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I’ll try to get by the post office this week and send you both a piece of this gasket paper. Then, we can all assess if we think it will work for these specific gaskets. If so, then we can see what Eric would charge to CAD them up and laser cut us a batch. Just want to make sure we have a good gasket material selected for this- I’m pretty certain it’ll work but I’d like other experts to weigh in on it. In the mean time if one of you with a NOS gasket wants to send me a good photo of each gasket I can send the photos to Eric and get him thinking about it, and maybe quoting the job while we get a consensus on the gasket material. let me know what you think!

Can’t remember if I bought that much but I think it was several feet x 3ft so I definitely have plenty of the gasket paper.

I have a big roll of this vegetable fiber gasket material in the 0.006” thickness. It seems to be very close to the original gasket material. Let me know if you want to try some. https://allstategasket.com/info_gasket_material_style-1165.asp

I had one come in like that too, stunk to high heaven and must have been 50yr old varnish. I couldn’t believe it wasn’t caught in the mail and stopped. It leaked in the package too. I cleaned the tank and it still stinks. Maybe I should try citrus in it.

ALways nice when you have some good spare parts and engines to pull from...

That’s a really neat auger design, can’t wait to see that baby all cleaned up!

Yep, I try to look a few times a day.

Found a cool original Kenco pump brochure with a photo of the O&R Model 61.

That’s cool, I much prefer the metal tanks. I have an O&R ice auger that has a plastic tank. I’m leaving it since it was original to the unit but it would look better with a metal one.

Well, I ended up spending money I didn’t really have at the moment but for something that unusual I had to at least try for it. Wife ain’t going to be too happy about it but I’ll figure out something to backfill the shortfall. Not my most expensive O&R but pretty close. Can’t wait for it to get here, hopefully it won’t end up somewhere with the cutoff saw...

That auger is awesome, looks in great condition! Hopefully the baffle arrives today or tomorrow. I have a tracking number if needed. Is the gas tank metal on that thing?

Wow, that’s horrible! I guess I’ll know in a few days, hopefully...

Seller added the tracking number, just hasn’t answered any of my inquiries. I just checked the tracking status and finally there is new info. Apparently it arrived late last night at some distribution center in Denver. Looks like it’s on the way to the next destination (hope that destination is my house...). For the price of this really slow shipping they could have just sent it Priority...

That might be worth a try. I might have a couple old seals that are too far gone to be useful that I could experiment with to see if they rejuvenate a little, nothing to lose really. FYI- I sent you a PM on another topic...

I don’t think I have extras of the larger baffles but I’ll dig through stuff, I may have another small one.

Thanks JustO&R- I think I’m ok at the moment, nothing specific that I know of that I need. I think I’m on the hunt just like everyone for those hard to find parts like seals. I don’t have much in the way of parts for the 20A engines but then again I only have a couple of those and I’m not sure how likely it is that part of the collection will grow. I’m more interested in things with the 13A & B Engines.

Screws and bearings are always helpful!

We’ll I’m really starting to lose hope. 11 days later and still no sign of the cut off saw being delivered. There also hasn’t been any update to the tracking status. I’ve submitted two formal search requests through USPS and had zero response. I’m starting to think they probably destroyed by rough handling it somewhere along the way and then to avoid a claim they conveniently “lost” it... I hate to think that but the lack of response has been pathetic! And now I may be out a pretty penny and never end up getting the saw.

Found the 1/32 balls last night and can send a few.

Ok, I’ll see if I can scrounge up a few.

I’ll have to sort through some stuff as well and see if I have many multiples of anything. I have some of the little steel balls for the carb. Do you need the 1/16 or 1/32 size?

Wow- I’m definitely going to give that a try! Any particular brand you think works best?

That turned out great. Glad the crankshaft issue is worked out. Did you fire it up yet or straight to the display shelf?

I’m starting to get a little nervous about my cutoff saw. It was supposed to have been delivered yesterday and the tracking info is also jacked up now and apparently not working. I have a request in to USPS to see if they can help sort it out. I just hope the seller did a decent job packing that thing (I sent a nice note asking for extra care but got no response). I hope it isn’t another disastrous repeat of the little red engine with the crunched gas tank...

I’m not sure if I have the little screw to go with the baffle but I’ll look. Yes, that carb baffle would take some serious skill!