You can get real creative about DIY compressers .For example use a smog pump from an automobile with a check valve but no tank and a 1/2 HP motor .A smog pump can put out 80 to 100 PSI ,it's small and often from a junk yard about $10-$15 . Using a clip on air nozzle it doesn't take that long to...
Well since you mentioned it you could probably paint a lakes iron boat
using a 1 HP comprssor but it would take a long time .
However that aside I set up a three HP single stage unit with two 30 gallon portable tanks and 100 feet of hose to run two air nailers on the roof of my rental house ...
Dan Henry AKA "Dozer Dan" in Pa. had a big old slow running monster of a compresser he had to move outside because it was so old and loud would wake the dead .Must have came over on the Mayflower .10 HP single phase motor the start switch went bad and he could not find another .I told him of a...
If you need more storage you can use any number of portable tanks tied into the system using quick connects .
My set up in my shop is a 5 HP electric two stage which can run on pressure or continous. Dumping into one or two 60 gallon tanks with a third 90 gallon if need be.. On at 130 psi off...
Got one plus the socket ,E-bay a long time ago from a person in I think Las Vegas who must have cornered the market with NOS when McCulloch circled the drain .Evidently she didn't keep good records and said I never paid for it .Could have been an error or just a scam .I however keep good...
To revisit the timing of a reed valve Mac engine if I'm not mistaken the term "marvericking the points" was discovered by an early kart racer I think Duffy Livingstone .What ever or who ever found it discovered how fast those old engines could run . I don't think however it's desirable to use on...
With the 82's they have plenty of torque but I've found if you just hook the dog and drop the reins and let it pick out where it wants to run and keep the R's up they cut a little faster IMO.
Often times on those Mac impulse pumps on a cold start they will puff smoke until it burns the residual left in the crankcase .Then just clean up and run normal .Some times the good old kerosene flush will help them,some times not .Rebuild kits used to be available but I'd imagine by now they...
--which is why back in the day on the kart 101'is they used a starter cup with a long shaft Ford starter and a vee belt .That goes back in time a day or two .:)Like I said I only bumped up the one 125 a little bit which is the one I sleeved with a cast iron sleeve .That goes back at least 15...
That is a difference of opinion and theory .The off set key controls the position of the flywheel which is shifted forward .However the atom arc device fires when it reachs the highest voltage in the wave form so it fires advanced .However if you "maverick" " the points ,set them wider by a few...
On that subject if I'm not mistaken John Lambert (RIP )sold the very last 090 out of Canada .I think Larry Stiener bought it .I saw it maybe 15 years ago and it had never even had fuel in the tank .John had made a deal with a local Stihl dealer then sold them on the internet for a slight profit...
As far as the coil on a 105 it could be the large coil like a 250 or a small coil like a 10-10 .One of my 125's had an "atom arc " solid state trigger device and a 2.5 degree off set key which should have advanced the timing to around 28 or so advance from the original 26 advance .The device was...
Well they are pain in the buttocks to work on .I'd take a 38" rear tractor tire any time to these things .I've got a bead breaker BTW .I've toyed about foaming them for a while until it really gets on my nerves.
They say neccessity is the mother of invention .Zero turn,rear tire bead leak .This is the most difficult to find even using bubbles .because it's so slow .The only way I found was submerged in water .I have no tire tub but I do have a dinky little bath tub that came in a travel trailer .Worked...
The points should be set at 18 thou . On a points type ignition the trouble will be on the low voltage side,the points and condensor .If you burnish the contacts use a piece of lens tissue ,printer paper or something to make sure a little bit of sand or something is not holding off making good...
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