Are you F-ing serious?
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That was infact the Lauson power products designed carb.
It goes back to the early days when Lauson was developing a line of 2 strokes ( one was a rather interesting radial 3 banger that recently resurfaced found in the Techumseh engineering building attick ). Anyway once Tech had managed to diegst and fully rationalize Lauson ( or in my opinion drag down the toilet ) in a take over bid this carb, an earlier 2 stroke and what later became the uniblock series of 2 stroke engines were were incorperated into the tech line.....
These are actualy a good carb but you need to know what carb you want in the series. This is the one you want with adjustable low and high speed jets.
Its off probably a mower from the look of the choke.
Its small....
Used with a second single adjustment version in a progressive linkage dualy set up they work well.
This carb was never intended for a HS40
They used to be like assholes and every shop had a box full of them....
It goes back to the early days when Lauson was developing a line of 2 strokes ( one was a rather interesting radial 3 banger that recently resurfaced found in the Techumseh engineering building attick ). Anyway once Tech had managed to diegst and fully rationalize Lauson ( or in my opinion drag down the toilet ) in a take over bid this carb, an earlier 2 stroke and what later became the uniblock series of 2 stroke engines were were incorperated into the tech line.....
These are actualy a good carb but you need to know what carb you want in the series. This is the one you want with adjustable low and high speed jets.
Its off probably a mower from the look of the choke.
Its small....
Used with a second single adjustment version in a progressive linkage dualy set up they work well.
This carb was never intended for a HS40
They used to be like assholes and every shop had a box full of them....
I had patients and stripped them...
Its not Lauson's fault they were gobled up by Tech and turned shine to shit. They made some good stuff, on par with the best Kohlers, Onans and Iron block engines of the day.
You know that Uni-Block engine could have been something too.
If it had been stronger it could have been something the westbend. I tried to make something of one once....
Used the piston port version with the high compression head from the Ice auger version and the read plate and carb of the mower version ( two carbs ) and igntion parts from the marine version.....
Net result flying bits of metal cause of the weak rod and weka bearings and weka case....
But damb they had potential. Typical of Tech to fook up a good Lauson design.
Side note:
The Lauson radial.
Showed a picture of that to my old man a few years ago.
He was aware of this seems back in the 60s when he was at Mac working in the factory they were tinkering with something that looked not just a little BUT EXACTLY like the Lauson. Never went any place but they were trying to make a simple target drone engine using off the shelf parts. Eventualy they did too but it was all saw and all Mac...
Its not Lauson's fault they were gobled up by Tech and turned shine to shit. They made some good stuff, on par with the best Kohlers, Onans and Iron block engines of the day.
You know that Uni-Block engine could have been something too.
If it had been stronger it could have been something the westbend. I tried to make something of one once....
Used the piston port version with the high compression head from the Ice auger version and the read plate and carb of the mower version ( two carbs ) and igntion parts from the marine version.....
Net result flying bits of metal cause of the weak rod and weka bearings and weka case....
But damb they had potential. Typical of Tech to fook up a good Lauson design.
Side note:
The Lauson radial.
Showed a picture of that to my old man a few years ago.
He was aware of this seems back in the 60s when he was at Mac working in the factory they were tinkering with something that looked not just a little BUT EXACTLY like the Lauson. Never went any place but they were trying to make a simple target drone engine using off the shelf parts. Eventualy they did too but it was all saw and all Mac...
The uniblock is not that bad as long as you dont expect too much from it. If you keep it under 7K most will hold up. The rod cap bolts are the weak link (like some other 2 strokes with the split cap design). I cant think of any case failure I experienced that was not caused by a rod letting go. If the bearing pockets start to loosen up then...well you know, same result. They definitly have a size and weight advantage. They are what they are. The best gain with them I ever experienced (piston port) was taking about .020-.025" off the piston skirt in the area that opens the intake port, the duration change had the feel of opening up the "power range" without moving it up too far, it only worked with smaller carbs. It makes me wonder if a reed block with a small carb could keep the rpms in check with he same mod. Extending in the duration of the intake pulse with a lower flow carb could keep the rpms in a non destructive range without having to use a "softer" reed material. Thanks, now I have a headache.