It was built for Deere by Remington, a version of the PL-5.That JD looks like a clone of a Homelite .Might be as there were a bunch of them in every color of the rainbow .
I just poured the last of my 40:1 in my log splitter. Wanted to mix fresh gas for saws. Burned fine no problems. Was running rough before, pulled cover found ground wire bare in spots where it rubbed the housing.Please note that some guys run their 4-cycle gasoline engines using mixed fuel and swear that it runs perfectly, perhaps even smoother. I'm sure that's just a 40:1 mix, but they never tell me what the ratio is. Trade secret, I guess.
I would think it made a bit more compression due to improved ring sealing with more oil.@jakethesnake I'm going to stay with 32:1. This experiment was a one off just for old times sake. I do feel like it made just a little bit more power though it could just be in my head. I didn't use a tach, just tuned it by ear. No way it would work with limiter caps in place. The oil was mixed with 90 octane so I don't know what eight ounces of oil in a gallon will bring the octane down to.
Go stomp a mud hole in a T-Rex ass!
Maybe I should go back to 32 to 1 from 40 to one your thoughts?Diesels burn oil and make lots of power (and heat) doing it. Oil lubes and increases compression (seals rings) I would think. I’ve read of dyno tests showing more oil is more power down to 18:1.
I've got a PL5 and it also looks much like a Homelite .It was built for Deere by Remington, a version of the PL-5.
Every pro/builder I've come across runs 32:1.Maybe I should go back to 32 to 1 from 40 to one your thoughts?
I did just that. I’m happy with 32/1Maybe I should go back to 32 to 1 from 40 to one your thoughts?
12.8:1 ??I’ve been running 5oz of Red Armor and 5oz of Yamalube in every gallon of VP lately.
Everything runs great, I’d venture to say, everything runs better than ever.