LOL! I love it! I hope the guy talk isn't off topic but I do enjoy hearing other peoples stories because we all have a few to swap.
Alan Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still available upon request. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob Kennedy" <inthes...@att.net> To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 3:42 PM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tacumseh engine carbeurator question > Weren't those the best? Even pushing the little piece of junk on to the > plug terminal would still get you a share of voltage. I kept a piece of > wood I shaped to fit in there and that insulated me. Only took a few > tries. That was after a friend gave me a pair of "electricians gloves." > They were supposed to be insulated against shock. They must have had a > hole in them somewhere because the first time I used them I got blasted. > > Fortunately now those are tricks you remember and pass on in any small > engine classes. "Here hold this while I check the spark." > ----- Original Message ----- > From: William Stephan > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Sent: Sunday, June 13, 2010 4:45 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Tacumseh engine carbeurator question > > > > Bob: speaking of getting blasted, I remember that a lot of the Briggs > engines had to be turned off by flipping a little leaver against the > spark > plug. I could never remember whether the leaver was to the right or left > of > the plug, and almost invariably grabbed the spark plug and got a good > zap. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:blindhandy...@yahoogroups.com] > On Behalf Of Bob Kennedy > Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 14:53 > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tacumseh engine carbeurator question > > Oh boy! The Fairbanks Morris magneto! What a blast they could give you. > > I became authorized service for each of the companies you mentioned in > 76. > > The Kohlers were so quiet because everything they made back then was cast > iron. They are related to the same people that make the bath tubs and > sinks > and faucets. > > When you went to tech school back then they knew the updates on engines > were > boring so they would show a slide of some lady in one of their bath tubs. > That brought the class to attention... > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: William Stephan > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 3:39 PM > Subject: RE: [BlindHandyMan] Tacumseh engine carbeurator question > > Great story Alan, thanks for posting it. Back in the day, 1970s or so, I > ran a business with a tool rental component. We had a mix of engines, > B&S, > Koehler and Wisconsin for the most part in the air-cooled department > anyway. > The B&S engines were forever being replaced, and were twice as loud as > the > Koehlers were. The Wisconsins we had had a spring magneto in them, and if > memory serves, some of the mechanics cursed them mightily. The Koehlers > though, were quiet, and the guys that worked for me really enjoyed > working > on them. The Koehlers also seemed to require way less repair/replacement > than the Briggs did. > > -----Original Message----- > From: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> ] > On Behalf Of Alan Paganelli > Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 09:43 > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tacumseh engine carbeurator question > > I never liked B&S and the rest of the American engines. Not a baring or a > bushing in there. Just a hardened steal crankshaft rubbing against an > aluminum block. How the hell long do you think that's 'gonna last. Now > you > know why those things are going away. The bright-boys figured themselves > right out of business. > > When I went through the course, it cost around 40 bucks to get a small > engine tuned up. You had 5 dollars worth of parts into it so you did > about > an hours work if you wanted to do the thing right and walked away with > $35 > for your trouble. You could the job out of your garage and if you > couldn't > make at least 200 that weekend, you weren't trying very hard. And, for a > totally blind person it's all done by feel. As it turned out, the guy who > was teaching the course at Perdue was a guy who played bass with us when > I > was on the road. When I met him at the class, we both asked each other > what > the hell are you doing here! I said I'm here for the course. Whatta you > here for? I'm here to teach it. He said he had been doing this all his > life working at his old man's shop sense he was a kid. I wondered why the > school never gave me any crap about the old blind people can't work on > small > > engines. Don wouldn't have stood still for it. > > After I took and passed the course, my brother in law decided he wanted > to > take it as well and asked me to go with him to kind of pave the way for > him. > > I said sure. Why not. When we walked in the place, the class was twice > the > size of the one I was in. Don said I'm glad your here. I need you to help > me teach these guys. Are you nuts Don? I just passed the course 2 weeks > ago. Oh don't worry about anything. Here's what we're gonna do. We'll > split the class in half. I'll take half and you take the other half. I'll > be doing the teaching with my half. You show your guys the same thing I'm > showing my guys. I'll still be walking around helping people who need it > so > you'll be fine and think of it this way. We learn by doing and by doing > it > all over again, it'll make you better at it. So, after taking the course, > I > wound up teaching it 2 weeks later. When Don introduced me to the class > he > said this guy was on the road with us. He might be totally blind but he > knows his business. He is a graduate of this course and so, he'll be the > assistant instructor. To my surprise, nobody thought anything about me > being blind and some students insisted on calling me prof. Pretty weird! > > Alan > > Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ > There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on > the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! > > The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still > available upon request. