01-09-2015, 11:41 PM
Spent some more time working on my little Tecumseh. I wanted to adapt an electric starter to this engine, which meant I had to find a different flywheel with some teeth to it.
I found a few well used and rusted flywheels on evil-bay and ended up buying this one, as it looked the cleanest of all and was a decent price. Notice that there are no threaded holes around the crankshaft center hole.
Of course this is what the guy actually sent me:
After getting most of my money back I went ahead and bead blasted the rust off of the part and cleaned it up. Then set it up on the mill to drill and tap the 3 holes needed to attach a Tecumseh flywheel puller. (A "just in case" removal is needed in the future.) I've got a feeling the magnet is still good.
Some engines you can use a "knock off" tool on the end of the crankshaft to pop the flywheel loose. This one you can't as there is a good possibility of damaging some of the internals because of the slip fit bearings. It's all apart anyway, so now is the time to do it.
And a final look at the original flywheel I took off (no starter ring gear) and my heavily rusted ebay "prize" ready to be installed.
I found a few well used and rusted flywheels on evil-bay and ended up buying this one, as it looked the cleanest of all and was a decent price. Notice that there are no threaded holes around the crankshaft center hole.
Of course this is what the guy actually sent me:
After getting most of my money back I went ahead and bead blasted the rust off of the part and cleaned it up. Then set it up on the mill to drill and tap the 3 holes needed to attach a Tecumseh flywheel puller. (A "just in case" removal is needed in the future.) I've got a feeling the magnet is still good.
Some engines you can use a "knock off" tool on the end of the crankshaft to pop the flywheel loose. This one you can't as there is a good possibility of damaging some of the internals because of the slip fit bearings. It's all apart anyway, so now is the time to do it.
And a final look at the original flywheel I took off (no starter ring gear) and my heavily rusted ebay "prize" ready to be installed.
Willie