Wallfish

Clint's perfect size decal arrived to pretty much finish this one off. Clear coated the original recoil decal last weekend. Just needs some yellow touch up paint here and there.
The only thing I might do is change the bar size as the one on the "clothes iron" style Comet saw looks a bit out of proportion with a longer bar. That one was restored and painted a while back so it'll be an easy swap. The longer bar shouldn't really change the look of this one.
 

 
 

 

Made a little progress on this just now. Juggling between some paint work and fabricating a display stand for the cut-away engine.
 
Good news, I was able to free the piston. It’s still a little snug but I think it’s free enough that when I go to remove the cylinder head it shouldn’t snap the con rod (hopefully). Although the gear box was pretty much empty and stuck I was able to get it free. The clutch has the little cork pads and they hand seized up in the clutch housing.  I was surprised to see the plastic gear.  The recoil was also jammed up but I got that moving too. SO overall the vitals seem good. I’m actually starting to think this one may not have much mileage on it. 
 
! Before I go and do something stupid I wanted to check in with the experts to see if the flywheel nut on the older models are normal thread or if by chance they might be reverse thread!
 
These older models definitely look different inside, pretty cool (for me) since this is the first one like this I’ve had and opened up.
 

the recoil is silver the bird is a little golder I will be changing the one on the recoil.
And that hammer has been well used got that from a guy that worked at a factory making food
no real hammers just plastic. Ive had them for 20 years they have been great.
 

I will send you one of each the two in the middle may be close.
I will look at mine and see how they look.

Man, you made quick work of that one, especially given all the speed bumps you hit along the way. That looks really nice, such a cool generator!

Got it all soldered up, cracks reinforced with epoxy and cleaned up best I can. All the electrical stuff works (in theory) using a meter and a couple of smaller batteries taped together for a power source. Haven't run it to test the generator power.
Had to drill a hole in the top of the tank to get the fuel line all straightened out. It's undetectable with engine on and sealed using Seal All. 
 

 

 

Got it all soldered up, cracks reinforced with epoxy and cleaned up best I can. All the electrical stuff works (in theory) using a meter and a couple of smaller batteries taped together for a power source. Haven't run it to test the generator power.
Had to drill a hole in the top of the tank to get the fuel line all straightened out. It's undetectable with engine on and sealed using Seal All. 
 

 

 

Think I got this figured out the best way to make this one work rite it to put the points back in.
Just got some time after some spring cleaning to work for a few hours.
when your wife is home all day there no rest for the working man hope she doesn't read this.
got the cylinder back on ant the ( points working) now to the recoil I'm not sure but I think I have seen
some of the recoil handles are they correct ? or should it be a wooden ball ?

Oh yeah the giant Champion plug arrived Friday, thought that would look good in the Wheelhorse shed !
 

The UK firm of Tarpen were distributors of the Turbair sprayer with O&R power during the 1960's.
 
The firm also produced a Mini engine setup with O&R power that could be used on some of their tools.
 
I have two in my collection at the moment, one on a Tarpen 33 hedge trimmer, the other on a cultivator...
 
 

Well, there goes my plan for a fresh hot metallic pink with some unicorn air brushing...  Yep - no plans to paint this beauty. I just want to clean it up and hopefully free the engine. I prefer keeping these things as original as possible and only restoring ones where the paint is too far gone. Depending on how the guts look I probably won’t even try starting it - it’ll be a shelf piece for sure.

This stuff is awesome!  I had forgotten about your toothpick art, man that’s amazing!

Something like that is well within my wheel House. I'm think'n 3/4 EMT pipe. The difficult part is finding something with the brakes for the back wheel and may already have an idea for that. Haven't looked into the fold down foot pegs but I could make those if necessary. Might have to use an old school banana seat which wouldn't look as good but...
No hurry at all as there's always plenty of stuff on my plate.
Just so you don't think you're wasting your time. Built these and the little Wheel Horse 2 seater cart in my avatar pic..
The Wheel Horse bike is 90% all tractor parts and looks even better now with an old school starter generator K181 engine on it instead of that modern M8. Made an article in a small tractor magazine.

 
 
The back hoe attachment was completely scratch built using some plans off the innerweb. All the way down to the bucket teeth. Used it to bury all the utilities underground. Loader is a factory unit

 
This little wooden model of a RJ-58 was made completely out of toothpicks and also made a magazine. Wheels turn, steering works, levers move, brake pedal works the brake band. The toothpick gives the scale of it.

