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Got holes transferred tonight. Will setup for mag drill and get er done

Breaking news - not going overseas this year, but bad news is i have to ask 2 of my team to go overseas for a month straight. And none of them can do it.

We have a ground source heat pump. The entire system pretty much is hydronic. the hx on the gshp sprung a leak and took out the unit. New ones are just stupid expensive so rather than empty my bank account i'm plumbing in an air source heat pump through a heat exchanger. 3 way valves to...

So i finally got the Hercules up on the engine stand, rolled it over and got the oil pan off. It looks brand new inside. I'm sure very low hours. The part that is broken, which seals up the crankcase appears to be made of pot metal and not weldable. After discussion with the machinist at...

Oh they like their soju...

that sounds very very familiar.... don't get me wrong, Koreans are very very nice people, and super polite and friendly, but the work expectations are just nuts.

There is a purpose for the trip, but as usual, it's somewhat vaguely defined. They are not calling it "training" but rather "engineering dispatch" which if you look up the meaning, is "stationed". If i read them correctly, they want us to go there and live the life for a while. The...

Yeah, no work in Seoul sadly. It's pretty bad out in the sticks. And there will be no spouses.

Yeah it's Korea. I was there 10 years ago, it was a bit of a challenge. I had a cell phone but of course it wasn't the type they used so it was a little shaky and there were no translation apps. I was alone and managed to get fed. But it wasn't easy at all. Its not that nobody wants to go...

They are pushing for 1M +. We think we can negotiate down to 2W. Asia is all i say for now. I am very tightly integrated into my property and family. If i am away, things just don't get done. Asking my family to just make do without me there when i fill so many roles is a great...

So bit of an update. Ended up not getting the holes transferred. I did try to get the engine mounted on the engine stand, but failed as the mounting holes are all right around the crank flange, and none of the positions for the stand line up or make sense. I might have to put the bellhousing...

i got a transfer punch from mcmaster that looks like it works fine. I am hoping to get that done tonight and thinking of just using some plate and the mag drill to punch holes. They just need to be vertical and roughly in place. the pilot on the bellhousing fits quite nice.

I looked at that, but it does not look very easy. The mounts are cast in, and sit on donuts on crossmembers welded to the side rails. It would be a bit more work than just drilling holes i think.

For the bridgeport to be operational, i need to get a lot of **** out of the way, and mount the head to the column. Once that's done, i have to put the motor back on it, and hook up 3 phase power. On second thought, it may make sense to just take to work and do it there... unless i want 2...

Here's some photos of what we're looking at The engine in question, a Herc D198ER There's a chunk of aluminum that seals up the crankcase that's broken off. I have the piece. Guy didn't unbolt the bellhousing completely before he pried on it. I got the engine fairly cheap as a result...

So mcmaster has singles of transfer punches. I think what makes sense is get one, cut it down to just long enough and throw in the bin when done.

I can see right now that the right way to do this is get the bridgeport running and drill/tap these holes on that. Anything else is a PITA.

i would think it doesn't matter in this case. D198ER, military Herc. Roosa pump. About zero for electrical anything. I just ran out and slapped the bellhousing on it. Seems I was wrong, the engine is SAE 2 and the gennie is SAE 2. It slaps onto the pilot no problem. BUT, neither side of...

i guess i didn't specify - diesel. of course. the neighbors all have standby gennies, all briggs vanguard 3600 rpm screamers. when we go down a few days, it empties out their propane tanks. i didnt' want that. plus diesel keeps basically forever.

Sounds about right. My uncle was less than 1 mile from a 3 phase line. He asked about bringing it in for a grain dryer. I believe he was told 1800 for 7/10 mile. This was in late 1980s.