Friday, March 05, 2004
Tidy the engine
The oil was drained from both engines and the mesh filters cleaned. The 'runner' had dirty oil, suggesting neglect. The oil from the seized engine contained a number of metal pieces, both steel and alloy. Looked expensive.
The airbox and carbs of the runner were cleaned. The float bowls had some debris within but not too awful.
In view of the age of the engine the generator was removed and a new cam belt fitted. It was rather fiddly to do this without thinking that you'd moved the cam. Here's the flywheel holding tool I made for the electric start rotor.
As I intend to fit a non-electric starter side cover I removed the locating dowels. I tried heat and pliers to no avail. However a sharp drill bit into them and enabled them to be extracted.
The oil was drained from both engines and the mesh filters cleaned. The 'runner' had dirty oil, suggesting neglect. The oil from the seized engine contained a number of metal pieces, both steel and alloy. Looked expensive.
The airbox and carbs of the runner were cleaned. The float bowls had some debris within but not too awful.
In view of the age of the engine the generator was removed and a new cam belt fitted. It was rather fiddly to do this without thinking that you'd moved the cam. Here's the flywheel holding tool I made for the electric start rotor.
As I intend to fit a non-electric starter side cover I removed the locating dowels. I tried heat and pliers to no avail. However a sharp drill bit into them and enabled them to be extracted.
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