[SEL] Fw: Fuel saver getting more confusing

[paulmaples at sbcglobal.net]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Lyndsay Frazer" <frazerlyndsay at hotmail.com>
To: <paulmaples at sbcglobal.net>
Sent: Sunday, July 25, 2004 7:30 AM
Subject: Fuel saver getting more confusing


>
> G'day paul,
>                Sorry it's taken a while to get back to you. As the subject
> line suggests things are becoming more confusing each day. On friday I
went
> to a mates place who has a 12 hp stover of the " Regular Engine Range"(a
> beautiful thing it is too). The fuel saver arm on his engine works the
same
> way that you think yours should ie. the torsion spring holds the arm under
> the valve keeper and the tag on the rocker returns it out of the way. This
> is all fine except the pic you sent from the guy out west ( which is a
type
> W stover) obviously is the opposite unless he has reversed the spring or
> something. I would have a photo of the type YB one but my friend who owns
> that engine for some reason cannot download the photo from his camera to
his
> PC. It is no good asking me as I only know how to turn the computer on.
>               He did send me an email though saying that the fuel saver
arm
> is definately pushed under the valve keeper by the rocker and the spring
> does the returning. As I say it is getting confusing. I will see the YB
for
> myself next weekend and then I will be sure. It seems to me that Stover
may
> have changed things as they went along. I did have a thought that pushing
> the arm against the valve would cause a lot of stress on the stem so it
> could be that I am completely wrong in my thinking but the photos tend to
> make me think things may have changed between models. If it turns out that
I
> am wrong I am very sorry( getting old and silly).
>
>
> Cheers,
> Lyndsay.
>
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