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Forum: Glow Engines
10-26-2011, 05:54 PM
Replies: 988
Views: 179,047
Posted By earlwb

RE: OS engines users Club

It sure sounds like the ring is stuck though. But maybe if you had it all torn down earlier, it just might be the ring needs reseating. If you can get it to start it ought to free up. If not you know...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-26-2011, 05:52 PM
Replies: 988
Views: 179,047
Posted By earlwb

RE: OS engines users Club

Yeah sometimes I am surprised about such things. There is a guy selling old beat up engines at exhorbitant prices all the time on EBAY. A engine I wouldn't pay $20 for and the guy has them priced at...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-25-2011, 05:52 PM
Replies: 988
Views: 179,047
Posted By earlwb

RE: OS engines users Club

Niedm, I had the piston ring get stuck on several engines over the years. I just recently replaced the dykes ring on a Irvine .61 that was stuck and caused the compression to vanish. it now works...
Forum: Glow Engines
08-28-2011, 05:56 AM
Replies: 988
Views: 179,047
Posted By earlwb

RE: OS engines users Club

Sorry, I would, but I haven't taken one apart before.

As for the valve cover gasket, some engines have it some don't. But it is easy to make one out of card stock using a fresh X-acto knife blade....
Forum: Glow Engines
06-13-2011, 12:35 PM
Replies: 988
Views: 179,047
Posted By earlwb

RE: OS engines users Club

Some engines can have tight fitting crankcases. Maybe they bored the bearing holes a teensy bit too tight or something. I have run into tight bearings on a couple of engines in the past. I have had a...
Forum: Glow Engines
06-13-2011, 07:22 AM
Replies: 988
Views: 179,047
Posted By earlwb

RE: OS engines users Club

You can go to bocabearings.com and perform a search for your engine, and they'll list the part numbers and bearings that are available for your engine. You can then use those part numbers to tell the...
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