[SEL] Witte crash course.

[Orrin Iseminger]

Somewhere I learned an old trick of sweating some solder onto the threads of
a loose pipe connection, then, when the joint is assembled the soft solder
will deform and allow tightening to the desired position.  

I seriously doubt the threads involved, here, will accept solder.  But, I'd
try putting a wee bit of epoxy or JB-Weld onto a couple of the threads,
letting it cure, then reassembling the joint.  

My idea of a wee bit would be to lay it on the threads, then wipe off as
much as I could with a rag.  The remnant down in the bottom of the thread
should be enough to get you to where you want.

Orrin

Orrin Iseminger
Colton, Washington, USA
http://users.moscow.com/oiseming/lc_ant_p/index.htm
So many projects.  So little time.   

-----Original Message-----
From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
[mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of Judge Tommy
Turner
Sent: Wednesday, September 21, 2005 1:16 PM
To: The SEL email discussion list
Subject: Re: [SEL] Witte crash course.

Curt,
    I had one like that, I think a 6 HP, several years ago.  It didn't 
have a locking ring on it.  If you tightened it to the max (where you 
were afraid you would break something if you tightened it any more) the 
bottom of the carb would be pointing in the 4 o'clock position.  I 
simply took a 2 inch (I think it was 2 inch at least) pipe tap and 
slightly tapped it out.  I then got it to hang in the 6 o'clock position 
as it should be.  The old engine ran nice. 

Tommy Turner
Magnolia, KY




> Witte experts,
> Was helping an engine buddy last night trying to get his new Witte 
> (4HP?) running. Did manage to get it chugging along for a while but it 
> needs some mixer help. Here's several questions I hoping the experts 
> may have answers to.
>
> -The mixer screws in the side of the head with NPT threads. The mixer 
> body is loose yet not so loose that it can be turned another full turn 
> to tighten. Is there a missing  locking ring? We were thinking about 
> adding a conduit locking ring. The looseness really screws up the 
> TG/butterfly rod.
>
> -It looks like the mixer is a kero run, gasoline start. The gasoline 
> start is on the front side. He is going to run it on gasoline only. 
> There is a little cup just in front of the throttle plate. Is this for 
> priming the engine?
>
> -The round plate about 2" in diameter that has a bunch of holes in it. 
> Is this a compensator valve like on FM's and IHC M's? If I screwed 
> this all the way in it floods in one suction stroke. I had to unscrew 
> it so there was a 1/8" gap between the plate and the mixer body to get 
> it to run. There is a VERY stiff spring behind this plate. That 
> doesn't seem right. I'm thinking this should be a soft spring to allow 
> the valve to unseat. Does anyone know what the correct spring for this 
> is?
>
> I sure will appreciate any input the experts have on this engine.
> Curt Holland
> Gastonia, NC
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