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63 WorldWide Drilling Resource ® DECEMBER 2017 MacGyver’s Way . . . Do you have a better way? This month is sponsored by Shakti Pumps USA LLC Have you ever seen an employee using a 2-cycle piece of equipment, and it just stopped running, and now it's hard to pull, or won't pull at all? Well, sure enough it happened to us. An employee said he put 2-cycle oil in the gas (we run 32:1 mix), heavy oil so we don't melt a piston. Here is how it went: He fills the saw up with gas and takes off cutting trees. Just a few minutes into the project, the saw comes to a stop. He walks up and says it just stopped running. So I asked, "You did put the correct oil in the gas, right? He said, "Oil?" I know right off the bat what happened. See, the oil in the gas keeps the system lubricated while running. That is why there is no crankcase. I proceeded to fix the gas can first and add the correct amount of oil to the gas. Then I took the saw apart; removing the cylinder from the block, being careful to make sure I did not break a piston ring. Once the two were apart, I looked at the piston to see if it had very deep melted marks (grooves) on it and looked at the rings to make sure they weren’t damaged. A small piece of 220 or finer sandpaper was used to sand the piston to remove the melted burrs on it. NOTE: If you have to remove the rings, be careful not to break them, and also remember the direction and sequence they where removed. Once the piston is sanded, move to the cylinder and sand it (a sanding drum works best - just don't over sand). Try the piston in and out to see if it passes freely. Replace the rings. Slowly and carefully put the piston back into the cylinder making sure it is on the right direction (flywheel and magneto match up). Try to spin the flywheel over to see if it spins freely, but still makes compression. Then replace all guards and fill with gas/oil mixuture to see if it cranks. This is not a permanent fix, but just saying, I have a blower I did this to and 15 years later it still runs great. Sent from my iPhone Submitted by Teddy Bear Timber Corporation About Shakti Pumps http://www.shaktipumps.us/aboutus.php Call Ashish Rathi, National Sales Manager, Shakti Pumps USA LLC 602-327-4306 E-mail ashish@shaktipumps.com SHAKTI ® is a Valued WWDR Advertiser. 70 th Anniversary Celebration Brings a Change of Venue Adapted from Information by the Virginia Water Well Association As the Virginia Water Well Association Annual Winter Conferences have continued to grow, the Board of Directors decided to take a leap of faith and contract with a convention center for its 70th anniversary! The association is excited to implement ideas, people, tech- nology, tools, and equipment while developing a greater atmosphere of assisting, promoting, and encouraging the water well industry in Virginia. What does this mean for the Trade Show & Conference? It means the show can stretch and expand as the Fredericksburg Expo and Conference Center is located conveniently off of I-95 in Fredericksburg, Virginia, halfway between Washington, D.C., and Richmond City in an area referred to as ‘Celebrate Virginia’. The new venue offers: • 45,000-square-foot exhibit hall with 26-foot ceiling height • Room for trailers, equipment, heavy machinery, and standard booths • Capacity for over 500 people in the exhibit hall for meals with exhibits • Breakout rooms are adjacent to the exhibit hall for easy access in and out during the conference • and much more! Make plans to attend the festivities at the Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center February 19-21, 2019!