About a month ago I posted about a nice surprise when I found
the 2N I bought for parts actually rolled over with a hand crank.
Here's the original post if wanted: YT Post
I soaked the cylinders in ATF/Acetone, changed the plugs, cleaned
the points and then found out the starter was froze up.
I just got around to taking the starter off and getting a rebuilt
spare out and putting it on it. (separate post on that)
I hooked my jumper pack to the starter and frame and when I
turned the pack on the engine rolled over fine.
So I ran a jumper to the coil from the jumper pack, gave
it a short blast of ether and rolled it over. It fired and ran as long
as a shot of ether lasts. Shut the booster pack off and left it at that.
It smoked pretty badly, but since I soaked the cylinders, I couldn't
tell how much was that and how much is oil being burnt, etc.
Guess it really doesn't matter, it was a parts tractor!
Now I'm mulling over the idea of keeping a spare motor to swap
in while doing rebuilds to prevent down time.
Seems like swapping them twice is a lot of extra work though.
the 2N I bought for parts actually rolled over with a hand crank.
Here's the original post if wanted: YT Post
I soaked the cylinders in ATF/Acetone, changed the plugs, cleaned
the points and then found out the starter was froze up.
I just got around to taking the starter off and getting a rebuilt
spare out and putting it on it. (separate post on that)
I hooked my jumper pack to the starter and frame and when I
turned the pack on the engine rolled over fine.
So I ran a jumper to the coil from the jumper pack, gave
it a short blast of ether and rolled it over. It fired and ran as long
as a shot of ether lasts. Shut the booster pack off and left it at that.
It smoked pretty badly, but since I soaked the cylinders, I couldn't
tell how much was that and how much is oil being burnt, etc.
Guess it really doesn't matter, it was a parts tractor!
Now I'm mulling over the idea of keeping a spare motor to swap
in while doing rebuilds to prevent down time.
Seems like swapping them twice is a lot of extra work though.