Hey Herb,
I’ll take a pic in the am and post it for you. the cling wrap pulls off no problem… I like it a bunch.
I like that rolling bench too… not sure what it started out life as but it’s nice to have around.
Herb, here ya go…
Thanks Arvid !!
I was wondering if you have tried that wrap on the Hi Temp Silicone that is suppose to be good up to 600f , thanks
We’re you able to get the lid hinged so the crap from lid drains back in hopper when open, am I being to noisey ?
Hey herb, no problem answering questions… if it’s a question i can’t or won’t answer I have no problem saying that I can’t tell ya.
that is what I use, the high temp rtv… If the lid is swung back fairly quickly not a lot should spill on the gasser it self… of course I haven’t tested that really yet… 
I also built the rim on the main body instead of the lid like I usually use so it should for the most part drain to my condensate catchment from the get go… again, not tested but hoping… I’ll know in a short time… with any luck that is.
working on final filter placement and WG carb.
nothing is reinforced at this point but it will be when I’m done with it…
Wet raining morning guys.
VesaM shows the trick way to prevent dripping messes from the underside of the hooper lid in his YouTube videos if you look really closely.
Arvid/DonM take a tangental edged slice out of another domed tank end . . say 2 inches wide at it’s widest center.
Now weld this just inside your domed lid edge at the lid hinged sector. Just inside the lid edge to not interfere with the lids edge sealing. WITH THIS added piece dome opposite facing the lid.
Now opening the lid the under side lid dripping will be caught into this hinge area made pocket.
Close the lid dump drains collected lid condensate back inside the hopper.
You can edge form this collector catch to direct the closing lid dump to the fuel center, or preferably to an outer/inner upper condensate gutter as you wish.
He shows this feature quite clearly in his released gasifier system maintnaces needed video.
Credit HIM, not me!
It’s the simple elegant things worth the sharing.
Regards
Steve Unruh
cyclone hooked up to cooler
Lookin good!
Won’t be long now.
Looks nice and compact. Maybe a video this week of it running?
carb linkage
Your looking good Arvid !
Hi Arvid…I was just wondering about the heat leaving your cooler, will the radiator be able to cool the engine? Maybe it has a pusher fan and will do its cooling first is that the case? Just curious and would like to know your thoughts. Really nice job you have done to keeping it compact and mostly out of drivers line of sight.
Thanks… Gary
I haven’t ran it on wood yet so i"m not sure what temperatures the cooler will see. that being said, first layer of cooling in in the gasifier itself… it does have a sort of co axle preheat goin on… I do expect the cyclone will do a considerable amount of cooling as well. I’m not worried yet about engine cooling… I do suspect that as long as the radiator thermostat is in good order and there is coolant in it it should be ok… there is still plenty of space around the sides and the rad does sit back a ways from the front grill of the tractor.
I did run the tractor on gasoline last night and was happy that it all sprang to life without a lot of fiddling… my understanding is moving the carb that much can change it’s meter a little… I’ll let the customer play with his carb if it needs any adjustment.
back to touching up paint… a few final things to do before it gets a fire put in it… but i’m hoping that will happen tonight… we’ll see… if I can, maybe i’ll log into the office hours thing with my net book so those there can see it…
Arvid does that JD “M” have a water pump or is it thermo siphon like some of the other 2 cylinder models?
Hmmmm well there you go… that is a very good question… I just assumed it did… but, it looks like it may now…
that being said, there is about a foot between the wood gas cooler and the actual tractor rad… we’ll see how it works soon enough i guess
so, we buttoned up the tractor…
rolled it down into the gravel and lit it up… looked like it was making good gas…
so after doing that for about a half an hour I decided to see if it would run…
It does, but my butterfly valve in the carb i made is not restricive enough… and the whole carb system is way to free flowing… was wanting to rev that lil engine like a race car…
So, I’ll have to fix the carb before I go forward with it… all in all though I will say it ran very good on wood… just a few kinks to straighen out.
I’ll post pics as soon as I get some loaded on the puter
testing
flaring and refueling
My buddy G took this vid