[SEL] New Portland Engine

[Luke Tonneberger]

Glad you got her running Alan.  I knew it was a fuel problem. When you cover 
the mixer opening like that and crank and crank and crank with no fuel 
running out, something's not right :-)

Luke Tonneberger
Rockford, Michigan
USA
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>From: alanb2 at webtv.net (Alan Bowen)
>Reply-To: The SEL email discussion list <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
>To: SEL at lists.stationary-engine.com
>Subject: [SEL] New Portland Engine
>Date: Sun, 29 Aug 2004 18:25:03 -0400
>
>Hi Folks,
>
>Some of y'all were at Portland and saw the 1 3/4 hp MacLoed I bought.
>For those of you who couldn't (or wouldn't) be there,,,,  It has a nice
>Webster mag on it.
>
>The seller had a hard time starting it for me and blamed it on a wet
>mag,   They didn't cover anything Friday night,,,,   EVERYTHING was wet
>at Portland Saturday.  8>))
>
>Well, I played with the check valve a little  but quit because I wasn't
>at Portland to work on an engine.  All I did while at Portland was
>borrow a file from Dave R's tool box and file some grooves so the gas
>could get around the ball when it was sucked to the top.
>
>A while ago I pulled the fuel line back out of the tank and reworked the
>check valve some more.  At Portland, when I shook it, I could hear the
>ball moving.   At home, when I blew through it, it seemed restricted.
>So,, I drilled the ball chamber out 1/32 larger than the ball.
>
>That's what I do when I build check valves.
>I put it back together and with the mixer needle open 3/4 turn I
>retarded the timing lever, closed the choke and pulled the flyheels over
>once. Then I open the choke and pulled it over just once to have her
>fire up and run sweet. Advanced the timing and this is a keeper.  8>))
>
>BTW, Dave,,,, Arnie offered your file to me,,,,  8>))
>
>Alan Bowen  alanb2 at webtv.net
>Williamsburg, Michigan

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