Recent content by spiderfactory

Originally Posted by spiderfactory So what kind of moron buys new ball-bearing wheels and then proceeds to knock all the bearings out 10 minutes after the UPS guy drops them off? Sheesh, The kind of moron who wants real actual sealed proper-ground bearings, that's what. The ones the wheels...

ho noes, wheels all falled off So what kind of moron buys new ball-bearing wheels and then proceeds to knock all the bearings out 10 minutes after the UPS guy drops them off? Sheesh. I'm just talking to myself here, that's OK. Here's a pic of a spider. I don't know what they find so...

New adjustable carb and kill switch are on. However, the throttle control arm hit the stop in the bracket before it touched the tab on the kill switch. This is the correct p/n bracket assy and kill switch per the catalog, no idea what's up with that. Also the governor spring attach point was not...

They obviously don't care what I think about their leaf blowers howling for 3-4 hours at a stretch, so...

This green and white thing is the motor I removed when the Quantum went on. But looking at the head, that's not a 6B. The upper-right head bolt is in the wrong spot, it's inline with the one below it. That's something newer... Now THIS is a 6B. Found in the pile o' stuff. Wanna see...

I know, but... I'm trying to avoid painting anything. Once you start where does it stop? All I've done appearance-wise so far is scrubbing with WD40 and steel wool, that didn't do much at all to brighten up the remaining paint. Didn't do hardly anything at all, really. It is clean now, though...

Hey guys, thought I'd share this monstrosity with the wider world. It's been handed down through the family since new, which was in... early '50s some time? Not sure of the actual date. The sticker is long gone from the deck but I still have the original - I think - engine, a 6B-HS in sad shape...