Honda Gas Engine
(Note, this is gas as in Propane/Butane, not gas as in petrol)
This engine was purchased at a local "boot sale". It had been running previously and when I tried it, it had a good compression. The engine had been sitting without being used for a number of years and the seller had turned it over once a month.
Does anybody recognise the type of engine and can they point me towards a manual etc.
On trying it at home, no luck, not a hint of starting:
So, check the spark, no spark :-( ;
Remove the starter/flywheel (normally a good place to start);
Points are working, but filthy, so a small file to clean the points (emery cloth didn't work)
A spark :-) !!
Re-assemble and try again;
No compression :-(
Remove the head, piston clean, head clean, valves "carboned up" and will probably require decoking at some point;
Rotated the valves in their seats;
Re-assemble - compression :-)
Try again - no spark :-(
At this point I give up and go back to stumpy. I intend to use this engine in my next petrol based engine - possibly a petrol electric if this is governed as I think it might be.
Some pictures below, do you recognise this engine ? (Sorry about the fuzziness of the manufacturers plate, I turned the flash off to stop it reflecting)
| Manufacturer's Plate | Exhaust / Pull-start Side | Side View | Output pulley |