I was at the flying field today. The guy that we lease the field from came around on his four wheeler. He had a Poulan 42cc saw on the front rack. I was telling him how the chainsaw would make a good model airplane engine.

So he invited me down to his barn where he gave me a Homelite 25, a McCulloch 28, and a Ryobi 31. They were all short shaft engines. They all felt good, bearing and compression wise. I had recently found a McCulloch 32 short shaft sticking out of a trash can on the side of the road. I've been whacking weeds with it.

Enjoy,

Jim

Way to go Jim....a good guy like you deserves good deals like that! Capt,n

SHow off Just kidding, good for you

It goes to show that you happen up on deals by chance. If I went around looking for a used weed whacker or chain saw. No one would have one. It was just a idle comment and a chance thing.

There's a guy here in town that must have at least 50 of those 22cc Kioritz weed whackers. I'm sure some are bad. He wouldn't give me the time of day.

Enjoy,

Jim

Its funny how luck goes...most times it gets in my way, but its great when it goes our way!! I mentioned in another thread that I got a 33cc homey saw used for 65 bucks yesterday...the funny thing was I was looking for that exact engine, and that happened to be the only one he had. Home depot was out of the bandit(14" 100.00, no case), and I didnt see the point in paying more for the ranger with the case. Lucky for me, I might not have bothered to go see this other guy's shop if they hadnt been out.

Anyway, all my other projects have either been my old trimmers, or stuff I have gotten at our trash/recycling container site. 2 people have given me a trimmer or blower there, both didnt run according to them, and were running great ten minutes after I got home.....go figger.

I have found a great source of weedie engines.......The gargage collector. A friend of mine knows a driver of a gargage collection truck. I can usually get more Ryobi weedies from him than I can haul for $5 each. In the spring, when everyone starts doing yard work, their weedie won't start and it's cheaper to buy a new one than pay for the repairs. The driver just picks them up from the curb and hangs them on the side of the truck, until he finishes his route, and then hauls them home. I bought 8 Ryobi engines last year and 5 of them started by just adding fresh gas and cleaning the plug. The other 3 had busted primer bulbs or cracked fuel lines. I think one may have had a broken pull cord. Now if I just had the time to convert all of them and build planes. I haven't found one yet, that was not repairable. I think the driver culls the ones that are in really bad shape.

Nashcat

Boy, I open my mouth about luck, and it bites me right on the....I was grinding the heat shield off the muffler on the FL-25cc today and set fire to my belt sander, or more accurately to the pile of sawdust under the belt. Ext was in fairly easy reach, so I didnt cause any other damage, and the sander is ok. Obviously need to do a better job of cleaning around my tools, have gotten slack about it. I also ruined the cylinder, I made a mistake and took too much off the bottom, and then compounded that by taking too much squish out to compensate. Anyone got a 25cc featherlite cyl from a 2 bolt backplate engine they would like to sell?

Bummed...

David

Actually I do have one, the long shaft type which is bent (just the long rod, not in the case at all). You are welcome to it. I will need to verify if it is the two or four bolt. Will the crank, etc from the two bolt work in the four bolt case?

Prop Nut,

Not sure if the cranks are swappable between cases, but with a little bit of work on the hole spacing the 2 bolt cyl will fit on the 18cc's 4 bolt case...I dont have a 4 bolt 25cc to check. Shoot me an email and we can work out something, Im sure

thanks,
David

Hey guy, if that ever happens again, just juggle your base gasket thickness to adjust the deck height.

AV8TOR

I guess I could have made a gasket, but in this case there isnt one...the seal is an o-ring that sits in a groove in the crankcase. I'm screwing up a lot, but learning what not to do in the process...so its not a total waste, LOL

The Engine is a four bolt 25cc, I do have all the parts except the mag and carb. Not sure where those went off to. Let me know if you want it, I can drop it in the mail on monday. We (the club) have queit a few of these engines flying. A Curtis Robin, a BalsaUSA 80" Eindecker, a scratchbuilt stick, scratchbiult Eurocoupe, and a couple of others. Great engines. Really easy conversion.

Prop Nut,

I sent you a pm.

Thanks,
David