HELP: Removing the motor on my 2HL

[MyLilMule]

This is driving me a bit nuts. I'm trying to remove the motor from my 2HL to clean the 2" of gunk underneath the motor plate and on everything else. But I am stuck.

I have the 2 rear bolts off. But there is no way, that I can see, to get to the front bolts. At least not without removing the fan and pulley, which is pressed onto the motor shaft, so I can't see that being how.

Do I need to remove the pivot plate all at the same time? But I can't see how I can get behind the motor to loosen the lock screws on the pivot pins.

Any tips or tricks I can try?

 

[rabler]

On my #3 I was able to get the front two motor bolts off after removing the belt without removing the pulley, from the pulley end. It took quite a bit of contorting and finding the right wrench/socket.

 

[Martin W]

I will look at mine today while I am at the shop. I don't remember it being an issue. The bigger mess will be when you clean the coolant tank out in the base Mine was a 5 gallon bucket of sheer nastiness. The little gear pump does fit out the hole, even if it looks like it doesn't!
Cheers
Martin

 

[MyLilMule]

I will look at mine today while I am at the shop. I don't remember it being an issue. The bigger mess will be when you clean the coolant tank out in the base Mine was a 5 gallon bucket of sheer nastiness. The little gear pump does fit out the hole, even if it looks like it doesn't!
Cheers
Martin

Thanks.

I got the coolant out recently, sort of. I pumped out all that I could see with a home made fluid pump. That was disgusting. There's 4 gallons of K-1 sitting in there now, hopefully dissolving what I couldn't see. I'll likely pump int out in the next week or so. Hurt my back trying to get the motor out so now I am down for a bit.

Let me know what you see on yours. There's another large square head bolt/screw up near the front of the motor (right next to the fan) that's going to be in the way of me getting to that bolt. That also looks like a super tight fit to get out.

 

[Martin W]

I checked out my 2HL and you can get two bolts from the pulley side and 2 bolts on the speed selector side. Mine must be different than yours? Unless you are talking about the motor mounting plate, but I think that just flips up after the motor is removed and the belt tensioner loosened.

I attached a parts drawing.
Not much help, but ....
Martin

 

[Martin W]

I tried to send the whole manual but it says it is too big. My computer whiz(wife) isn’t here right now so I am kind of lost on how to do it. I think it can be downloaded over at Vintage machinery.org
Martin

 

[MyLilMule]

I have the parts diagram already, but thank you just the same.

Here's a couple pictures of the pulley side. I can't see how I can easily get my hand and a wrench passed the pulley and the fan to get to those bolts! They are tucked back in there quite a ways! lol. Maybe I have fat hands?

 

[Martin W]

Mine seems to have a lot more room around the pulley. Hard working on your hands and knees though. Makes everything harder.I’ll have another look tomorrow. Martin

 

[MyLilMule]

I'm going to try and remove the bolts tomorrow. Failing that, I just noticed on the pulley that there might be a cap on the end of it that's been painted over, hiding the end of the shaft. I should be able to get a puller on that and remove it and the fan.

 

[MyLilMule]

Success!