Brian Lynch

No longer for sale.

All of the chasing down parts for my 13B have proven fruitless so far. Most of the leads pan out to be the old Homelite trimmers with the engine down low like the 13B. I've come to the conclusion that these trimmers are quite on the rare side. There are probably very few left out of the production run. In the meantime, I'm still lookin'!

If you need more pix, closeups, etc just give me a shout and will be happy to help. Great luck in assembling an engine!

If you look at the pix I posted of my 13B you will see the line going from the crank case to the pumping port on the Tillotson HU carb. The drilled port on your crankcase is for this purpose.

Great pix! Now I know what to look for. thanks so much for posting them. The search is on!

David, What parts to the trimmer head do you have? Can you take some pics of the parts and the trigger/cable for me? That way I'll know what I'm looking for when I run across them. I think this little trimmer will be a nice display item. Thanks, Brian.

A few pic of the state of my Groomer Estate 400 trimmer. I have assembled the parts I have found. I need the trimmer head, guards, trigger & cable, and air filter to complete it. The pic of the upper tube clamp shows the engine ignition kill switch. -very basic. The lower clamp is shown. Both clamps are of the same cast aluminum design. The boss on each clamp with the holes must have been where the head trigger cable went. Without pictures of an original or a manual, it's conjecture as to what went where and why. That's why I like my old engines and equipment.

It's from the 1962 Sears Suburban, Farm Supplies and Fencing catalog. I have found this catalog to be a gold mine when it comes to identifying vintage Sears Equipment. Finding the O&R listed was a nugget!

Dave, the pipes measure 1" O.D. they are thin wall aluminum. The air intake tube is around 39" in length. The fuel tank tube is 32" long. Not sure of the radius used, I need to bring my radius gauges home from work to get exacts. -Brian

Dave, I will get some dimensions for the tubes later this week. The trimmer you posted the exploded diagram of is similar to the one in the Smokstak link.

Factory, I think that is what this trimmer looked like. Did some more scrounging in the other shop this af'noon for a Stover engine ring set and found the other aluminum tube, which is the fuel tank! I guess I have more to this than I had thought. It's been around here for 35 years or so and I never paid much attention to it. I'm thinking my son tore it apart in the mid 90's. I don't remember it ever having the cutter head, cover or shield though.

I have some of the parts to the trimmer but not much. I have the aluminum intake tube that slips over the air intake adapter. Also a clamp that possibly held two aluminum tubes together. One was a fuel tank I'm guessing. I'd love to find another. There has to be one out there in good shape, or with a bad engine I could put my engine on.

From what I found about these, the "Trigger" was hooked by a cable to the trimmer head. Pulling the trigger let more plastic line out of the cutter head.

Did some looking around in my shop and located the other O&R engine I have. This came off a Groomer trimmer. See the pics. It runs wide open all the time. It was built with a Tillotson HU that has no throttle shaft. Never had one. No choke either, just the primer button. The only thing to impede air flow into the engine is a screw that holds the base and reed plate in place. Installed a new diaphragms in the carb. I had this hooked up to a remote tank to run it. It sounds like an irritated bumblebee!