[SEL] A couple of toys running

[Peter Lowe]

Both my common Moffat Virtues will not start unless the unleaded fuel was 
baked that morning, it must be fresh fuel or you will crank your arm off.
Kaye's Maytag naturally runs on anything, first time ;-))

Peter, Oz




> The fuel we have to contend with these days, after a shortish time, has a
> smell that would, ..............I dunno quite WHAT to say about it!
> It  aint what we used to run our toys on, thats for flamin sure.
> For what it costs us, when evaporated, it should have a golden glint!
> Reg & Marg Ingold.
> Newcastle, NSW, Australia.
> randmingold at hotkey.net.au
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/randmingold
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> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Patrick" <pml1 at bigpond.net.au>
> To: "ATIS" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>; "Oldengine"
> <stationary-engine at oldengine.org>
> Sent: Sunday, March 29, 2009 3:27 PM
> Subject: [SEL] A couple of toys running
>
>
>> Having a productive weekend at home I fired up a couple of engines that
>> have
>> not had any attention for a while.
>> The 2hp R&V has only run for short periods since I got it running. I
>> pulled
>> fuel lines and carby off, cleaned eveything especially giving the check
>> valve lots of attention. It is now running well:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EpvP557yOAc
>>
>> My F&J Farm Pumper has been buried for some years so it was due to come
>> out.
>> The fuel smells really bad but it does run:
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J7EV2mQ_Moo
>>
>>
>> Patrick M Livingstone
>> Leichhardt NSW
>> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/Index.html
>>
>>
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