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General Forestry => Sawmills and Milling => Topic started by: steve phillips on January 13, 2012, 03:01:57 PM

Title: onan seats
Post by: steve phillips on January 13, 2012, 03:01:57 PM
howdy all
hey thanks for the tip on the red tool box. i got the number i needed

got to pull the head off today on an onano p220 motor and the valve seat was loose as usual . but it hammered the seat stop in the block down and bad . so weld and machine time , which i do both.
  even still free motor ,may have a couple hundred buy the time it runs, not bad .
Title: Re: onan seats
Post by: POSTON WIDEHEAD on January 13, 2012, 04:44:21 PM
Best of luck on that engine Steve. Sounds like you got the talent to fix it.  smiley_thumbsup

Me? I would have had to hire a mechanic.

Good Luck on your project!
Title: Re: onan seats
Post by: bandmiller2 on January 15, 2012, 06:28:19 AM
Steve,have you tried to find oversize seats.The block is ether al. or cast iron nether take real kindly to welding also theirs the danger of warping and loosening the outher seat.If I couldn't find an oversized seat I'd machine out the block and press in a sleeve. Frank C.
Title: Re: onan seats
Post by: shelbycharger400 on January 15, 2012, 11:15:08 AM
heat the metal to a minimum of 500 degrees before you start welding, then wrap in an old wool blanket, to try to avoid stress cracks.
Title: Re: onan seats
Post by: steve phillips on January 16, 2012, 07:07:05 PM
howdy all

yeah im going back std ,due to the seat stop part of it broke off so figure put it back stock . all the welding is done and just a few more mins at the mill shes ready to go in. this time with about .007 interferance fit.

mean while i am waiting on parts ill start the frame for the mill