Test stand fuel tank experiment

My new best friend



Just fill it right from the bottle.  No syringes or bulbs or associated contamination.  Remove from holder when finished, remove cover and wipe clean, a little compressed air through the tube doesn't hurt.





Nasty Enya .15 as received.  Preheated slightly with a heat gun, 20/20 Traxx? car fuel cut with castor wouldn't run.  Lot's of brown stuff coming out of the exhaust.  NV from full in to full out and everything in between, throttle set at half.  Pumped near a whole tank through it which probably cleaned it out a bit.  That fuel has always worked in my other engines.



Added 25% Cox fuel uncut to an almost empty tank and she took right off running great through the TV range.  No RPM conclusions can be made however. I will run it again after a crock pot boil.  Tach shown taken at about 1/2 throttle.  



You read my mind roddie.  I had cut new table tops before I destroy the originals leaving out the peg holes.



Ready for the pot.  I have loosened the case and head machine screws (warm engine).  I like replacing the same screws where they came from head and case.  Sometimes I get so picky I ensure the same screws go back in their original holes especially if they are unmolested engines.



Bob

Thanks for the comments guys.  There is lot's of room for improvement here in both the fuel tank holder and clamp down systems.  I just got tired of floppy tanks held down with fuel saturated gooey rubber bands that were difficult to empty and clean after a run.  This is just so simple.

Yes,  I have to devise a whole new platform system.  I'm thinking 1X4's custom cut to house my various engines.  Most Enya's have mounting holes different from one another as you might think.  Then attaching each to the Work Mate in the same mounting pattern using the first one as a guide.  I like using that WM bench as it's portable and I can bring it outside and let the engines rip.  Or is that RIP...

Or as Rusty says, I could make an adjustable clamp style universal mount, one size fit's all.  On ebay there is a metal stand that I have admired, but I have always thought that I could build a better one.  

I'm keeping that fuel supply though, easiest system I have ever encountered.  I am looking to make another fuel supply module for bigger engines, something that would hold about 2 ounces.  Just testing here, not for endurance runs.  Maybe this old vitamin bottle would work.  It just has to be removable and easy to clean.  



I think my spade bit set go's out to I think 2", ought to do it.  

I do have ball end hex wrenches by Hobbico both SAE and metric that I have had for years and they do work great on hard to get at places.  But I have few hex machine screws in # 2 & 4 sizes.  Most of my mounting screws are slots salvaged from other peoples engines.

I'm cooking that .15 Enya even as we speak. Eager to see how/if it runs after a boil. Got all the new parts assembled too. Gasket, prop washer and nut, TV control arm, and a new needle. But will use the old needle to check it first.

Bob