Can It Be Saved? Junked Marine Diesel Gen Set pt 1

Mechanical violence, fire, choice of hammers.... Beautiful .

Damn, that's the most seized piston i've ever seen! The crack of it breaking loose was very satisfying.

"...It's a marine generator, not positive of that yet. No, it doesn't generate Marines!" As a son of a Marine, I laughed harder at that than I should have. X)

I am a mechanic here in Brazil, and when the rust takes over I successfully use the juice of the pure lemon, its acid softens and unglues everything, in this case you would have to cover the piston head with the juice and leave it overnight , try it, it's worth it ..! hug.

That was a hard fought victory just to move the piston, but persistence paid off. Thanks for the video.

I was curious. Just found that on internet: Ruggerini Engines are now part of the Kohler Diesel engines family. Ruggerini parts are fully interchangeable with Kohler Diesel. I hope this help.

You have a level of patience that would make trees jealous.

That just blows me away that the piston didn't just blow apart especially when you had that puller bolt screwed right down on the top of it. Good content mustie really enjoyed it !!!!

Entertainment on a sunday morning. Seeing this one run again would be a real treat!

"Velcome to the Hydraulic Press Channel. Today we have a stuck piston. This is a very dangerous animal, so we must deal with it."

definitely one of your most interesting videos, I was glued to the screen from start to finish, thank you so much for taking time to entertain

Mustie1 is the Bob Ross of engine repair... I watch these videos and chill right out.. Thanks Mustie for my sanity back!

Thanks Mustie1, your inspiring vids made me $50 Friday. I found a go cart next to a dumpster a few months ago and naturally had to "cart" it home. It was fairly complete except a seat, back rest and filter housing. The engine was branded Montgomery Ward. I cleaned the fly wheel (WD & sand paper), gapped the coil (with a business card), cleaned the carb and tank, put in a couple of cups of 30w and some 2 cycle down the Sparkalator hole (Thanks Vise Grip Garage for the narrative). I gave four pulls on the rip cord and monty came to life. a couple of hours later, with some fresh fall air in the tires and me setting on the back rest bar (NOT recommended), I road it on to a trailer for a new life with a jubilant 9 year old.

Mustie, you have much more patience than I ever had. I would have made quick work of it. Scrap pile. Thats why I like watching your videos. You don't give up easy. Hope you get it to run. Thanks for the video.

Really enjoyed the video. I would have given up long before that and hauled it back to the scrapyard but you persevered and gave us hope that it might run again. Thanks!

'Did you jump?' - yes I did! Your tenacity is something else, don't you ever give up :-)

Last thing i saw that tight was my friend, knew him almost 13 years, never once saw him put his hand in his pocket to buy anyone a drink....

Mustie 1 piston 0. Who did it think it was messing with lol. Now let’s see it run Mustie looking forward to the next game. 🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧

Very good to get the piston out! It takes true experience and care to know when to stop with one technique and move on to the next. I'm very excited to see the continuation!

So pleased you got this far and really hoping you can get to the next step. Rooting for this one!