Good morning everyone!

First let me thank you for your advice, without it this blower would probably be scrap by now! Ok today is new fuel mix time! As soon as I have my results I'll type them up. Now for an engine rebuild, hmm. This is the deal, the reason I am doing this apart from having fun experimenting is that I haven't flown for twenty years! I really don't want to put a $300+ engine in my plane in case I bury it! Yes I know I should have bought a trainer but my 70" P47 cost $150 brand new and the engine is free! alot less then a trainer package of the same size! I like large aircraft (especialy Warbirds) and they are especially useful here in North East PA where we are prone to high cross winds and wind vaning! I was flying full size planes here last year and boy was it edge of your seat stuff especially in the spring! Now back to the engine. If anyone is interested Homelite.com sells factory reconditioned 25cc leaf blowers for $49.99 plus shipping! You can't beat that!! On top you can add about $50 for the conversion parts from wackerengines.com and you have a brand new 25cc airplane engine for around $100!! If you go dumpster diving in the spring then you can have a usable aircraft engine for $50!!! Can't beat then can you. Oh and they sell 30cc Weed Wackers for about $80. These are returns from like Lowes or Home Depot that for some reason or other didn't work or were purchased in error. They go back to Homelite, they get them working and resell them as factory reconditioned so you are getting a BRAND NEW! Unused motor. As for the rest of the parts you don't use stick them on Ebay and you might get some cash back All good in my book! Also I am not a fan of glow engines as they are expensive, harder to start and eat a horrendous amount of fuel! Now back to my engine. Most likely this engine won't end up in the plane as I would rather put a new Homelite in there. I will be using it for experimentation though! Once this engine is running then out comes the dremel! I will be removing as much weight as possible, closing up all the tolerances and seeing how much power I can get out of this thing without destroying the reliability. I just can't leave two strokes alone can I? Oh any chance of giving me the addy for this Frank Bowman guy in case I need him for future reference? So job for today; Purchase a gallon of 93 and mix with my 10/10, drain the fuel out of my blower, add the new mix and back to the mixture screws again! If that doesn't work, go to my old airfield and get some Avgas!

Av8tor, your homlite story sounds like my Echo strimmer, 2 snowblowers, gas lawnmower and leafblower story!!! lol! And all this stuff works perfectly! I'm not wealthy but live in a wealthy area (go figure) You would be amazed what people throw out here!!!! Especially during the anual spring cleans!!!

Rich