Love the use of 3D printing to prototype the shape. I’ll try to take a look and see if I have easy access to one of these springs. Not sure if Wallfish might have taken some measurements during his experiments.
The legs need to be long enough to clip over a small metal Rod that sits in the recess.
Mine is the later version with the Series 13B engine.
The air cleaner uses a clip to hold it in place on this one, note the condition of the tank, corrosion caused by lazy user not cleaning the chippings after use, tree sap is acidic.
David
Picked up another Lancaster like yours David. Super dirty but should clean up pretty well. It was missing the air filter but fortunate I have one from an earlier junker saw that I got a long time ago. It’s also missing the wire to the toggle switch but that’s an easy fix.
Did you ever finish your rebuild of your Aquascooter? That one looks like a 400 with a Tillotson HS.
I've rebuilt completely rebuilt three of them. Stripped and powder coated the frames even. Odd little things but isn't that why we are on here? Ha!
Robert
Almost, I have everything ready to assemble and then came across another one. The second one was in better shape and I got it running. I’m missing a couple parts on the first one and it also had a damaged handle and is missing the snorkel. I ended up having to make my own snorkel for the other one. Yep, both are the AS400 models with the Tillotson HS carb. I’d like to have one of the later 650 models but $1399 is a bit steep. These are really cool scooters, with summer coming on I’m anxious to give it a try.
The carb lever springs are much harder to come by. Wallfish was able to replicate one pretty well. I’ll take a look in my spares and see if I might have an extra used spring. If you can find some thin gauge spring steel, like from a feeler gauge or something maybe you can cut one with tin snips.
Just a thought. The carburetors look similar to those used on some of the old Tanaka, Echo/Kioritz, and Shindaiwa engines. Maybe there is a float that is similar in size. For example, check out e-replacement parts or parts tree online and look up Echo PB-202. It has a similar float design and float bowl, maybe you’ll get lucky...
That would be great! If you do decide to give it a try let me know if it turns out ok and I’ll compensate you for it. It looks like there must be a couple flat sections that bolt to the handle section.
Finally had the chance to add one of these to the collection. It’s too bad it’s missing the circular handle but it’s still super cool. The tank is pretty dinged up and it’s been used over it’s life. Overall it’s in ok condition, can’t be choosers... They seem to come up so rarely that I figured I better jump while I could. I missed out on one of these on eBay a couple years ago that was in incredible shape and went for a bargain. At that time I had only been collecting for a couple months and had no idea how rare they were.
If anyone comes across an extra handle, please let me know and I’d gladly buy it. Or, if someone has a good way to replicate one I would consider that too.
In case anyone is curious what the inside of one of these compressors looks like. The diaphragm on this one is slightly deformed in one spot. It’s surprisingly pliable and looks like it should work ok if air doesn’t leak past the deformed area. I might try to make a new one or I might just leave it, not like this thing will get a lot of use.
If you mean the vertical black plate (photo 4 and 5), I should be able to get the overall dimensions, hole locations etc will be a bit more tricky now its assembled but I'll have a look for you
Great, thank you. My hole pattern might vary a little anyway depending on what I can come up with for a gearbox so no worries if that’s tricky to get.
Is it possible to get the dimensions for the gearbox mounting plate or now that the unit is all assembled I’m guessing it’s probably not very accessible.
Well, maybe some good news. I went through all my stuff and found my Type 150 engine. It has a gearbox with the PTO flipped. It also has an unusual spacer in place of one of the normal legs that attaches it to the engine. This leads me to believe I might be able to rotate the whole gearbox to point in the upward direction vs down like on the chainsaws. I’ll have to pull it off and try it to confirm. If it rotates ok then this might end up being the engine I use for the compressor project. I’ll scrounge up a different gas tank. This engine looks like it might have been set up on a trimmer or something.
I also found a shaft that might work. Bad news is when I went to check the fit to the gear I found that the inner threads of the gear are stripped. Not sure if it can be re-threaded but I’ll have to give it a try. I’m not out of the woods yet for the gear and shaft.
Interesting the base plate you have seems to be identical to the one used for the O&R version, even has the two extra holes for the vertical plate that the O&R engine attaches to, see post #12 in the this thread.
David
Interesting, wonder if they made this as more of a universal base to allow for different power setups. I forget what type of electric motor was on this particular one. It saved another $25 off the shipping by removing it.
I’ll also have to make the mounting plate that the gearbox attaches to.
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Love the use of 3D printing to prototype the shape. I’ll try to take a look and see if I have easy access to one of these springs. Not sure if Wallfish might have taken some measurements during his experiments.
The legs need to be long enough to clip over a small metal Rod that sits in the recess.