Something like that is well within my wheel House. I'm think'n 3/4 EMT pipe. The difficult part is finding something with the brakes for the back wheel and may already have an idea for that. Haven't looked into the fold down foot pegs but I could make those if necessary. Might have to use an old school banana seat which wouldn't look as good but...
No hurry at all as there's always plenty of stuff on my plate.
Just so you don't think you're wasting your time. Built these and the little Wheel Horse 2 seater cart in my avatar pic..
The Wheel Horse bike is 90% all tractor parts and looks even better now with an old school starter generator K181 engine on it instead of that modern M8. Made an article in a small tractor magazine.

 
 
The back hoe attachment was completely scratch built using some plans off the innerweb. All the way down to the bucket teeth. Used it to bury all the utilities underground. Loader is a factory unit

 
This little wooden model of a RJ-58 was made completely out of toothpicks and also made a magazine. Wheels turn, steering works, levers move, brake pedal works the brake band. The toothpick gives the scale of it.

Electrical stuff cleaned an repaired. It was a pain in the a@@ and still need to splice those two from the gen back together but it's cleaner and definitely better now.
 

Engine now on a wooden base, looks better...

One of these arrived yesterday
 
Seems quite tidy, now mounted on a common base with the Type 23...
 

Electrical stuff cleaned an repaired. It was a pain in the a@@ and still need to splice those two from the gen back together but it's cleaner and definitely better now.
 

Something like that is well within my wheel House. I'm think'n 3/4 EMT pipe. The difficult part is finding something with the brakes for the back wheel and may already have an idea for that. Haven't looked into the fold down foot pegs but I could make those if necessary. Might have to use an old school banana seat which wouldn't look as good but...
No hurry at all as there's always plenty of stuff on my plate.
Just so you don't think you're wasting your time. Built these and the little Wheel Horse 2 seater cart in my avatar pic..
The Wheel Horse bike is 90% all tractor parts and looks even better now with an old school starter generator K181 engine on it instead of that modern M8. Made an article in a small tractor magazine.

 
 
The back hoe attachment was completely scratch built using some plans off the innerweb. All the way down to the bucket teeth. Used it to bury all the utilities underground. Loader is a factory unit

 
This little wooden model of a RJ-58 was made completely out of toothpicks and also made a magazine. Wheels turn, steering works, levers move, brake pedal works the brake band. The toothpick gives the scale of it.

Seems they tried to bait someone with false bidding. Do the questions to the seller go into the ad automatically or does the seller do it? Auto would be nice to shed light on this type of crap so the next buyer is aware of the selling history.
It seems like 50% of the people try to scam the other 50%. In reality it's more like 10% are the scourge but they're 90% of the problem

Yeah, these aren't the funnest thing to clean and service but unfortunately it was pretty dirty in there as you can see in the pics. The common problem of batteries being left in there for a long time leaked some acid which stained and cracked the plastic. Messing up the wires or the coils is really the main concern. If the generator doesn't work after, it just becomes a pretty boat anchor.
The plastic is stained too deep into it in too many areas that sanding them all out probably isn't going to work. I'm just going to repair the cracks with epoxy and clean it up the best I can. It won't look brand new but certainly should end up better than before. Leaving the "character" on there is necessary sometimes.

Well, At least there was no problem removing the drum part of the clutch from the gen head

 
 
A very interesting set up in there.
The magnet section is shaped like a yoyo and the windings are in 2 sections which ride in between. There's what I believe is a vacuum tube inside too?

 
 
Needed to separate the generator from the plastic but the electrical parts inside are held by factory melted plastic. It was easier to cut the wires an I'll solder them back.

 

Well, At least there was no problem removing the drum part of the clutch from the gen head

 
 
A very interesting set up in there.
The magnet section is shaped like a yoyo and the windings are in 2 sections which ride in between. There's what I believe is a vacuum tube inside too?

 
 
Needed to separate the generator from the plastic but the electrical parts inside are held by factory melted plastic. It was easier to cut the wires an I'll solder them back.

 

I work on lawn mower for a living I'm not a computer goro I'm lucky I can add a pic.
Just turn your computer upside down and you will be able to see it just fine.

He loves the pain and aggravation...