To trim the grass around the house and garage, I bought this antique Majestic lawn mower a couple weeks ago. The cutting blade was installed upside down, and while I was correcting that I noticed just how bent these cooling fan blades are. I don't see anyway this could have been an accident. It looks to me like this had to be purposely done. At least one blade is so tightly bent backwards that I'll have to heat it red hot before attempting to bend it back to the right curvature. All the other Power Products mower engines I've seen like this have had a larger diameter fan with smaller blades. It's just incredible what some people do to their equipment.
I've always liked these little 2 stroke Power Products engines with their ball bearing cranks and needle bearing rods. I'd guess this mower is from the 50's, but will try to research it. I like how basic they are with no extra tin covers. No oil changes, just mix non detergent oil to gas 1:16 ratio. When I was in 11th grade I made one of these engines into a go kart engine and installed a dual carb manifold on it. I made a stupid mistake though when I ported it. I enlarged the ports to the max by cutting out the webs, and this allowed the rings to expand and catch on the top of the port edge. I then had to taper the top edge of the port so the rings would slide by.
I've always liked these little 2 stroke Power Products engines with their ball bearing cranks and needle bearing rods. I'd guess this mower is from the 50's, but will try to research it. I like how basic they are with no extra tin covers. No oil changes, just mix non detergent oil to gas 1:16 ratio. When I was in 11th grade I made one of these engines into a go kart engine and installed a dual carb manifold on it. I made a stupid mistake though when I ported it. I enlarged the ports to the max by cutting out the webs, and this allowed the rings to expand and catch on the top of the port edge. I then had to taper the top edge of the port so the rings would slide by.
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