Hey guys.
First post, and English is not my native language, so please go easy on me
Found this little red suppository ( I like to call it that for obvious reasons) for 1€ on my local ebay marketplace equivalent. She was complete, but a dirty, dirty girl. I even got the original box (very dirty) and the German and English Manual.
Cleaned her good, and she had spark from the get go.
Was able to source a carb kit and the duckbill valves for both tanks. Replaced the fuel and oil lines, installed the duck bill valves and cut a new gasket for the intake block. While at it, I cut a new air filter as well.
I was really lucky with the oil pump diaphragm. After soaking it in WD-40 for a week, it was flexible enough to do it's job (kinda, she's not oiling great). The outer oil pump gasket was missing, so I cut one too.
The starter assembly gave me some headaches. Somebody "fixed" it with a wood screw, to hold the spring, but the screw was rubbing on the rope and cut it every 30 pulls or so. I fabricated a steel pin (ok ok, I cut a nail on both ends), drilled a hole for it and glued it in. After I folded the spring around the pin (OK, THE NAIL), it works like a charm.
Had some trouble tuning it, cause I don't know the default values, and it has a fixed high jet - so there's no H adjustment screw on this little bugger. But I figured it out, so now she runs. And she's a screamer. Not
fast, but loud (that's what she said).
I even got the original warranty card from Homelite Salzburg (Austria) from 1973.
Now that I had my fun with it, I have to decide if I wanna keep it. But I think it's going on ebay. She's cute, but pretty useless if I'm honest. Kinda like me
Thanks to all the helpful fellas here, I learned a lot from you!
First post, and English is not my native language, so please go easy on me
Found this little red suppository ( I like to call it that for obvious reasons) for 1€ on my local ebay marketplace equivalent. She was complete, but a dirty, dirty girl. I even got the original box (very dirty) and the German and English Manual.
Cleaned her good, and she had spark from the get go.
Was able to source a carb kit and the duckbill valves for both tanks. Replaced the fuel and oil lines, installed the duck bill valves and cut a new gasket for the intake block. While at it, I cut a new air filter as well.
I was really lucky with the oil pump diaphragm. After soaking it in WD-40 for a week, it was flexible enough to do it's job (kinda, she's not oiling great). The outer oil pump gasket was missing, so I cut one too.
The starter assembly gave me some headaches. Somebody "fixed" it with a wood screw, to hold the spring, but the screw was rubbing on the rope and cut it every 30 pulls or so. I fabricated a steel pin (ok ok, I cut a nail on both ends), drilled a hole for it and glued it in. After I folded the spring around the pin (OK, THE NAIL), it works like a charm.
Had some trouble tuning it, cause I don't know the default values, and it has a fixed high jet - so there's no H adjustment screw on this little bugger. But I figured it out, so now she runs. And she's a screamer
. Notfast, but loud (that's what she said).
I even got the original warranty card from Homelite Salzburg (Austria) from 1973.
Now that I had my fun with it, I have to decide if I wanna keep it. But I think it's going on ebay. She's cute, but pretty useless if I'm honest. Kinda like me
Thanks to all the helpful fellas here, I learned a lot from you!
