Put newly rebuilt model "B" on 54-3100. perfect. Runs but back fires. about 1/2 gallon of white gas on barn floor. Glass fuel bowl gasket bad. Would this cause the backfire? Hotrodlincoln, tc, Carbking etc. Doc. PS white gas does not grow on trees. Some of our WAWA and Shell stations are starting to sell. Our Stihl dealers here will not warranty any of their new products if gasoline with ethyl is used. About time.
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Currently making 1954 3100 better than new and Genetics
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Last couple of days have been spent fitting and welding right side inner, outer and inner-to-outer cowl panels. Starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel on the cab. After these are completed, I need to weld in the gas tank supports. Then need to primer and coat the floor of the cab and get it off the rotisserie and on to a pallet with casters.
Kevin Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. First car '29 Ford Special Coupe Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
Ed, yes. If any brand of gasoline has ethyl, methyl or any alcohol additive Stihl will not warranty their products in two of their dealerships here. Ed
Currently making 1954 3100 better than new and Genetics
Ed, yes. If any brand of gasoline has ethyl, methyl or any alcohol additive Stihl will not warranty their products in two of their dealerships here. Ed
Some Toro mower dealers tell you the same (they are wrong - up to 10% is allowed). But, they do state that you have to run their mowers until they gas is gone (on many of their mowers).
No more Toros's for me (I sold the three that I had).
Have been procrastinating on doing the small stuff...Spent the day cleaning small parts...took all day and have just a few baggies of shiny clean parts to show for it. Wore out the wire wheel on my bench grinder, even after soaking them in parts cleaner!!
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Getting very close to primer on the rest of the cab. Today I touched up some welds on the floor patches, welded inner cowl panels, ground those welds, and got part of one tank mount welded in. Still need to weld in windlace retainer pieces (which may be an experience, since they're thin metal). I'm thinking drill some holes and do some mini plug welds. We'll see how it goes. No pics today, busy crawling in and out of the cab which I supported level with the rotisserie still attached. Getting my fat arse in and out was interesting.
Kevin Newest Project - 51 Chevy 3100 work truck. Photos [flickr.com] #2 - '29 Ford pickup restored from the ground up. First car '29 Ford Special Coupe Busting rust since the mid-60's If you're smart enough to take it apart, you darn well better be smart enough to put it back together.
You can work with me anytime. I just wish I’d had that body shop to stretch out in.
Jim
Modern ‘science’: the wonder of a pre-determined mind…
The ‘baseline belief’ of astronomy: “Any day now, we’ll pick up a tiny, coded signal from outer space. Then we’ll know for certain that there is intelligence out there, because coded information does not arise by chance”
The ‘baseline belief’ of biology: The precisely coded genetic information in every cell would fill many books… but we know for certain that no intelligence could have created life.”
