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First set of gaskets are now cut. I measured the thickness vs the original gasket as well and it looks like the original material is close to 0.034” whereas the new Garlock 2900 material is about 0.030”. Hopefully the difference isn’t an issue once installed... It also seems the older gasket material is a little stiffer while the new material has slightly more squish

I’m going to mount it up and see how it fits. I might be able to get a couple more...

Just had a really nice visit with an engineer buddy of mine from MN and he dropped off the 3D printed vent for the Little Wonder Trimmer. This is awesome!

FYI - I just contacted the seller and his bottom price is $175.

I haven’t done anything to it yet, just manually turned the spool to reel in the rope. I’m thinking the grease is dried out, that’s what I’m hoping anyway.

Excellent, thank you David!

I’m surprised to see that this Lancaster SLA 20 is still listed and no one has snatched it up yet. I still have to pass on it for now. Given how long the listing has been on, maybe someone can get a decent deal with a reasonable offer.

Cool, I’ll have to search that one. I think I’ve seen it in google searches. The paint on the pump portion isn’t the greatest on this one but it doesn’t look like it ever was pristine originally either. Given all the surface rust and corrosion I’m thinking it was stored in an outdoor shed or garage over the years.

Thought I would add a little distraction from the chainsaw feud... Here’s the latest addition, a nice Orline water pump. Needs a full clean up but I don’t think it’s been used much, if at all.

I’m just going to stand back and watch this one...

Good point John, I’ll make note of that when I assemble the head. Can’t remember the compressibility properties for this material.

David, Is the Petro chainsaw the same as the Chugger Saw. Rich, I’ve never mailed anything to AU before but I’ll go by the post office sometime and look into it. Send me a PM with your address. Clint

Finally received the piece of Garlock 2900 gasket material to experiment with for the cylinder head gaskets. At first glance it looks promising. I’ll take some more measurements this weekend and try cutting a sample to try out on an engine.

Gasket samples arrived from Eric. I’m going to take a close look this weekend and verify the dimensions and pass along any minor adjustments so hopefully he can blast them out for us. John, I’ll also get your NOS gaskets back in the mail to you.

Didn’t even think about that, rats - that would have been a great idea! I can’t believe we didn’t think of that...

It was the highlight of my trip! Fun to meet a fellow enthusiast and addict I wish I would have had more time to hang out and not so rushed to get to Knoxville. Looking forward to another opportunity to meet up. Thank you for welcoming me into your shop- I’m glad all the logistics worked out! That was awesome!

Welcome Rich! That’s a pretty neat little pump. I can probably fix you up with a new carburetor diaphragm and gasket when you get to that point in the repair, just send me a PM when you’re ready.

I haven’t tried it yet but I have some gasket material on order that I’m hoping will work for the exhaust/head. Once it arrives I’ll give the Olfa a try.

Thanks David- I’ll have to look into that!

Hoping to maybe see a couple test samples in the mail from Eric this week. For $10 the Olfa does a fair job.

That’s a really cool winch! It definitely looks better in the blue paint scheme, nice find!

Well, if for some reason Eric has trouble laser cutting these thin paper gaskets, here is a cheap solution. I just bought this little Olfa circle cutter and it works pretty well!

The tank is integral to the cover shroud kind of like on the Aquabug. It may take some time to find a set of proper decals for the shroud so in the interim I was thinking of mounting a cool round tank. I’ll have to repaint the original cover shroud white and most likely find someone to replicate the Clinton decals some day. I think it will look cool with the tank I have set aside for it as well. I kind of like the look of an exposed tank on these old outboards anyway.

Making progress... Still have some more sections of paint to remove before I can start prepping it for paint. I’m also going need to fabricate a bracket for the tank I’m going to use. I’m also going to need to do some repair work on the bracket that mounts the engine to the boat. It was broken in half. Cast aluminum is always fun to try to mend...

I wish. I watched that until it went over $300 and I gave up. It was definitely cool!