Rick Rowlands
Titanium
- Joined
- Jan 8, 2005
- Location
- Youngstown, Ohio
Last year I was contacted by a fellow from North Carolina who had purchased a 2 cylinder FM 32E 14 diesel genset. The genset was set up in a pole building on a farm in Kensington, OH apparently by an engine collector who had since passed away. The new owners of the property placed the engine on Craigslist and really had no idea what it was or did.
I was hired to disassemble the engine and get it out of the building. I suppose I am building a reputation as a large engine rigger and mover. Go figure. So last July we started in on the dismantling. The first work session with the fellows from NC involved removing the small parts from the genset and sliding the stator off the rotor. I also gathered useful data such as bolt and nut dimensions and sized up the situation as far as how to rig it out of the building. Doing some measurements I found that the flywheel would have to be removed from the engine to get it out of the building and that we had very tight clearances to work with inside.
So we got started with the small stuff and waited until we could schedule the next work session.
I was hired to disassemble the engine and get it out of the building. I suppose I am building a reputation as a large engine rigger and mover. Go figure. So last July we started in on the dismantling. The first work session with the fellows from NC involved removing the small parts from the genset and sliding the stator off the rotor. I also gathered useful data such as bolt and nut dimensions and sized up the situation as far as how to rig it out of the building. Doing some measurements I found that the flywheel would have to be removed from the engine to get it out of the building and that we had very tight clearances to work with inside.
So we got started with the small stuff and waited until we could schedule the next work session.