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I acquired a Lighted RUPP Tecumseh HS50 (Model:HS50-67023 serial:2327B) but looks like the cylinder has some pitting. Can it be honed out to save the block. here are some Pics:

I have a decal on this gas tank I'm restoring and I would like to be able to peel it off without damaging it so I can get it replicated. Just trying to peel it doesn't work. Does anyone have any tricks to the trade or hints on how this can be done. Also who knows someone that is able to...

It just occurred to me.... in 25, 30 ....40 years, do you think there'll be guys out there saving these old minibikes that a lot of you are restoring today? I know most of these bikes never made it out of the 70's and 80's and were lost to who knows what. But with the computer age growing so...

Gave up building big block Chevy's years ago, and went to my favorite love. Mini Bikes. I see there is some interest in the side poopers, that trickle down to all our engines. Got a seized side pooper I was gonna toss out, but here is the Grumpy Jenkins trick to bring back any of our...

stumbled upon this today is it worth getting ?? yes it is sitting in a bathtub

Picked this up. Way oollldddd. No id tags or anything. Looked for a while at pics.no luck. Was painted black original. And only one layer of paint. Wow. Got the brakes,or what's help freed yesterday and got the wheels off. Need to give a rear spindle some loveins. Messed up threads. Not sure...

when i save a pictures to my picture album it goes thru the whole process and says completed but never shoes up. I do have some pictures in my photos already that i saved a long time ago. Suggestions?

So I got lucky for a change...... I found a Powell in Utah who knew :shrug: but not any Powell or mini bike for that matter but a very nice example of a original 1970 E series bike, My worries are not to find a part or what is missing, but rather how to preserve it and it's history!!! This is...

I saw this an smokstak,an old engine forum.To remove the powdery oxidation on a carb,soak it over night in vinegar and it will come out looking like new. I was wondering if any one heard about this or tried it. I have two Tecumseh carbs soaking now I will see how they look after a day or so.

I have some pitted and rusted chrome fenders and a gas tank that I want to clean up and use.Are there any good tricks to polish up old chrome.I am having some luck with a buffing wheel but it will take forever to polish them like that.I heard that there ways to restore chrome,anyone have...