
Not perfect but you got it to work. Considering the number of people who can't do simple maintenance I think you do a good job. I like the way you do your thinking in your outside voice so we know what you are doing. Very good video.
I have the same blower with the same low compression issue. I can usually get it to start and even run for a while, but if it stalls when hot there is no way to get it running again. Cylinder looks good, but I think my ring is also seized. Piston assemblies are pretty cheap. I think it’s just too easy to swap the piston and ring. Your video is very helpful, will definitely speed up my ability in figuring out how to get it apart.
Thank you! Take a look inside your cylinder next to the exhaust port. Look for scoring. Run your finger across the inside of the cylinder. It should be super smooth. If it's not, that's contributing to the issue. If not, definitely service or replace your ring. Also, 575227901 is the oem part number for a new ring. Good luck!
Great job. I thought you smoked the piston with the blowtorch, but you didn't! I think you might may have left out a washer when assembling the fan, but I believe its not too important 😉
The connecting rod pin works its way out and rubs a hole in the plastic crank assembly cover ..so not enough compression to start..at least thats what was wrong with mine ..seen several others with same issue ..not sure how to keep the pin from sliding out..mine will fall out with the crank cover off
never use a torch on a little piston, never use channel locks to grip the piston, carb spray and brass brush to clean ring groove, maybe a small pick to get the rest of the carbon off. The torch will destroy the needle bearings in the rod and wrist pin.
If I was fixing this for a customer, I probably would. But I just wanted to use this as my blower, so I didn't care if it happened again. My thought was it would run more and loosen up everything overtime.
Most of the time if stuff like that don't have power. Spits and sputters when trying to crank it. Or doesn't Rev up. There's a screen in the muffler that will get carbon build up. Gotta check those every now and then. I've never come across a stuck ring problem
Unfortunately, I do not know the size of the piston ring because it is back in the engine. I can give you the part number. Maybe somebody has dimensions. If you google "Husqvarna 575227901" you should find the piston ring.