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Dale Leavens" <dleav...@puc.net <mailto:dleavens%40puc.net> > <mailto:dleavens%40puc.net> > > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 10:21 PM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tacumseh engine carbeurator question > > > Well therein lies the problem. I don't have a dealer that I know of > > anywhere near here. > > > > It is my understanding that they have about discontinued making > Tecumseh > > engines altogether although there are loads of sources of parts. > > > > I don't much like the chipper either but neither do I like the price of > > new replacements. I wouldn't care that much but I do have about 80 feet > of > > > privet hedge which gets trimmed a couple of times a year and this year > I > > cut it down to about knee height and cut out a load of old trunks so > the > > hedge will renew itself. I might be able to burn the debris along with > the > > > pruning from my rose bushes but it is nice to chip it up and make > compost > > or mulch. I get about a yard of compost every year between grass > > clippings, kitchen waste and other garden waste like hedge trimmings. > > > > While the town used to take stuff like that away they no longer do. I > > suppose they would if I bundled it and moved it out a bag at a time but > > that would take weeks and loads more work than feeding it to the > chipper > > and that is a lot more fun anyway. > > > > I have Honda engines on my lawn mower and my plate compactor. They do > > behave wonderfully well. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Dale Leavens. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Alan Paganelli > > To: blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Saturday, June 12, 2010 12:13 AM > > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] Tacumseh engine carbeurator question > > > > > > > > As luck would have it, I went to small engine school in 1980 and worked > > on > > both Brigs and Stratton and Tacumseh3.5 horsepower engines. It sounds > > like > > you've got a real old engine. They've just about wiped out all the > small > > engine guys. Everything on the new stuff is throw-away. I talked to one > > of > > the engineers who designs these things for Tecumseh. He told me his job > > wasn't to make a better engine but rather to figure out ways to make > the > > engine do what it needs to do and to make it do it cheaper. So, on to > > your > > problem and knock of the wining. > > > > The part is called a needle valve. It attaches to a clip that lowers > into > > the fuel flow closing it off. I would suggest pulling the carburetor > off > > and taking it with you to your dealer so they can get the part number > off > > it > > and just buy a rebuild kit. You will also need to replace the gasket > that > > goes between the engine body and the carburetor. > > > > Alan > > > > Please click on: http://www.home.earthlink.net/~alanandsuzanne/ > > There, you'll find files of my arrangements and performances played on > > the Yamaha Tyros keyboard. I often add files so check back regularly! > > > > The albums in Technics format formerly on my website are still > > available upon request. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Dale Leavens" <dleav...@puc.net <mailto:dleavens%40puc.net> > <mailto:dleavens%40puc.net> > > > To: <blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:blindhandyman%40yahoogroups.com> > > > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2010 6:43 PM > > Subject: [BlindHandyMan] Tacumseh engine carbeurator question > > > > > Good evening, > > > > > > I have a wood chipper and leaf shredder powered by a horizontal four > > > stroke Tecumseh engine. The damn engine has given me a lot of grief > > over > > > the years, trouble starting after periods of inactivity. Oddly, this > > year > > > it has behaved fairly well. Then it began leaking fuel around the top > > of > > > the sediment bowl. The problem appears to be the little pin like > valve > > > arrangement which should close off the fuel flow when the float > raises > > and > > > pushes the little beggar into the orifice. Well I disassembled it, > > there > > > is a little spring clip which I was trying to figure out where it > > connects > > > when I lost the little pin like valve closer in the grass. > > > > > > I need to know what this little bad boy is called so I can see if I > can > > > chase down a new one. > > > > > > It is a 6 or 8 sided pin about half an inch long I suppose beveled to > a > > > point at one end and with a ring milled out very near the other end > > where > > > this little spring wire clip snaps onto it. It sits on top of the > float > > > so, when the float is up it pushes firmly into the fuel port from the > > fuel > > > tank. > > > > > > Those of you with mechanical training may know what this little > device > > is > > > called. > > > > > > Thanks for this. > > > > > > Dale leavens. > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > > > Send any questions regarding list management to: > > > blindhandyman-ow...@yahoogroups.com > <mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com> > <mailto:blindhandyman-owner%40yahoogroups.com> > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > > > > > http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster > <http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster > > <http://www.acbradio.org/pweb/index.php?module=pagemaster&PAGE_user_op=view_ > > &PAGE_user_op=view_ > page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29> > &PAGE_user_op=view_page&PAGE_id=33&MMN_position=47:29 > > > Or > > > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > > > > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > > > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > > > > > Visit the archives page at the following address > > > http://www.mail-archive.com/blindhandyman@yahoogroups.com/ > > > > > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy > Man > > > list just send a blank message to: > > > blindhandyman-h...@yahoogroups.comyahoo > <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo> > <mailto:blindhandyman-help%40yahoogroups.comYahoo> ! 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