Ran a two stroke today, the first time in about 4 years. It was a 46FX that I received all apart in a paper sack in a trade. There was a broken crankcase with bad bearings. The other parts were luckily all there except the muffler. I had a Macs One Piece and a couple new Tower mufflers that fit it. For it to be bashed up and dirty, the cylinder/piston had a good pinch at the top. The needle valve was not broken from the back plate either. I bought a new crank case from Tower and new bearings from RC-Bearings. That was a hunk of change for a 46 two stroke but it turned out nice and looks like a new engine now.

I used some 20% Rich's Brew and a APC 11-6. Started right up and didn't even have to adjust the needle valves. AMAZING! It transitioned pretty good for a two stroke but not as well as a four stroke after a prolonged idle.

I have worked on several two strokes for other people in recent years but I never ran them.

It was JUST LIKE OLD TIMES to run one again.

I also ran a half dozen horse trade four strokes that I had put bearings in during July and August. I wanted to make sure the cam timing was OK and that the bearings felt and sounded good. I was Lucky, they ran great.

Drowned them with Dexron while still hot as I finished running them.

I had fun today.

Jim