[AT] Modern Gasoline

cecil bearden crbearden at copper.net
Tue Aug 23 05:21:24 PDT 2016


I have one on a sprayer and it set for over a year and had the worst 
smelling gas in it.  I had to pull on it about 4 times before it started 
and ran fine.   I sprayed with it a week ago and had no problems.


On 8/23/2016 6:50 AM, Mogrits wrote:
> Stephen, I have no idea, as I haven't left gas in one that long, but if
> someone would mate the old Briggs and Stratton venturi carb (no bowl and
> float) to the Honda OHV design with electronic ignition, they would have
> the ideal small engine.
>
> Warren
>
> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 12:45 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Do those Chonda engines run on 18-month old gas like the real thing?
>>
>> SO
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 22, 2016 at 10:24 AM, Mogrits <mogrits at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Charlie, that should indeed work as a replacement for him. I put one of
>>> those on a Murray 20" push mower body to create what I call
>> "Frankenmower".
>>> Starts just like a Honda, and cuts through most anything without
>> complaint,
>>> including "monkey grass" or lariope. Some people have adaptor issues
>> mating
>>> them up, but the review section of the Harbor Freight page gives
>> solutions
>>> to almost all of those.
>>>
>>> Around here we call them "Chondas", as they appear to be knock-offs of
>> the
>>> Honda OHV design.
>>>
>>> Warren
>>>
>>> On Sun, Aug 21, 2016 at 6:47 PM, charlie hill <
>> charliehill at embarqmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Dick wouldn't this work as a replacement for the 5.5 vertical
>>>> http://www.harborfreight.com/55-hp-173cc-ohv-vertical-
>>>> shaft-gas-engine-carb-69731.html
>>>>
>>>> Charlie
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Dick Day
>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2016 11:20 PM
>>>> To: Antique tractor email discussion group
>>>> Subject: Re: [AT] Modern Gasoline
>>>>
>>>> Several years ago, I converted our 15-year old Generac generator to LP.
>>> It
>>>> always did start easy (electric start) but with LP I can connect it to
>>> our
>>>> 500gallon LP tank if we ever got stranded by a blizzard.
>>>>
>>>> My other gas implements (push mower, 2 garden tractors, power washer,
>>>> tiller) don't always start as easy even though I would let the gas run
>>> out
>>>> in the fall.    My plan was to convert every gas engine we had.  I've
>>> also
>>>> got a Troy Built sickle mower. That was next on my list to convert
>> until
>>> I
>>>> discovered that there are no engines I can buy to replace the vertical
>>>> 5.5hp Briggs that's on there.  I don't think that converting it to LP
>>> would
>>>> necessarily hurt the engine but decided not to take a chance and never
>>> got
>>>> around to the other engines. I retire next spring. Once that happens,
>>> I'll
>>>> get back on my LP conversion project.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Sat, Aug 20, 2016 at 3:34 PM, Stephen Offiler <soffiler at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> I just pulled out my power washer and realized it has not been run
>>> since
>>>>> March 2015.  Half a tank of fuel still sloshing around.  On the
>>> upside, I
>>>>> am always careful to turn off the gas and run the carb dry.  I am
>> also
>>>>> careful to add Sta-Bil as soon as I purchase gas.  We have ethanol in
>>> our
>>>>> gas around here like in most places in the USA.
>>>>>
>>>>> It started on the first pull.  Literally.
>>>>>
>>>>> Engine is a 9HP Honda GX270 (I think).  I suppose there might be
>>>> qualities
>>>>> of the engine (strong spark, strong fuel vaporization in the carb,
>>>>> whatever...) that help it run on crappy old gas.  Or something.  I'm
>>>> still
>>>>> shaking my head in amazement.
>>>>>
>>>>> SO
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