Hi all. My first post here although I have been lurking here for years. This site was invaluable for helping me keep my old Rupp going. So it was time to move on, and I bought this Powell H model from a fine gentleman in California. It's serial number is 6057-H.
So in my spare time, which I have absolutely none, I decided to start with the engine first. The first order of business was that original, rare Powell spark arrestor. The muffler itself was rusted out along with the four allen head screws that held the arrestor together.
After looking at the rusted muffler, I did a search of a new Tecumseh muffler like it, and they seemed to be everywhere, and cheap. So I ordered one. That was my first mistake. I learned that not only is that spark arrestor rare, so is the muffler. It seems to be a proprietary Powell muffler made only for that arrestor, because the one I bought came with a tab welded on the back of it.
Man, can those people in China weld!! After I ground and filed, used the wiz wheel, pried with channel locks, that darn tab was spot welded to the muffler also. So I ended up with two nasty holes in the back after tearing that mounting tab off.
So then I decided to spend the time and clean up the original muffler and keep it the way it was intended. I gave it a nice coat of Rustoleum 2000 deg flat black. I cleaned up the spark arrestor with a 3M green Scotch Bright pad and I gave it a coat of hard to find, Rustoleum 2000 deg Clear Gloss which I had to order.
Here's the end result.
Next on the list is that, what I think might be original, Horstman clutch.
Then I plan on rebuilding and repainting the Tecumseh which for the number crunchers is a HS40-55225b, serial 9295 03025.
Dave
So in my spare time, which I have absolutely none, I decided to start with the engine first. The first order of business was that original, rare Powell spark arrestor. The muffler itself was rusted out along with the four allen head screws that held the arrestor together.
After looking at the rusted muffler, I did a search of a new Tecumseh muffler like it, and they seemed to be everywhere, and cheap. So I ordered one. That was my first mistake. I learned that not only is that spark arrestor rare, so is the muffler. It seems to be a proprietary Powell muffler made only for that arrestor, because the one I bought came with a tab welded on the back of it.
Man, can those people in China weld!! After I ground and filed, used the wiz wheel, pried with channel locks, that darn tab was spot welded to the muffler also. So I ended up with two nasty holes in the back after tearing that mounting tab off.
So then I decided to spend the time and clean up the original muffler and keep it the way it was intended. I gave it a nice coat of Rustoleum 2000 deg flat black. I cleaned up the spark arrestor with a 3M green Scotch Bright pad and I gave it a coat of hard to find, Rustoleum 2000 deg Clear Gloss which I had to order.
Here's the end result.
Next on the list is that, what I think might be original, Horstman clutch.
Then I plan on rebuilding and repainting the Tecumseh which for the number crunchers is a HS40-55225b, serial 9295 03025.
Dave