[Land-speed] NON-LSR ENGINE STUFF

[jonwennerberg at nancyandjon.org]

It's a snowthrower -- why are you trying to run it in jungle-high temps (well,
50F is hot for a snowthrower...)?

No fuel pump - gravity feed, right?  The key that holds the flywheel/fan on
the crank might have failed and farkled the
timing -- look there.  The cam gear won't get out of time with the crank
unless you've been insdie there, but the key can
break if you've hit something that instantly stopped the crank from turning
(picked up a big stone in the auger and the pin
in the drive did not b reak as it should have).

Jon

On Wed Sep  3 17:06 , "Ed Weldon"  sent:

>Have you got decent compression?
>Another thought is to try Weldon's Miracle Method for procrastinating on
>lawn mower tuneups.  --Starting fluid--
>Sounds like the timing is retarded.  But I'd expect a motor like that to be
>pretty resistant to such frailties.
>Does this motor have a fixed timing setup?  Most small motors have a magnet
>in the flywheel which is keyed to the crankshaft.  Keys usually don't fail.
>How about the connection from cam to crankshaft?  A couple of gears or
>something else?
>Ed Weldon
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "joseph lance" jolylance at earthlink.net>
>To: "LAND-SPEED @ AUTOX.TEAM .NET" land-speed at autox.team.net>
>Sent: Wednesday, September 03, 2008 2:42 PM
>Subject: [Land-speed] NON-LSR ENGINE STUFF
>> Hi List;
>(snip)
>> Have a new plug with a strong spark, the fuel tank has completly drained
>and
>> has fresh gas, cleaned out the carb float bowl, the gravity fed float bowl
>> fills with gas so the tank to carb feed hose is not blocked. The carb
>mount
>> bolts are tight.
>> Anybody have any suggestions ?
>> Thanks; Lance
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