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Exhausting day, can’t leave the original engine silencer tucked under the hood so I’ve got 2 pepper pots or 2 stainless stack pipes which would look nice polished up and maybe a bit shorter. Your opinions please, i like a bit of bling myself.

I could not help myself had to run to the shop. Not good at sitting around all day here are some pics of the gaskets / oring / rubber bands . Looks more like a rubber band then anything. hope this helps

Shorten one, then see if opinions change. Or a pepperpot for Bill and a stack for Ben

Pepper pots look the best mate

I have 4 of the 5-2 exhaust collector gaskets and 3 of the 5-9 packing band gaskets so if you need a set that can be arranged. I will get a few pics tomorrow when I go to the shop. Got my inventory all in the computer now so I can just inter the number and it tells me the box its in and if I has any.

Nice buy Joseph, I bought one last year and its a great tool, I'd definitely recommend the cutting guide as it keeps the torch an equal distance away from the metal at all times as i've found the cutting nozzles wear out quicker if its touching the metal. You'll also find that its not necessary to clean all of the metal surface, just the part that the earth clips to. Heres me cutting some 1/2" steel last week and happy cutting!

I meant to add these last night but got distracted. Here are parts which look to be for holding the trimmer head on, I'm missing the shaft that goes between the 201254 shaft part and the PTO shaft on the engine. Part 400642 is a cap that fits on the end of this second shaft which has internal spring clips. And here are the parts that make up the air cleaner assembly, the first two parts 87-4 & 122-1 were previously used as exhaust parts, part 200946 is a modified version of the standard air cleaner part without the raised edge (see comparison with standard part) and the last part is a typical fixing rod for the air cleaner assembly (minus nuts & washers). And the last part is the complete trigger cable assembly part 400611, I've no idea if there are different lengths of this for the various models of string trimmers they made, I put the loose parts on the end of the cable, they look to be fitted & soldered during assembly. David P.S. there are a few more small parts, a bronze bearing, various spacers & fixings that I haven't pictured yet, not even sure if they are for these.

Small world, glad I was able to get this one. Sorry to hear it didn’t go so well when you tried for it a couple years ago. As far as I know it’s the oldest engine I have.

Just need to do the recoil and I'll probably paint the top handle. Then a final clean and polish as it's difficult to keep clean while working on it.

I should probably explain, this unusual early engine with gearbox was on ePay about 3 years ago, unfortunately I couldn't bid (or even ask for more info/pictures) as the seller had the usual international buyer blocking, it was also payment in cash & collection only. You helped me by contacting the seller, but sadly they never replied, that one picture is all I have from the listing. It's good to know the engine survived & has found a home with CNew, as it never sold on ePay & I really thought it had been lost for good. David

The brochure, outline drawings & parts diagram (Model A) for these early engines has now been scanned & added to the manuals thread. That strange piston with three rings is mentioned in both the brochure & shown in the parts diagram/list. David

I did say it was only going to be a mock up, if i used a stack i would cut it shorter and put a support under it Nothing looks worse than a stack pipe that isn’t straight

The cylinder/exhaust collector gaskets are only found as new-old-stock, I have been making my own using modern gasket sheet and a set of punches.The O-ring cylinder seal can be replaced with a modern one. The end float on the crankshaft is fairly normal for these engines. I've still got to locate a coil, the spares engine the starter came from is missing this and a few other bits. Thanks for the picture showing the serial number, I can confirm the A-139-2 is the correct starter dog, this type was first used with the A-47-10 flywheel after serial number 015997 and for all later flywheels (except for the much later Series 13B & 20A engines). Which points parts do you need? I'm assuming something broke as they normally just need cleaning & the gap re-setting. There is one part no-one has mentioned that I cannot see on your engine (it's also missing from my Chug-A-Saw engine), that is the governor vane, do you need one of those? David

That's a shame about the coil as they rarely fail, I've had the wire break inside the insulation before. For reference, I checked the older style coil on my Chug-A-Saw, it measures approx 2.4kΩ, from memory the later style coils (made by Phelon) measure much higher at around 6kΩ. Here are some pictures of the vertical gas/fuel tank used on the Chug-A-Saw, it is the same size as the oil tank. I was going to suggest making a tank using coffee tins, but they are slightly bigger in diameter and won't fit the space available. David

Fantastic work!

Looks naked without fenders chris 😂

All cleaned up and back together...