Someone more knowledgeable than me will likely respond but I think I had one of those once and it was just completely clogged with dried fuel/oil mix. It took a lot of poking with small tools and frequent spraying with B12 carb cleaner. I don’t think the one I had had any screen or anything inside it but I’m not certain.
We can always add a shim ring if the compressibility properties are more squishable than anticipated. The next guy who finds 4 rings is gonna have to figure out what's going on. (see what I did there?)
Or do they offer that same material in .035 or .036?
I haven’t seen any material like this in the 0.035-36 thickness.
With fresh gaskets cut I’m finally getting the engine back together. Always fun putting all the little roller bearings back in place, especially the ones on the end of the connecting rod while sliding over the crank pin.
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
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!
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.
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.
The tank looks similar to the oil tank (with pump) used on the Petro chainsaw
David,
Is the Petro chainsaw the same as the Chugger Saw.
On 2/11/2020 at 3:33 PM, Rich said:
Hey CNew, (Name unknown sorry) That sounds brilliant, you do realise that you would need to send it to me in Brisbane Australia??? Hope that won’t be an issue. Cheers Rich
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.
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.
Carb part question
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Someone more knowledgeable than me will likely respond but I think I had one of those once and it was just completely clogged with dried fuel/oil mix. It took a lot of poking with small tools and frequent spraying with B12 carb cleaner. I don’t think the one I had had any screen or anything inside it but I’m not certain.