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Finally getting to this project.  I thought it was going to be a fairly straightforward tear down but NOPE this thing had surprises at every turn. I even had to drill out a couple screws.  It’s finally all apart now. The paint isn’t in the greatest condition (looks better in the photos than it actually is) but I’m planning to keep it as-is. It would look awesome fully repainted but I’m probably not going that route on this one.  The engine is a real mess...

 

It was media blasted. Im not sure with what exactly - and It's a TAS P-7
Here's my resto-mod today. You can scroll up above to my April 2018 post and see the before picture. The chain guard mold will be made this summer 2019 - then copies. I will later in the year make the seat mold and copies 

Finally getting to this project.  I thought it was going to be a fairly straightforward tear down but NOPE this thing had surprises at every turn. I even had to drill out a couple screws.  It’s finally all apart now. The paint isn’t in the greatest condition (looks better in the photos than it actually is) but I’m planning to keep it as-is. It would look awesome fully repainted but I’m probably not going that route on this one.  The engine is a real mess...

 

Thanks David, awesome find!  I’ll let the owner know of this issue of Mechanix Illustrated.

Very cool, nice find - looks like new!

Picked this up from Worthing on the South Coast today
 
Its a Turbair Sprite 12 volt sprayer. looks like new !
 
Unusual plug on it...
 
 
 

Finally all back together. I don’t have a natural wood knob so I have a black one on there temporarily.  It has really strong compression now and spark but I haven’t tried to run it yet.

This one isn’t mine, sadly. I was contacted for a carburetor diaphragm and gasket. I requested permission to post these photos as I thought you all would enjoy this one. I’ve not seen this winch before, how about anyone else?  Looks to be made by Irvington out of Portland, OR.
 

Finally all back together. I don’t have a natural wood knob so I have a black one on there temporarily.  It has really strong compression now and spark but I haven’t tried to run it yet.

This one isn’t mine, sadly. I was contacted for a carburetor diaphragm and gasket. I requested permission to post these photos as I thought you all would enjoy this one. I’ve not seen this winch before, how about anyone else?  Looks to be made by Irvington out of Portland, OR.
 

This one isn’t mine, sadly. I was contacted for a carburetor diaphragm and gasket. I requested permission to post these photos as I thought you all would enjoy this one. I’ve not seen this winch before, how about anyone else?  Looks to be made by Irvington out of Portland, OR.
 

Finally all back together. I don’t have a natural wood knob so I have a black one on there temporarily.  It has really strong compression now and spark but I haven’t tried to run it yet.

Very nice, cool to see an O&R bit in this magazine - nicely done pmackellow!

Thank you kind sir !
 
I do a regular article for the magazine.
 
 
 

I didn’t see any indications anywhere on the unit for AEP. Dimensions of the gray line spool is 5” diameter. The black spool shroud is approximately 6 1/4” diameter. The yellow guard is about 13 3/8” corner to corner and about 7 1/8” from the center to the edge.

Something like this

https://tenor.com/view/mowing-lawn-cutting-grass-gif-6160555
 
 

I’m calling this one done for now until I can get the fuel mix and chain oil decals replicated.  The recoil decal is on now and I flipped the chain.
 

He needs to put a spark plug in there too!
Saw looks great

Here is another pump that your engine could have been part of, there is no branding on this one (if it had a decal it's long gone). The engine SN of this one is #005790.

 
David

This is kind of what I was thinking as well. I have the decal and nothing to lose.
 
I haven’t attached it yet but here’s how it would look.  I cut a small section of the border so it fits more like a typical decal.
 

I got the new pull start knob today and put it on and also fixed a crack in the ignition wire with Performix Liquid Electrical Tape,so no spark would arc from the wire to the metal.

This is the latest addition to my O&R collection, a Petro Powered Products Chug-A-Pump.
The engine is an early compact I with the side mounted carb needle & screws in the back of the starter/blower cover.
 


 
Unfortunately a previous owner disliked the starter mechanism so much that they cut it off completely.
 

 
The engine was also seized & the flywheel nut threads were stripped, fortunately the crankshaft threads are OK. After removing the sparkplug I discovered someone had tried and failed to unseize it by hammering the piston with a rod, the piston has a hole in it. I left it overnight with some oil poured in the cylinder.
 
Today I stripped it down further, I was surprized to find the flywheel key was steel, it does have a different part number to the later engines so may be original? The oil left in overnight did the job and I was able to turn the flywheel a bit, which enabled me to remove the cylinder without damaging the conrod. The cylinder is a bit rusty but hopefully it will clean up for reuse. The missing bits of the piston were shaken out of the crankcase.
 


 
The gudgeon pin is also different to the later engines as it is solid, it is also smaller in diameter, I have a few spare pistons but they can't be used because of this.
 

 
David

OK, do you know anyone with a wood turning lathe?
Any condenser from an O&R would work, if an early style one had failed in service it would have been replaced with the later one. I've used modern parts too;

 
The rest of the pump is the same as the Comet, Orline, Petro etc with the small rotary vane type pump, the type with the rubber impeller that always seems to be knackered. Petro version shown below;

 
David

What a joke, that is totally misrepresented and very dishonest to use those mini-bike pictures they found.
 
Try used engine, fell off a chainsaw, only one screw holding the starter on (because the other four are still in the chainsaw tank).
 
David

Things have been crazy busy lately so progress on the Mono-Line has slow. I finally got the parts painted.  I think this green ended up being a pretty good match.