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My auger bit is aftermarket. Took a while to find a little one that looks right but I now have 2 of them. These gearboxes are filled with gear oil. I can't remember if I just used the old seals or found new ones to use

Instructions: Take your pants out of her pocketbook and put them on. just mess'n with ya! I have a home office upstairs so doing stuff like this isn't typically a problem. These are tiny small so it's not a problem so far. She can't stand the stink of gas and especially that old gas smell. Any solvent would be a big problem too but this citrus degreaser has opened up a whole new opportunity for me to work on stuff when I can. I don't typically ask for permission, just wait for the complaining to start and deal with then. So far so good with this stuff and she hasn't noticed a thing. Spraying them outside first works real good to dumb down the gas smell. It doesn't seem to affect the paint either so... The idiot that shipped the TT400 didn't drain the 40 year old gas out so the whole thing was covered in it from rolling around inside the bubble wrap during shipping. Can't believe the post office didn't flag it for hazardous material because the whole package stunk so bad. Sprayed it outside, gave it a quick wipe down and brought it in the house. She never noticed or said a thing and believe you me, she doesn't pass on ANY opportunity to complain! After treating that gas tank it doesn't stink anywhere near like it did before.

What's this manhole fan? Please post the link. I know David saves all of those pics for reference so I'll try and grab some Edit Never mind, found it

Pretty rare item but there has been few pop up. They advertise it doubles as a regular gas powered drill with a chuck added on the end shaft. Is the shaft end threaded? That's for a drill chuck Do you have the auger bit? Here's a thread for mine, it also had the recoil changed

No info from the seller? Once they enter the shipping info it's shows at least it was really shipped. If you see it never had ant of that info entered or it never showed it was picked up, then I would blame the seller.

Exactly. These seals don't need to swell very much and the carb cleaner seems to soften them as well. It won't work for the hard brittle stuff but the ones that are still pliable and a little stiff, it should. Just another thing from the bag of tricks! Like Joe told me when I first got into these things, "You gotta be resourceful" Especially for the actual tool stuff attached to the engine. Be sure to share your results!

Try soaking the old ones in spray carb cleaner. It swells the rubber. I have sprayed small engine carbs without removing the rubber bowl gasket by mistake. They swell enough to not fit back properly after carb cleaner. I'm not sure how long it lasts but I ended up throwing one out after couple weeks because it never did shrink back to fit. Or maybe I just didn't wait long enough. Try experimenting if you're up for it. Re-generizing those old seals would make them plentiful. Think there was a bunch of the induction side crank seals in that parts stash.

Anything you're looking for? Think I have some used baffles but not many.

The keys and the taper are the same. The shaft that was in that engine is for a different style engine and therefore it's longer. Plus it was only one side of a different shaft I believe. The other side was right or at least it works perfectly fine. I believe it's because the engine I have uses the plastic bearing cages and that longer shaft is from and engine with the newer roller bearing and 2 washers on the side. This is exactly where David always shines as he could probably provide exact part #s, exact measurements, which engines, DOM, ect. ect. That guy is incredible! Remove the plug and add a few drops of fuel mix and fire it up. That way you don't have to mess with the carb again. Carb adjustments can be made later if someone wants to run it.

1/32 Had some before but they're MIA

So a few of us have some NOS parts but if it's contents is anything like mine, there's an abundance of some but nothing for others. So, maybe some trading of parts will help diversify our portfolios, maybe not but might as well make an effort. I'll have to go through what's out there to inventory it. It's not a huge stash of parts but I'm willing to trade the multiples. Carb parts, besides diaphragms, nice recoil housings and the can type gas tanks are always a premium item. Off the top of my head, here's a few I have. NOS newer type governor veins Gov springs for the bottom of the carb There's about 6 or so air filters but those are a coveted item. I'd still be willing to share a couple new and old school high speed carb needles Induction side crank seals 1 or 2 recoil springs new points sets piston rings gearbox gaskets Autolite spark plugs equivalent to the 10 mm Champion UY-6 plugs wire holders for the recoil rope to the spool (but you can use common copper wire for these) For used parts carb diaphragm caps with the primer button Some check valve bottom halves with different fuel inlet locations Some heads different gearboxes. TT generator parts Misc engine parts I'm short on Mufflers Carb arm springs the smaller ball bearing for carb check valve (but I'll have to go check the drawers at the old hardware store again)

Here's a long bristle brush, kind of expensive but... I typically get a bunch of cheapies at the engine shows from the vendors, they're like 3 for $1 but will maybe check this one out too. https://www.homedepot.com/p/ProLine-Nylon-Bristle-Grout-Brush-BWK9008/203175883 Old toothbrushes work well too for most things

