Recent content by oughtsix

Scientists estimate that horses were first domesticated 6000 years ago. Scientists also estimate that 5999 years and 11 months and 29 days ago was when the first horse race occurred which was immediately followed by a riot in the grandstands where half the crowd demanded the referee should be...

This sounds like it could be diagnosed with a hair dryer blowing at the area for 10 to 15 minutes? A hair dryer won't fix the problem but it it runs properly after melting and drying everything out then it would be a pretty clear indicator this is the problem.

That doesn't look like "steel wool" to me. That looks like a wire link chain folded back and forth on itself. It looks like filter was dropped and the wire link chain separated at the folds. Zoom in with a large monitor and you can see the links in the wire braid. I doubt if any of the wire...

I recall my Acme engine having a pretty free flow of fuel to the carb. What you describe does not sound normal. I use an ultrasonic cleaner for cleaning carburetors. It requires a pretty complete disassembly of the carburetor but does a good job cleaning out all the fuel and air channels. I...

I think the Zanon has counter rotating blades that overlap, kind of meshing with each other so they don't leave an uncut strip down the middle. I think this is why it has such a hefty gear drive, so they don't crash into each other. Cool pictures, thanks for sharing! Seeing under the cover...

Cool tractor! Where do you find such a beast? The videos sound German(maybe?). Just curious. A Googler search doesn't turn up much information.

I would look at the clutch spacing on the motor shaft. At about 45 sec in this video it shows how to make sure the clutch is in the proper position on the engine shaft: 4 1/2" from the face of the engine adapter to the front of the clutch forks. I would also make sure that the forks are...

On my ancient Mainline BCS tiller the clutch was almost impossible to release with the hand lever. After a lot of tinkering I replaced the clutch cable then the clutch was easy to open with the hand lever.... just a thought. P.S. I have a 420cc HF motor on my ancient Mainline BCS tiller. I am...

I don't believe that my 948 came with any extra engine side weights. My 948 had been through a fair amount of "tinkering" before it made it to me so the weight might have previously been removed. My 30" combo motor with the 3" extension balances nicely with the new heavier 459cc engine. My...

There are 4 bolts holding the engine to the engine adapter plate. There are 6 studs holding the engine adapter plate to the transmission. 1) It is best to remove the 6 nuts from the studs holding the engine adapter to the transmission first. 2) Then slide the engine and clutch off of the...

It has been a little while. I forget where I left off. I went with the Harbor Freight 459cc Predator motor. The deeper I dove into the Honda motor that came on the tractor the more I found wrong with it. 3 of the studs were broken off of the engine adapter so there were only 3 left to hold...

This is my emergency shut off switch on my late 70's Mainline / BCS 735. If the tractor is running away from me it is pretty easy to grab the switch and pull it backwards. It is not a dead mans switch but it works well for me when I need to kill the engine quickly or at my leisure without...

I just ordered a new dead mans lever for the BCS 948. You guys talked me into taking it back to original.

I just spent a couple hundred on cables and a dead man handle bar lever. They should be her next week. All new cables should go a long way to getting her back in good shape. New motor and new cables should make is close to a new tiller.

Good advice. I had a heli-coil in the back of my mind. I have never done one before. I am a little worried about the compression release not working. I "think" that this might be fixed by adjusting the valves? I think it was over 40 years ago that my father showed my how to adjust the...