Mr. Sandman
04-26-2007, 10:48 AM
I picked up an older 2Hp from Little Round out on the cape this past winter. http://www.striped-bass.com/Stripertalk/showthread.php?t=36836&highlight=motor
After struggling a little to keep it running we tore it down completely and replaced all worn parts and cleaned it all up. Rings, all plastic/rubber parts, all ignition components, waterpump, seals etc were replaced. In general it was all there just had a bunch of hours on it and needed some TLC. This was a great project for the kid because it is very simple and you can explain and show him exactly how an internal combustion engine operates. He asked a lot of good questions in the process. It is hard to show someone how a engine works on today's machines. He was doubtful we could put it back together esp when I took off the crank and 30 needle bearings the size of a piece of rice fell out onto the shop floor, but we managed.
Most parts are available thru a couple places on the west coast that seem to have a lot stock of parts for older motors. The most difficult thing was getting new decals. I couldn't get them anyplace and had trashed the ones on there trying to remove the pull chord/recoil assembly. But thru the Internet I found someone (a women on the west coast) who would make new ones up for me from photos and dimensions I sent her for $30. These were great and are nicer then the originals. Anyway we got her back in service and good for another 20 years:btu:
Again, thanks to LittleRound for selling this to me at a reasonable price.
After struggling a little to keep it running we tore it down completely and replaced all worn parts and cleaned it all up. Rings, all plastic/rubber parts, all ignition components, waterpump, seals etc were replaced. In general it was all there just had a bunch of hours on it and needed some TLC. This was a great project for the kid because it is very simple and you can explain and show him exactly how an internal combustion engine operates. He asked a lot of good questions in the process. It is hard to show someone how a engine works on today's machines. He was doubtful we could put it back together esp when I took off the crank and 30 needle bearings the size of a piece of rice fell out onto the shop floor, but we managed.
Most parts are available thru a couple places on the west coast that seem to have a lot stock of parts for older motors. The most difficult thing was getting new decals. I couldn't get them anyplace and had trashed the ones on there trying to remove the pull chord/recoil assembly. But thru the Internet I found someone (a women on the west coast) who would make new ones up for me from photos and dimensions I sent her for $30. These were great and are nicer then the originals. Anyway we got her back in service and good for another 20 years:btu:
Again, thanks to LittleRound for selling this to me at a reasonable price.