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Old 12-15-2023, 06:19 PM
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Default Saito 150

I'm back to my hobbies in my new shop building. I had been going to the Texas swap meets picking up a few engines while my new shop was being built. Here is a 150 that I picked up for less than it would have cost me for a sandwich at the swap meet. It was totally frozen stuck. A little heat got everything moving again. I totally disassembled it and cleaned it then installed new bearings. It feels very good now. I need to build a new test stand to run it. That will start over the holiday break. I can't figure out what the orange goo is that was inside the engine that got it so stuck. My guess is something that the original owner put in it for after run oil. The picture is from before cleaning in an ultrasonic cleaner. It didn't seem to have much run time on it.

My next engine project is going to be a pair of Enya R120 engines.

Pedro