Do you know this needle valve?
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Any ideas as to what they fit? And what the little eyelet was for? It has a flexible section- even makes that BBBRRRRIIINNGG noise like a door stopper when you pluck it!
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RE: Do you know this needle valve?
ORIGINAL: lousyflyer
Any ideas as to what they fit? And what the little eyelet was for? It has a flexible section- even makes that BBBRRRRIIINNGG noise like a door stopper when you pluck it!
Any ideas as to what they fit? And what the little eyelet was for? It has a flexible section- even makes that BBBRRRRIIINNGG noise like a door stopper when you pluck it!
I have never lost my desire to "pluck" a door stop spring, It still makes me smile.
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RE: Do you know this needle valve?
ORIGINAL: lousyflyer
Any ideas as to what they fit? And what the little eyelet was for? It has a flexible section- even makes that BBBRRRRIIINNGG noise like a door stopper when you pluck it!
Any ideas as to what they fit? And what the little eyelet was for? It has a flexible section- even makes that BBBRRRRIIINNGG noise like a door stopper when you pluck it!
Those type needles fit some old McCoys, Wen Mac, Wasp & Atwoods (I think). They usually have a spring around them, something like a ball-point pen spring, to help keep your setting.
The company also made them to fit other engines like the OK Cubs that use threads on the outside of the spraybar.
George
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RE: Do you know this needle valve?
George...I did that...ONCE...[:@]
A Fox .15 w/ a looonnng spring type extension...the eyelet thingie wasn't attached to anything...(hey, what did I know? )
Got the engine running quite well, and then let go of the N.V. and...[X(]
That was my 1st "big" engine after a few Cox .049's...
It was the early 70's, and I was about 13, and the LHS wasn't quite as "local" as I would have liked...especially since I had to ride my bike back there to buy another prop...
A Fox .15 w/ a looonnng spring type extension...the eyelet thingie wasn't attached to anything...(hey, what did I know? )
Got the engine running quite well, and then let go of the N.V. and...[X(]
That was my 1st "big" engine after a few Cox .049's...
It was the early 70's, and I was about 13, and the LHS wasn't quite as "local" as I would have liked...especially since I had to ride my bike back there to buy another prop...