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Yep...so the gear pump has two outlets. one is larger than the other, and orignally when I plumbed it in, I plugged the smaller port, and used the larger one for the boom functions. once the engine was running so half, I wasn't getting fluid to my control valves, and found the smaller port...

Hey all, Almost got her figured out! My neighbor came over and we brainstormed over a couple beers, and came up with disconnecting the hydraulic pump from the engine. Fired it up and she sounded a lot better! Revved up to who knows who high, I wasn't paying attention to that... ended up setting...

Mechanics vertigo...yep. I had a dumb moment yesterday. On my vacuum gauge, there is inches of mercury, and cm of mercury. I was reading the cm of hg, and interpteted it as inches of hg. Sorry for that bad info. According to my book ( which is different from what spitzair said - Not calling...

Yes! I have updates! I was very busy with snow (the tried and true old fashioned way) and then my clutch slave cylinder in my truck went out, so yea. I'm sure you've al been there. But I'm back with news/updates for you guys. I put my vacuum gauge on the bottom of the carb where the vacuum...

WOW thanks for all the input guys. I've been on a couple other issues lately, and then with the snow we got around here, I've just been busy and life happens. However, lots of questions to answer and things to look into. @spitzair- That is some good information about the mechanical advance...

Thanks for the ideas guys. As for squirting gas in the carb, that made it bog down. And I guess I should have mentioned that I had the exhaust off already checking for mouse nests etc. It is still essentially "straight piped" right now. I blew air through all the "header tubes" for lack of a...

Good evening foton. Thank you for the quick response. I have not "tested" the governor. However I have looked into that enough to know that a refurbished one will cost about $900 if that is a problem in the future. However I have removed the governor from the engine to no avail The throttle...

Hey guys, I'm having a problem with my ford 1.6L 2274E engine. It has 780 hours on it, (yes, its a correct reading) and it wont rev up past 1200 Rpm's. I have done the following: 1. Boiled carburetor parts and reassembled with rebuild kit-new jets, diaphragms, adj screws, springs, etcetera...

Greetings all, I'm not your typical DIY'er from central PA. But hate not being able to do things for myself none-the-less. I read a lot on forums and try my best to figure things out with the tools that I have. I'm always open to learning new things, and that's why I'm here. I'm learning a lot...

Hey guys, I just joined the forum! I've read a lot on here from past threads and have gotten some good info. However, I am having a particular problem with my ford 1.6L 2274E engine in my skid loader that I just cant figure out. The engine has 780 hours on it, (yes, its a correct reading) and I...