Bumblebee Sprayin' Tecumseh looking fantastic on the inside

[JohnnyTillotson]

Broke down the red '68 bee sprayer Tecumseh today and boy does it look good inside. I was told it was used once and put away never to be used again. He was not lying! The inside of this thing is so sweet! The cross hatch pattern clearly visable too.

It has a riveted pull cord housing.

Dayum!

 

[bikebudy]

Looks like GOLD Johnny, glad you got the fan off :thumbsup:

BTW, I saw the same unit on u-tube as a drag track blower/dryer !

 

[OND]

Thats some nice cross hatch in that cylinder...looks real good to me !

 

[JohnnyTillotson]

Looks like GOLD Johnny, glad you got the fan off :thumbsup:

BTW, I saw the same unit on u-tube as a drag track blower/dryer !

That would make more sense as ive looked at it wondering how someone would get the powder in the unit to spray the bees with.

 

[JohnnyTillotson]

Thats some nice cross hatch in that cylinder...looks real good to me !

Thanks. Wish i could say the same for the carb. I took that apart first and it was like syrup in there.

 

[oldfatguy]

looks like it has a steel lined cylinder in it too which is rare to find on a Tecumseh.

 

[owend]

A really nice find!

 

[JohnnyTillotson]

looks like it has a steel lined cylinder in it too which is rare to find on a Tecumseh.

Yeah I was wondering about that. I've havent come across this yet.

 

[markus]

Yeah I was wondering about that. I've havent come across this yet.

That was the nice thing about the pre 1970 small frame H engines....the steel sleeve :thumbsup: they seemed to dump the idea in 70, even only offered the aluminum bore block as the replacement block for those after that.

 

[massacre]

Damn that's clean

 

[JohnnyTillotson]

Got that nice aluminum minibike correct flywheel. Some odd looking holes near the magnets though.

 

[capguncowboy]

Those are from blemishes in the casting. I've seen those on a few flywheels

 

[JohnnyTillotson]

Those are from blemishes in the casting. I've seen those on a few flywheels

It shouldnt get worse right?

Here she is after a carb rebuild, points clean and gap and derusting of the flywheel magnets. .. Started right up.[video]https://youtu.be/h3zYnhnnlRU[/video]

 

[capguncowboy]

They should be fine. Looks like it's idling right, but you need to adjust the high-speed a little. That sure is a pretty little engine

 

[OND]

I'm with Andrew it sounds a little rich...It needs leaned out a bit. But still it sounds good ! :thumbsup:

 

[nds1968]

Nice little engine, do you have a mini in mind for it?

 

[JohnnyTillotson]

They should be fine. Looks like it's idling right, but you need to adjust the high-speed a little. That sure is a pretty little engine

Yeah after that video I adjusted it all up. runs great now

 

[JohnnyTillotson]

I'm with Andrew it sounds a little rich...It needs leaned out a bit. But still it sounds good ! :thumbsup:

Yeah that was when I first started it. The very first moment it started. It was even burning off the PB Blaster could see with the smoke there

 

[JohnnyTillotson]

Nice little engine, do you have a mini in mind for it?

Yeah I have a Stellar in the project section that I put it on.

 

[1stBxMopar]

Nice....................:thumbsup: