Triumph66 1,256 #1 Posted May 27, 2016 The 1254 is the first Bolens I ever bought and I owed it to the old girl to get her up and running. My mate, Daniel, offered his services to get her going. He made up a new loom a while back and thanks to Rick I bought a fuel tank off him and from Brian some belts and coil. Another contact in the States, Alain, sourced me a set of stators. I am really chuffed to hear that it is up and running, albiet briefly. Daniel informed me that "The head gasket is leaking oil out and over the exhaust manifold, i suppose this is good and bad, good that the oil is circulating the engine, but possible the rings are gone for there to be oil above the piston? The carb isn't leaking on the joint as bad but i have been turning the fuel tap off so it may do if left long enough, it is dribbling past the float, and from the adjustment screw, but nothing to loose sleep over." 6 Stormin, slf-uk, DevonianRedneck and 3 others reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Chris 642 #2 Posted May 28, 2016 So thats what these old Bolens sound like then Andrew One day some of mine will run like that again 1 Triumph66 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Triumph66 1,256 #3 Posted May 28, 2016 I have to say Chris, it does sounds damn good. Hopefully I will get more updates soon and I am pleased (and relieved) that there is still signs of life in her. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
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slf-uk 914 #5 Posted January 14, 2018 Thanks Andrew, sounds good 1 Triumph66 reacted to this Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Triumph66 1,256 #6 Posted December 27, 2019 Bump for Tim's attention Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wristpin 400 #7 Posted December 27, 2019 Quote I am really chuffed to hear that it is up and running So would I be, sounds great. Now you can just pick off the niggles ready for Spring! Is it just me or the quality of my 'puter but most clips of running single pot engines seem to sound very similar? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
