03-16-2014, 08:20 PM | #51 |
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Re: My Marathon project.
That's what I'm doing. The piston does not make any noise, i can only feel it moving. I managed to get the head off before it got dark on me. I found a good chunk of the head gasket missing, it was on the side with the broken bolt. I couldn't find the missing piece anywhere. Hopefully I will have time after work tomorrow to pull the jug.
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03-19-2014, 06:40 PM | #52 |
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Re: My Marathon project.
Got the secondary off today and it looks like there is a piece of rubber or something that is holding it open, i can open it by hand and it stops when it hits the rubber. Any idea what it is?
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03-19-2014, 07:38 PM | #53 |
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Re: My Marathon project.
No idea. That's different than mine. Even my buttons are different. You will have to take her apart. I'm sure that shouldn't be there.
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04-01-2014, 09:04 PM | #54 |
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Re: My Marathon project.
Replaced the head gasket and head bolt today and got it running. I ran it around for about 15 minutes and it ran great, I came back home and stopped for about 2 minutes and tired to start it back but it would not start back. I was able to get it to start for a few seconds by holding the throttle wide open but it died after a few seconds. I got frustrated with it and quit messing with it. Any ideas what would cause it to not start back after getting hot?
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04-01-2014, 10:22 PM | #55 |
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Re: My Marathon project.
Did u only replace the head gasket? what abut the jug? Did u torque the head bolts to spec? Crank seals? Try another compression check.
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04-01-2014, 10:56 PM | #56 |
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Re: My Marathon project.
I only replaced the head gasket because funds are tight right now, but the piston and cylinder seemed fine. I can tell the compression is a lot better by turning it over by hand but i do plan to do another check. I'm wondering if my carb is flooding out when i stop. If it starts easily in the morning then I'm going to lean towards the carb flooding.
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04-02-2014, 04:19 PM | #57 |
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Re: My Marathon project.
Did you replace the base gasket? Sounds to me like that could be bad with head coming loose. It doesn't take much to disturb them.
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04-04-2014, 10:35 AM | #58 |
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Re: My Marathon project.
I think you're right. I checked the jug bolts and found two of them on the bottom were loose, i probably got a full turn out of each of them. I also noticed i had gas leaking around the jug so the gasket is probably shot as well. That is what i get for being cheap, i should have just rebuilt the top end.
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