Mikael

Hello,

Some 40 years ago I built a motorized skateboard using a 1 HP O&R motor. It was operating very well for a while but it was more and more harder to start, so finally I gave up and put it in a box. This summer I decided to try to get it operational again. I have found out that there was a leakage in the crank house somewhere. I think and hope I have found the problem. There was two small missing O-rings (item 49). I managed to get hold of them here locally but then a new problem have occurred, which puzzles me a lot. The Breaker Push Rod is about 2 mm too short (item 50) to reach and activate the Breaker. Before I took the engine apart it was running. Does anyone know the length of this rod?

Other questions I have in my mind are.

• Where can you purchase seal kit, bearings?
• Where can you get hold of screws to this engine? It is hard to find them here, since we mainly use metric ones.

When I originally built this "vehicle" I mounted the gasoline tank under the board between the wheel couples, however I had to move the tank above the carburettor to make it work. I am not sure if this is a must. Does anyone know if the gasoline level has to be above the carburettor? What height difference is possible? Is over pressure from the muffler or crank house into the tank a solution?

I would appreciate any input on this.

All the best from

Mikael