First, let me give Peter at http://www.wackerengines.com some huge praise!
I ordered my parts from him via email and paid via paypal on Thursday. I paid a buck ( $1) extra for priority shipping and had the parts on Monday!!!
Parts ordered: Motor mount, and short shaft conversion kit.
He informed me that he had to make the parts, but that he would ship them ASAP.
AWESOME JOB!
I wish EVERYONE could provide such outstanding service! Heck, I wish 2% of the people would!



I installed everything and had to make one mod to the motor mount as the hole for carb access did not match up to my engine.

Running with the stock flywheel and an APC 18x6 prop, I'm getting just about 7,000 RPM. It tried to tip my Black & Decker Workmate right over into the ground! Perhaps I just need flaps and ailerons on the Workmate?

It's a bit tricky to start since a hand flip isn't fast enough for the magneto, and my hobbico starter is too weak. I'm using a piece of cargo strap (carefully!) wrapped around the adapter shaft.

I've also found that the primer bulb has to be in place. Is there a way around this? I tried a check valve that would allow the fuel to flow from the carb to the tank. It seems that the bulb actually stops the flow during normal ops. Do I need to plug the line?

Anyhow, the next stage is the ignition. I snail-mailed my order to JEH...maybe we could talk him into using paypal...the day before the order from wackerengines.com

I can't wait for stage 2!


More later,
Tom