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that looks like cavitation damage. either that happened in the last 10th of its life when the motor started going out or the owner used ether instead of the decompression lever lol

i bought it from a guy who said he ran it out of fuel and couldnt get it to start. it came with a brushhog and 4 new briefcase weights. so, after priming it and still not getting it to fire i covered it in a wool blanket and set the heat gun on it (its like 25degrees in the shop). after that i...

Rebuilding that motor would cost what I have in the whole tractor. I'm pretty sure the crank is toast because I can feel the oval shape in the journal with my fingers. I can also pull on the pulley and get alot of play. I'm wondering if I could find a motor that bolts up that bell housing.

the crank is toast. i dont need a mic to tell me the one main bearing journal is bad. I havent bought a big enough socket to remove the crank yet. I'll try to get under it today and take a pic. I'd like to know what other motors would bolt up to that bell housing. 700 for a refurbished head or...

It's been awhile since I posted on here. The reason being my simple starter problem turned into a blown motor. I have reached a standstill. I don't know where to go from here. I don't want to give up but I know how expensive this motor rebuild can be and I don't know if I can find another viable...

my tractor didnt come with thermostart. i want to have it and have all the goodies for it on my amazon cart but right now im worried my motors got more serious problems.

so as soon as the motor starts to take off it makes a squeeling sound then immediately dies. do i have a spun main bearing or something?

That is exactly the conclusion i came to. i was wonder what it would take to install the thermostart. the little module just screws in from what i can see and the wiring is simple. i just dont understand how the fuel drip stuff works or where to get one. i actually considered heating up the...

ok so now im sure. my motor doesnt have the thermostart. its got a big green plug where its supposed to be [/ATTACHREUSE] So it's good to know I'm not crazy. My ym1600 doesn't have thermostart. I guess, I'm just supposed to rely on the decomp lever. I fixed the fuel issue. I didn't bleed the...

i didnt prime it completely. i dont like using ether.

so you think there is air between the pump and the tank? ill try that. thankyou

I flushed the tank, replaced the gas filter with a water separator, and replaced the old clamps with high pressure clamps. i had fuel pressure at the injectors enough to fire the motor up for like 6 seconds. then it slowly died like the fuel pressure couldnt keep up. now i cant get anything from...

I live in oregon. it doesnt get that cold here. its in my unheated shop right now but it doesnt get far below freezing

i've already replaced the filter and checked that all my lines are tight.

For those of you who have not seen my earlier posts I bought an old used Yanmar. It was supposedly just run out of fuel and the guy couldn't get it started again. Well, nothing is ever that simple. I found out the guy probably burned up the starter trying to start it, so I had to go on a small...

i bought this starter and it fit perfect. thankyou

the windings were falling out when i opened it up to clean it. turns out a ym2000 starter works perfect.

Finally, thankyou. Are those new manufactured manuals i see online worth buying?

I looked them up amd all they sell for the ym1600 is a brakedrum cover and decals.

I'll try. Thanks

Yes now seeing the starter Ym1500 must have had a smaller motor. The ym2000 must have something like a 2tr16. I don't know if the amount of teeth matters as much as where the teeth mesh with the flywheel. the ym1600 was made 76-79 I believe. Take that for what you will. Thankyou, I appreciate...

I feel the same way about the fuel system. The bolt I'm not too worried about. My local hardware store has a great assortment of hardware. The wiring seems simple. The seal shouldn't be difficult. Theres all kinds of videos on YouTube about transaxles. I'm just afraid to pull the trigger on...

Ok. New starter came in the mail and it looks to be for a smaller motor. Said "yanmar various" so I gave it a try. Can I please just get a link or something to the right starter? I'm tired of f*cking with it. For those of you who haven't seen my other post I bought a old yanmar that wouldn't...

Ok. New starter came in the mail and it looks to be for a smaller motor. Said "yanmar various" so I gave it a try. Can I please just get a link or something to the right starter? I'm tired of f*cking with it. I bought a nice fuse block so I can redo the wiring and a fuel/water separator because...

I can't seem to find any sm-146 or even fredricks.

Cool information. Thankyou. I've heard they were very reliable.

Alright I think I'm signed up lol

Yes thankyou so much. I love figuring out and repairing old machines. I figured this would be a good way to learn tractors. Learning how to split a 16hp tractor will be more forgiving then a 60hp tractor i assume lol. So far the only thing slowing me down is that it's an old rarish gray market...

Are you talking about the Facebook group?

Wow. All you guys really gave me alot of good information. I really appreciate it. I know what to look for now or maybe I'll rebuild it myself. Being this is my first tractor I'll probably have a bunch more questions in the future. I've never used a forum so if I'm not doing it right please tell...

So I got a ym1600 the other day. The guy i got it from said he ran it out of gas then couldn't get it started again. Looks like he at least attempted to bleed it. My problem is I can't get it to turn over. I assumed he burnt up the starter cranking it. So I took it out and bench tested it. It...