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Ahh, the rewarding feeling of hard labor and success.
Ummon:
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--- Quote from: Ummon on April 19, 2009, 01:27:09 am ---Anyways, not to minimize your achievement here, but I thought manual labor was actually digging the trenches an ---steaming pile of meadow muffin--- yourself. No?
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Where did shardian say manual labor?
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Ah, yes. A sort of amalgamation in my mind, but not a stretch.
danny_galaga:
--- Quote from: DaOld Man on April 18, 2009, 06:33:13 pm ---If it quits again, check the flywheel key.
They are made to shear to keep from tearing up the crankshaft if it hits something solid.
B&S machines of that era are notorious about the key just slightly deforming, throwing off the spark timing.
If it happens again, look at the key, see it it has a mark on both sides.
I have had to make a key out of some steel stock, just so it wont deform. The keyway gets worn a little and allows enough play to deform the key.
Nice find, BTW.
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ah yes. had exactly the same probably with a motorbike. key had sheared, timing was all over. always a perplexing problem, because all elements are there for ignition- spark, compression, fuel, air...
shardian:
Ah, I guess I need to update. I fought with this thing not starting for a while. Not getting spark, and I couldn't figure it out. I went ahead and got the ignition rebuild kit from NAPA - $10 so no big hit. Came with an extra flywheel key and everything.
Damn thing still wouldn't start. I figured at this point that it had to be the kill wire. I traced it all the way to the throttle lever, and saw nothing. I wiggled the solder tab a little bit, and the damn thing started up. Thing runs like a champ now that it is completely rebuilt. It is good to go for another 20 years or so. ;D
This was 2 weeks or so ago. Since then, I have tilled up the front flower garden, and about 200 sq ft of garden. I have a little more garden to do, then I have to go back over it all with a layer of composted humus and manure added.
richms:
I would never get anything new with a B&S motor on it, just because the hondas are so much better now, but the B&S has not changed in so long really that the older ones are a pretty safe buy, if you are happy to have something thats pretty inefficiant - so ok for occasional use power gardening but far from ideal for a generator etc.
shardian:
Latest update:
A few weeks ago I added compost and tilled it all up again. the drive belt was slipping pretty bad by the end, so I had to change it before tilling up the center 14' of the garden. I went through an adventure finding a proper belt, but got it on no problem. Set it down to start her up and get to work, and the damn pull start string snapped at the winding coil. Son of a...
This is the old style metal coil assembly, and is damn near impossible to get rewound. I spent an hour or so futilly trying to get it all back together properly. I finally threw it in a corner of the garage and got on with life. I've been adding grass clippings since to boost soil nitrogen.
Yesterday, I decided I HAVE to get the garden planted even without the middle section. I got 'er done, and now I just have to hope it turns out alright. I'll post some pictures later. So far planted: Carrots, onions, spinach, yellow squash, green beans, tomatoes, and cucumbers. Once I get around to fixing the tiller, I will plant a few types of peppers, and potatoes. I may just say screw it and start building better soil in the middle.
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