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I just bought an O&R that was from an r/c boat ,probably the Octura White Heat V. It has an eight pipe exhaust for a boat.I've cleaned it up and ordered a pull starter knob for it.The O&R 1 HP decal is worn off and also the label on the pull starter. Is there anyone that makes decals for vintage motors. It has model II on it but looks like a B was stamped over it.There's also an A stamped over to the right of the model number.On the other side of the engine is stamped 014811. There may be either a B or an 8 at the beginning of number.Don't know what I'll do with it as it's not fast enough for my r/c boats.May just sell it to fund another project.Here's a pic of the boat it was probably in.

Look great. color looks spot on to me looking forward to seeing it done and on the shelf.
let me know when your ready for a project or two

Been way too busy moving stuff into storage the last week, the workbench is still a complete mess but hopefully it will be useable again soon.
 
I've got at least one starter here that someone has fitted a solid rivet too, of course this would be fine if it was one of the earliest engines.
I also have a couple of NOS rivets too, not tried fitting one yet either, but I did fit a pop-rivet to one a few years before I got the NOS ones, luckily the steel insert came out leaving the hole for oiling.
 
You could do with finding someone that does "EDM drilling" to add a hole to that rivet that just spins when you try drilling it.
 
David

Got the recoil done and all back together. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get it to run. It’s got spark and it sort of sputtered a couple times with the choke but never really got any signs of life at mid choke or run. Sort of seems like it’s not getting fuel for some reason. I mounted a temporary syringe of fuel above the carb and that didn’t work either, even after priming the carb several times. Strange, always a bummer after doing a complete rebuild...  walking away for now and will try again another day...
 


Ok, so I just couldn’t leave it alone. It always drives me crazy not being able to get‘em going so I decided to give it another go.  I cleared the carb again and adjusted the needle. Fired right up, sounds great!  I’ll have to test the generator function the next time I run it. Now I can sleep tonight...

Never replaced one before but that should work to spread it out you night need to  take a roll pin punch to it after that to tighten it a little.
I have no idea what make people think they need to drill out the rivets anyway

After hours of tedious clean up with dental tools the engine is finally free of green paint and I completely went through everything. I’m working on prepping all the body work now. I wasn’t expecting this to turn into a complete re-do but o’well, it should look nice all said and done.

Thanks for all the opinions, I’ve decided to go with the lime green.
 
PMackellow, thank you for the RAL number that’ll come in handy.  I have a can of Kawasaki KX dirt bike frame paint from the mid-1990s on the way. If it’s not a close enough match I’ll look at the Lawnboy color - I didn’t even think to look at that when I started hunting.

The engine certainly looks a lot better without the half done spray paint finish.
I'm looking forward to seeing the finished saw.
 
David

After hours of tedious clean up with dental tools the engine is finally free of green paint and I completely went through everything. I’m working on prepping all the body work now. I wasn’t expecting this to turn into a complete re-do but o’well, it should look nice all said and done.

You will need to get in line he need's to do about 10 for me first I don't know were he finds the
time but I'm jellies they look great . Maybe in a few months I will have some time.

Thanks for all the opinions, I’ve decided to go with the lime green.
 
PMackellow, thank you for the RAL number that’ll come in handy.  I have a can of Kawasaki KX dirt bike frame paint from the mid-1990s on the way. If it’s not a close enough match I’ll look at the Lawnboy color - I didn’t even think to look at that when I started hunting.

I had a long day driving yesterday to collect this drill (& some vintage electronics), it's the nicest Bridges Mini Mota drill I've seen and it came with the original box & instructions.
 
 

 

 

 
And a first for me this drill actually came with the chuck key.

 

 
David

Painted and ready for mounting.
 

Oi, who are you calling a geek ?
 

You should have kept quiet, patina'd it and fitted it to an old tool. You'd have had the O&R geeks in a frenzy looking for another one...  

It was a vintage syrup tin.

Painted and ready for mounting.
 

Found this cool shaped 8 oz can. It’s a good size and might make a neat tank for a test stand or maybe even with an O&R engine. Got it all sanded. soldered in the fuel fitting And drilled a small vent hole in the cap. Next up is to paint it O&R red.

Painted and ready for mounting.
 

Painted and ready for mounting.
 

Got the recoil done and all back together. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get it to run. It’s got spark and it sort of sputtered a couple times with the choke but never really got any signs of life at mid choke or run. Sort of seems like it’s not getting fuel for some reason. I mounted a temporary syringe of fuel above the carb and that didn’t work either, even after priming the carb several times. Strange, always a bummer after doing a complete rebuild...  walking away for now and will try again another day...
 


Ok, so I just couldn’t leave it alone. It always drives me crazy not being able to get‘em going so I decided to give it another go.  I cleared the carb again and adjusted the needle. Fired right up, sounds great!  I’ll have to test the generator function the next time I run it. Now I can sleep tonight...

Got the recoil done and all back together. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to get it to run. It’s got spark and it sort of sputtered a couple times with the choke but never really got any signs of life at mid choke or run. Sort of seems like it’s not getting fuel for some reason. I mounted a temporary syringe of fuel above the carb and that didn’t work either, even after priming the carb several times. Strange, always a bummer after doing a complete rebuild...  walking away for now and will try again another day...
 


Ok, so I just couldn’t leave it alone. It always drives me crazy not being able to get‘em going so I decided to give it another go.  I cleared the carb again and adjusted the needle. Fired right up, sounds great!  I’ll have to test the generator function the next time I run it. Now I can sleep tonight...

Painted and ready for mounting.
 

Not sure exactly what possessed me to jump into another chainsaw as my next project but I figured it was time to finally go through the Mono-Line.  I got it all disassembled today. The gearbox is set up differently than most of the Orline saws. The chain sprocket is to the outside. Unfortunately a previous owner cut the crankshaft flywheel nut and ground it and the end of the shaft flat. A few of the threads are broken off too. It’s bad enough, and seems overly brittle, I’ll need to replace it if I can hunt down a used one.  The screw that holds the chain sprocket was also cut in half, makes no sense to me... I can’t figure out why either of these modifications were thought to be necessary, frustrating when people do stuff like that.
 
 

Yep, I was fortunate enough to land this one as well. I actually want to use this one some and I have a project in mind. The first one is way too nice to use since it’s almost new condition, I plan to keep it in good condition.