Haven't tried other brands yet. Picked this one off the shelf at Home Depot because it was cheap. It doesn't have a strong citrus smell either. Just very subtle. It's still a messy job. Forgot to mention I use a small bristle brush too, looks like a tooth brush but has longer bristles to reach down in there. There's also citrus paint remover which works well. The wife had some so I stole the bottle one day to try. It works well but not as fast as solvent based but the trade off is worth it. https://www.homedepot.com/p/HDX-32-oz-Citrus-Degreaser-21568948601/203420801

So far I'm a big fan of using the citrus degreaser. It doesn't stink so it can be used in the house. This allows me more opportunity to get stuff done during the winter months and late in the evening. It works well for cutting through the common 2 stroke oil grime on these engines and attachments. This engine plate was done late last night in my office, going out to do it in the shed is a big hassle and cold so it won't happen. It took about 15-20 minutes using paper towels and some Q-tips. I use a small bucket to spray over and the small parts thrown in the bottom get soaked by the dripping excess at the same time. I have an old gas tank with old gas and that stink so I'll try that outside and see what happens. Hopefully neutralizes that horrible stink. BEFORE AFTER. There's still some minor little spots in the nooks and crannies but that happens with solvent too. Typically I'll use a toothpick to scrape those clean. The wood doesn't scratch

I used to get'm ALL running tested and adjusted but they just sit there for display. If fuel goes through them the carbs will need to be gone through again anyway. Some possibly the points from sitting so now they just get cleaned and assembled. It's the old gas residue in them that causes more problems. The next guy can tinker and tune.

It was the wrong crank shaft in that engine which protruded out too far. Swapped it out with another type and all is good now. The spare shaft I had is with the 2 key ways but that taper is the same as the others. The key ways fit with the old school clutches with the cork like pads . I'm just leaving the newer type engine on there and will keep the rebuilt one for the next project.

I already have WAY too many chainsaws for someone that doesn't burn wood. It's definitely a cool saw with the big engine. PM me what you want to offer him and I'll give it a shot for you. That way it'll be ready when you are if they accept.

Looks great! Someday I'll get to mine. Missing the little cooling baffle. Think I have some

Ha, that's about how my parts stash looks too. I can peek for some of those seals too I didn't know Terry had such a big stash ! Maybe we should start a parts trade thread as I have multiples of some parts but not any of others. We may have mostly all the same stuff since what they didn't use then, we don't use now but I'm sure there has to be some stuff to trade. He calls it a Tecumseh engine in the video

Thanks but i have other crank shafts and another engine is already to go and attached to the generator. Just need to clean the aluminum plate it sits on and order some rubber feet which were missing to finish it up. When I get some time, I'll pull it apart again and compare the crank to another one to try and figure out what is going on with it.

The original engine is the one I rebuilt but that shaft protrudes out too far to work with the generator. If it was indeed the original engine, it came with it but that doesn't mean anything. I even opened it back up to have a look see and everything is good. I'm guessing that shaft is from a different engine but I thought the cases were all pretty much the same. I miss David, he always has the part # info to validate this kind of stuff. Hope he's doing OK

Set back It was mentioned earlier about the tapered shaft lengths and the one which came with the 400 is too long. When I first tested it on the engine I was going to use, the 2 tapers didn't match right to lock the shafts together. As it turns out, the longer one pushes the generator's armature out, which pushes the rear bearing out just a little to far for the cover cap to fit. It was never noticed before I went to install that cover that the armature was not in the correct position and therefore would not match with the longer taper shaft. Someone was definitely in this engine before because the gaskets were missing when I opened it up. So now after going through that whole engine, can't use it. I'll have to figure out what's up with that shaft and why it's like it is. Certainly didn't notice anything unusual while assembling it. Now I'll use the more modern engine but after all that work it would've been nice to keep the old school style. Here's a pic with 2 tapers end to end. It looks like the shaft of the engine is out too far yet it will not push inside the case any further.

I have diaphragms and stuff. The one reason I offered my engine is because something like that old mini bike is worth letting one go to have that thing complete again. Even if it's not mine because It's a very cool and rare old piece. I'll find that engine and take a look at it, install a new diaphragm and fire it up to be sure it's operational. Then we can talk. The thing is, if it is NOS without ever being ran, I would not run it at all since it won't be NOS after doing so. Are your plans to fire that thing up and ride it or just have it as a display piece or ?

Don't show him That!!!!!!! Now we'll never get to see him on that thing. LoL