[C38] Transmission

[William Knowles]

My idle is about 800 to 850 any lower I will stall when put in gear. I have
a 3 blade kiwi. I was told that you be up to 1000 rpm's but that seems a
bit high. Good luck.

Bill

On Sun, May 15, 2011 at 5:14 PM, RICHARD KILROY <dickkilroy at comcast.net>wrote:

> Larry: I usually idle at 750 RPM. No problems
>
> Dick
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Larry Malmberg" <Larrypi at roadrunner.com>
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> Sent: Monday, May 14, 2012 12:28 PM
> Subject: [C38] Transmission
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> A very special Thank You to Jay Sorensen for coming through with a used
> transmission.  Picked it up Sunday and am taking it to the shop today.  A
> quick question though regarding transmissions.  Does every one with a Hurth
> transmission get that "clunk" when you put it into gear?  Also, the
> transmission guy tells me that there is a "sweet spot" for engine rpm when
> idling, this so called sweet spot causes less wear on the damper and gears,
> what's your experience with this?  My idle is set at about 900 rpm which
> apparently is a bit too low?  I'm told the damper was worn from "engine
> chatter" as well as a few of the gears, the engine chatter is apparently
> from the idle being set too low.
>
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>
> Best regards,
>
> Larry Malmberg
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W H Knowles
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