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The Champion UY6 is the correct spark plug.

Interesting... thanks! By the way that primer button is different- never seen one like that.

Yep, I need all the help I can get

I’m calling this one done for now until I can get the fuel mix and chain oil decals replicated. The recoil decal is on now and I flipped the chain.

Ha, nice catch. I wasn’t even really paying attention (obviously) when I was putting the chain on yesterday. I was more focused on not damaging the fresh paint... I’ll get that flipped around today, thanks! I tried reaching out to the guy that makes the replica O&R decals but I haven’t heard back yet. I may try Titch as well. The tank decals should be much easier to replicate since they don’t require a bunch of artwork which is where things start to get expensive. I still have the original decals but they wouldn’t look good if I tried to reattach.

This is kind of what I was thinking as well. I have the decal and nothing to lose. I haven’t attached it yet but here’s how it would look. I cut a small section of the border so it fits more like a typical decal.

Engine number is 005614

I’m kicking myself to this day for missing a good opportunity on a drill. I forgot about the chainsaw those are really neat too.

Wow, that’s quite the overhaul. It turned out really nice! I didn’t know Petro Powered Products made anything with O&R other than the really cool drill.

Very nice, is that one of your pumps? Those feet are interesting.

Not sure actually, still waiting to hear from Titch on the Chip-A-Saw decal, he’s been pretty busy the last few months. I don’t know anyone else to go to.

Thanks for the photos! I’ve tried stripping the paint before but the black goes deep into the grain. I wasn’t Very successful at getting it to look good. I may try to make one. I wonder if a newer style condenser would work. I don’t have a you the ones like in your photo. I found a cooling baffle so that’s one part down... What would the rest of the pump have looked like?

I was about to start going through this engine and thought I’d see if I could get some help first. It looks to be an early model but I can’t see the number until I remove it from the tank (could it be a “J”)? Unfortunately it’s missing the pull knob, which I assume would have been a brown knob (I only have a black one in my spares). I don’t know yet if the recoil spring is broken. It’s also missing the condenser. Anyone know what condenser is correct for these early ones? A picture or number stamped on the back of the condenser would be helpful. Looks to be missing the steel type engine cooling baffle as well but I think I might have one somewhere.

Time for some more opinions and advice. I’m on the home stretch and ran into a little issue with the Mono decal for the recoil. This new decal doesn’t have the curved letters and if I cut the 3/4” hole in the center to go around the oil hole it will cut into the O and N of the decal. I could also try cutting a 3/8” hole just enough to clear the oil fill rivet. This would minimize damage to the letters but I’m not sure how well the decal will conform to that slightly raised section of the recoil cover that surrounds the rivet. What would you guys do? I could also just go back with a standard O&R decal but I was really hoping to use this Mono decal. I really can’t afford to have a single decal made by someone.

Things have been crazy busy lately so progress on the Mono-Line has slow. I finally got the parts painted. I think this green ended up being a pretty good match.

Ha, saw that too - insane!

I almost didn’t say anything just to see how quickly David would notice - he sees everything! The lime green paint arrived today as well, curious to see if it will be a good match.

I started messing with it today and was about to start drilling the old rivet out but the more I look at it I might just leave it as-is. It actually looks pretty good and it’s tight enough it isn’t a problem. It’s better than many I’ve seen where someone has attempted to make a repair. It just won’t have the hole in the center for oil. I started to drill a small center hole but it started spinning and broke my smallest drill bit. For a shelf unit I don’t think it’s all that critical to have the oil hole rivet.

I think I’m going to save this tan colored replacement recoil housing for another project. I have another recoil cover That I’ve already stripped to bare metal since I’m doing a full paint job on this saw. Someone along the way replaced the little oil hole rivet thing with a screw. I have a NOS rivet, has anyone replaced one of these before and have any suggestions? Does it take special tools? I was thinking of using a semi-pointy punch and a hammer on the back side to flare it into position.

Thanks! I always underestimate how tedious it is, you’d think I would have learned my lesson by now. Here’s the inside of the gas and oil tank for any future reference.

After hours of tedious clean up with dental tools the engine is finally free of green paint and I completely went through everything. I’m working on prepping all the body work now. I wasn’t expecting this to turn into a complete re-do but o’well, it should look nice all said and done.

Thanks for all the opinions, I’ve decided to go with the lime green. PMackellow, thank you for the RAL number that’ll come in handy. I have a can of Kawasaki KX dirt bike frame paint from the mid-1990s on the way. If it’s not a close enough match I’ll look at the Lawnboy color - I didn’t even think to look at that when I started hunting.

I always appreciate your opinions! I tend to agree with you, I’m kind of leaning towards keeping it lime green. As you point out, it will certainly help break up the color mix on the shelf. I think I found a very good color match, at least I hope so. I have it on order so we will see how close it is.

I’m interested! Can’t wait to see the next batch of O&Rs you pick up....

I’m in a bit of a quandary on this Mono saw. It looks like I’ll end up needing to do a full repaint. The lime green sticks well to the parts you don’t want it to and is flaking off the parts you’d like it to adhere well to. I’m just about done stripping all the engine parts since I don’t want those painted. While I’m not at all a big fan of the lime green color scheme, a part of me wants to paint it as close to the original as possible (minus the engine of course). However, with the paint failing and needing to repaint the whole thing anyway now would be the time to potentially go a different route with the color. Many other Mono saws are red or dark pine tree green. If I were to change colors I was thinking maybe an O&R red body and handle with white recoil and chain cover. This would also look nice with the new decals. What would you all do? I think I can find a suitable lime green to repaint it but I’m not in love with lime green.