Sunday, December 11, 2011

Montgomery Wards 70's era agriculturalist w/5hp B@S engine


Thirty plus year old tiller starting again after not running for many years. Finally got it running after doing the following: Replacing the points and spark plug, still no spark seated points with sandpaper got a spark. Put back together no spark. remove magneto and moved wires around, no spark, remove magneto again add some insulation to one of the wires to prevent shorting put magneto back on and finally got a spark again. pull start failed and the metal tabs that hold plastic cord winder on break. find old pull start from go-kart engine and see a bracket I could use. put on old bracket and make new bracket to hold starter winder in place. re-wind plastic cord winder which is usually a pain in the ass install pull starter but would only run if fuel is poured in through carb. clutch re-winder starts to screech, have to remove that and oil it replaced pump diaphragm in carb. Still wouldn't run without help removed gas tank and carb cleaned everything tapped holes deeper for screws that hold on pump diaphragm cause they stripped. made gasket for carb to block mating surface put all back together still won't run without help. remove carb and tank again and discover rust flakes blocking screen in pickup tube cleaned and put back together final time and still won't run unaided. decide to mess with needle valve.discover that its almost completely closed. open needle vale to some random point, now runs just fine As you can see I hate needle valves, I don't touch them unless I ...

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