Homelite 30cc Cylinder and Piston
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The link was to an Ebay store and I ordered a 30cc short block that had a bent top fin corner.Mine has a clutch so I'll just use the cylinder,piston and rod.
Last edited by Tidnab; 03-23-2018 at 11:22 AM.
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Glad it worked out for you. I didn't think he had any for sale himself. I was just hoping his source would still have one available for you to buy.
You can't change the rod on the Homelite 25/30 cc engines without special tools, and there is no need to change it unless the rod bearing is bad anyway.
Some of the 25's had smaller cylinder mounting screws so you might need to drill out the holes in your crankcase.
If you need any other info on this swap, W8ye, a moderator here in the forums has done them. A Homey 30 is much better than the 25's.
Good luck and have fun,
Keep us posted,
AV8TOR
You can't change the rod on the Homelite 25/30 cc engines without special tools, and there is no need to change it unless the rod bearing is bad anyway.
Some of the 25's had smaller cylinder mounting screws so you might need to drill out the holes in your crankcase.
If you need any other info on this swap, W8ye, a moderator here in the forums has done them. A Homey 30 is much better than the 25's.
Good luck and have fun,
Keep us posted,
AV8TOR
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Glad it worked out for you. I didn't think he had any for sale himself. I was just hoping his source would still have one available for you to buy.
You can't change the rod on the Homelite 25/30 cc engines without special tools, and there is no need to change it unless the rod bearing is bad anyway.
Some of the 25's had smaller cylinder mounting screws so you might need to drill out the holes in your crankcase.
If you need any other info on this swap, W8ye, a moderator here in the forums has done them. A Homey 30 is much better than the 25's.
Good luck and have fun,
Keep us posted,
AV8TOR
You can't change the rod on the Homelite 25/30 cc engines without special tools, and there is no need to change it unless the rod bearing is bad anyway.
Some of the 25's had smaller cylinder mounting screws so you might need to drill out the holes in your crankcase.
If you need any other info on this swap, W8ye, a moderator here in the forums has done them. A Homey 30 is much better than the 25's.
Good luck and have fun,
Keep us posted,
AV8TOR
Last edited by Tidnab; 03-24-2018 at 08:59 AM.
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I got a new hobby of clearing out old cemeteries that have been neglected over the years.I'm searching for four small cemeteries that have been lost for many years. Nobody seems to know where the exact location of them is,but I found out in what local they were in.I may have found one of them by using a satellite.I need to get a hand held GPS to take me to the exact location.They're probably cover by brush and trees by now.
Below is one I cleared out last summer. It wasn't taken care of for about seven years.Zombie killing might be another use for it. Whoop off their heads,lol.
Before cleaning
After
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The only problem I encountered was that the 30cc rod wouldn't fit onto the 25cc crank pin.The crank pin was a larger diameter.I had to use the 30cc crankcase to do my transfer by moving everything to the 30cc one,including the crank extension for the clutch. It had a couple of bent fins as in the pic below,but was easily straightened.The muffler came apart so I took the screen out and cut the top off the little box inside the muffler to get more exhaust flow.Just have to put it all back together and see if it runs.If I ever stop using it as a trimmer engine I'll put the 25cc back onto the trimmer and keep the 30cc as an r/c boat or airplane engine.