Recent content by Shiner

Good news. The oldest (10) took it out for a few minutes before we Mom came out and agian to yell about supper being ready. Then today we ran through two tanks. Never got it to substain higher rpms though. I can see one problem being the (hand) throttle giving/bending slightly, don't think I...

Big thanks, I've got spark now. No luck on getting it to turn over. Going to work on the carb.

I checked the gaps, new plug, and still no spark. Any one know the gap between the flywheel and the armature? The manual calls for a shim, I don't have one.

You got me. "They told me to drive and I did!" - Cole Trickle Had a weak spark and couldn't get it to fire up. I picked up a coil/ignition at NAPA ($54!), put in on and got no spark. Put the old one back on and still no spark. Dad does have the stuff Sideways. The reason we're hesitant is if I...

I'll get over there and take some pics of it. Not sure what you call old, its older than I am (33). I think it came off an old sprayer of some sort and its yellow and looks like this.

Tapered? My Dad's Dad built it; probably in the early 50's. Pretty cool because whatever he needed he made it or went down to the Massy dealer and would make it work. Everything besides the motor is orginal, including the tires. It used to have a cowl over the engine, but we're guessing it...

After 20 years of rest, its making a come back. From about 5 until my legs were too long (12yrs old), I ran the dog out of it. Before that, my Dad would do the same. Back then it was still rural, he and a buddy would drive it out to the farm (7 miles out). Now my two oldest daughters are big...