Just O&R, what yellow paint did you end up using on the chainsaw? I may end up trying to touch up the paint on the recoil housing - it’s missing half the paint. I don’t want to make it too new looking since the overall fan tool shows its age.
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Is it a hard center cable or soft?
It’s the braided/twisted wire type. I just got it free and moving so I think I can make this one work. Maybe if I can find some white Plasti-dip I can touch up some of the chipped and cracked areas on the outer sheath.
Curious, has anyone found a good substitute for these old O&R throttle cables? This one is pretty beat up. I’ll probably be able to get it free and working again but it hasn’t been treated well over the years. It’s a bit kinked and the white sheath is cracked in places.
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.
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 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.
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?
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.
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.
This arrived a couple of weeks ago, a fairly early 1960's type 98 engine, the paint colour is original as far as I can tell, I haven't seen another in this unusual colour.
If anyone knows what tool it may have been used for please let me know.
The tank bracket & strap needed a bit of adjustment and some screws, now reassembled.
David
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.
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...
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Just O&R, what yellow paint did you end up using on the chainsaw? I may end up trying to touch up the paint on the recoil housing - it’s missing half the paint. I don’t want to make it too new looking since the overall fan tool shows its age.
It’s the braided/twisted wire type. I just got it free and moving so I think I can make this one work. Maybe if I can find some white Plasti-dip I can touch up some of the chipped and cracked areas on the outer sheath.