BigChopper
New Member
Hey all
So I've bought a really old 038av, the one with the metal tank. It looks like it's been in a damp shed for the last 10 years. It has a broken handle so I've ordered a plastic replacement from ebay.
As its 99 percent complete I've decided to revive it from its slumber.
I've stripped the broken handle off and cleaned up main chunk but as I was disassembling it I noticed lots of different types and lengths of fasteners which is making me worry that I won't be able to rebuild it. It has the Tillotson carburettor which I've bought a rebuild kit for I also bought the following parts to "freshen it up"
A muffler, a coil setup, a pull cord, sparkplug, new fuel/oil caps, an impulse pipe and a secondhand genuine clutch cover as it had a large crack in the original.
It was very very dirty and looks like it was never stripped or cleaned in its entire life but after a few hours with a toothbrush and an airline it's comeback quite clean. The carb looks clean, the piston looks good with no scoring and the fins are all intact. There was what looks to be a wire missing as I found some eye crimp connectors with no wire attached.
The chain brake is functioning fine, the pull start mechanism works now I've had it apart and cleaned it and I will replace the 1 foot of cord with a fresh meter long bit.
I'm not 100 percent sure of what screw/torx goes where on the rebuild hence I thought I'd better make a login, hopefully it's the right place to ask.
I'll update the thread when all the parts arrive.
Thanks in advance.
Chopper.
So I've bought a really old 038av, the one with the metal tank. It looks like it's been in a damp shed for the last 10 years. It has a broken handle so I've ordered a plastic replacement from ebay.
As its 99 percent complete I've decided to revive it from its slumber.
I've stripped the broken handle off and cleaned up main chunk but as I was disassembling it I noticed lots of different types and lengths of fasteners which is making me worry that I won't be able to rebuild it. It has the Tillotson carburettor which I've bought a rebuild kit for I also bought the following parts to "freshen it up"
A muffler, a coil setup, a pull cord, sparkplug, new fuel/oil caps, an impulse pipe and a secondhand genuine clutch cover as it had a large crack in the original.
It was very very dirty and looks like it was never stripped or cleaned in its entire life but after a few hours with a toothbrush and an airline it's comeback quite clean. The carb looks clean, the piston looks good with no scoring and the fins are all intact. There was what looks to be a wire missing as I found some eye crimp connectors with no wire attached.
The chain brake is functioning fine, the pull start mechanism works now I've had it apart and cleaned it and I will replace the 1 foot of cord with a fresh meter long bit.
I'm not 100 percent sure of what screw/torx goes where on the rebuild hence I thought I'd better make a login, hopefully it's the right place to ask.
I'll update the thread when all the parts arrive.
Thanks in advance.
Chopper.
