Spent a hundred bucks today, AND IT RUNS!!
This showed up on the local C/L. Did not feel like it had much compression, but it is complete and turns over, so I paid full price. Not sure of year yet, in the '30's. Evinrude/ Elto "Pal" 1.1 entire HP!!
Pulled tank, sloshed it out with paint thinner, pulled the carb, sprayed it out with carb aerosol, and had to fix the mag (temporarily). The common ground for the neg end of the coil and the primary were unconnected to ground. Cleaned the points, "of course." Condenser, which had been replaced at some point, tests great. Even "came with" a new looking plug
I poured som lacquer thinner into the cylinder and let that soak over lunch, hoping to improve compression. It varies 60-75psi
THERE IS NO throttle as such. There's a sort of ?? vacuum pulse operated piston thing in the carb that appears to work as sort of an automatic throttle, it's a rotary rather than reed valve engine. You control speed with the spark advance. Just one mixture, period. No choke. The carb needle goes all the way from the seat, protrudes up through the top of the carb. You hold that down to open the needle, to "tickle" the carb and basically flood it, dripping, to start
This is not my video, rather I stole off YouTube
My engine, off C/L BRASS!!! PROPELLER!!
This showed up on the local C/L. Did not feel like it had much compression, but it is complete and turns over, so I paid full price. Not sure of year yet, in the '30's. Evinrude/ Elto "Pal" 1.1 entire HP!!
Pulled tank, sloshed it out with paint thinner, pulled the carb, sprayed it out with carb aerosol, and had to fix the mag (temporarily). The common ground for the neg end of the coil and the primary were unconnected to ground. Cleaned the points, "of course." Condenser, which had been replaced at some point, tests great. Even "came with" a new looking plug
I poured som lacquer thinner into the cylinder and let that soak over lunch, hoping to improve compression. It varies 60-75psi
THERE IS NO throttle as such. There's a sort of ?? vacuum pulse operated piston thing in the carb that appears to work as sort of an automatic throttle, it's a rotary rather than reed valve engine. You control speed with the spark advance. Just one mixture, period. No choke. The carb needle goes all the way from the seat, protrudes up through the top of the carb. You hold that down to open the needle, to "tickle" the carb and basically flood it, dripping, to start
This is not my video, rather I stole off YouTube
My engine, off C/L BRASS!!! PROPELLER!!