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Well I heated it and tried all the tricks and was just about to give up on it for the day when it finally started to move. After some more gentle persuasion it finally came free. Good feeling..... I think it ended up being a combo method. I did the “screw the bolt in almost all the way” method and worked at it for awhile. Then I did the gentle heat and quickly followed it with the bolt method at the same time. All the while I was keeping it good and soaked in Kroil. Oh, and because the fan blade is so thick it had two of the sleeves/spacers so I decided to use the long bolt and both sleeves when doing the “bolt method” and that’s when it started to free up.

Good idea, it may come to that.

Started on the fan. Everything was going ok until the shaft sleeve on the end of the crankshaft that holds the fan blade. It doesn’t want to free off.

Wow, that looks really nice, very cool! I started dismantling the fan this morning. Went pretty easily until I got to the shaft that is compression fit on the end of the crankshaft - man that thing won’t let go. I can’t rebuild that part of the engine until I can free that thing.

It’s definitely different. The hand throttle is interesting. Maybe some sort of early leaf blower?

Couple pics of the tank orientation and the direction of air flow.

Interesting idea, definitely keep us posted if it holds up.

Probably true, that paint removal process is time consuming. The fan will be more fun.

It does have a tank bracket. There are also a couple arrow stickers showing the direction of the airflow. Looks like the aluminum handle would actually sit on the ground which would make the engine upside down and air flowing past it. In this orientation the exhaust from the engine would also get blown up and out.

Ha, yes multiple times!

I hear ya, I think I’m going to start tackling this fan. Terry has been cranking through these. I’m still making slow progress on that Clinton outboard. I’m having to fully strip the paint which is tedious. I think it’s going to look cool when I’m done though. Turns out the main fan shroud on the Orline looks to be either a molded plastic or fiberglass material. I thought it might be metal...

Now that’s more like it, it only took 4 days shipping for this one to arrive. I’ll add more photos this weekend. If this was used as a manhole fan that would explain some of the corrosion, sewer gases. This thing is going to be a project but also a really fun one.

By the way, I’m curious what are you all using these days for cleaning the painted pieces? That old paint seems to be really sensitive to a lot of basic cleaners. I’ve tried Simple Green and I think it might not be good for the paint, warm water and dish soap, etc. Maybe one of those milder or diluted citrus degreasers?

Nice, I can’t even count how many times I looked at that thing and debated on getting it. Is that an Octura carb or some other make? Pretty sure there was a white heat on eBay a couple months ago but it went for big $$$, pretty cool boat!

That’s coming along very nicely, paint and decals are in nice shape!

How’s the Digger coming along?

Hallelujah, it finally arrived! At a quick glance I don’t see any damage from shipping. I thought for sure at 17 days in transit it was bound to get banged up. I’ll have to verify after further inspection.

Sounds like a good plan. I’m impressed, you should try making the carb side baffle

I should probably spend less time looking for/at O&R stuff and actually rebuilding them... it’s addicting! I enjoy trying to hunt down stuff. I don’t have the skills of David but it’s satisfying to stumble on to the odd ones once in awhile.

One on the left is OEM. That’s a fantastic copy!

Not 100% certain but this engine may have gone to a Rota Shear lawn edger. I came across this website and it looks to be a similar color. I contacted the owner and asked if he would post some additional photos. Look at the additional link on this page next to the little pics where he added some really nice high resolution photos. https://flymall.org/magento/index.php/car-shows/rota-shear.html

Wow, that must be one special carb.... was that on eBay recently?

At first glance it looks like an earlier style carb that has the side needle and then someone added the more recent needle to the top where it would have originally just had a screw. It also looks like someone tried a plastic diaphragm. And, it appears to be missing the Governor stop set screw. By the way, we should start looking for a small engine show or tractor show and see if we can’t all meet up there sometime...

I have a couple small pieces already cut so I can just throw those in an envelope and send it in the mail to both of you tomorrow. Wallfish, While I’m sending this piece of gasket did you still need a couple 1/32 carb balls?

Ha, yes definitely experts in my book!