How To Disassemble These Two Gems.......

Ok. SO a bit of searching later, I found out how to disassemble the one on teh left from the dragster. Remove screw, put in longer one, press out. The other one I am starting to think may be the same, but before doing so, I will wait a bit for confirmation.

Great, thank you. I now have something I can try out. I'll post back when I have a chance to try it!

Had a minute during the last commercial during Live PD, so gave it a try. Well, it came apart just as you said! Thank you for the help! The hardest part was to remove that darned clip! The recoil came off very easily, and almost in many pieces and a spring too..... But I saved it. It is currently sitting on my bench waiting to be zip tied together so it does not come apart. It would be nice to keep it, but have no real use of it yet. But then again, a pull start airplane engine would be neat! Now teh second engine..... The propeller screw appears to be seized on. So will evaluate that situation carefully. I do not mind if the assembly on the front of that one falls apart, but would like to try and save it as well. reason I say that is I may use heat to remove the screw.

Another update. The engine on the right is disassembled now with the only thing left is the piston is seized in the cylinder. Will try heating it up tomorrow and see if it will release. The one on the left has the backplate, and exhaust deflector removed. A little heat and it is freed up. However, the 'prop screw' is still seized in the crankshaft. So, with that said, I am debating at how to continue the removal. I will not be using it in a car, so heat is an option. The other option is to cut the front gear off carefully so I can grab the screw with a set of pliers and see if I can remove it that way. But I am thinking either way, the front gear/fan assembly will no longer be of any good. Any other ideas will be more than welcomed. This is the hardest one I have had to disassemble yet! The other thing with this one is that the white postage stamp backplate has been slightly melted where the exhaust deflector/shield was at the top behind the cylinder.

Ok. Will try to get some kerosene to soak in.

As of now, the first one is completely disassembled. I put the piston and cylinder assembly back in the crankcase and carefully used a short piece of dowel that filled the cylinder and gave it a couple very light taps (more like letting the mallet fall on its own approximately 2") with a small rubber mallet and the piston dropped out almost instantly. I will shortly be putting this one in a nitro engine fluid bath for a quick cleaning. And after that, I will have to look into finding a prop hub for the tapered crankshaft, or make another as I had done once before.

Well, finally, I managed to get the front hub/flywheel off of the second engine. However, it is no longer usable. I was able to grind some of the front of it off to get a grip of the screw with a pair of pliers. Wonce ready, I gripped the solid metal hub in the vice and used a pair of pliers to remove the screw. once freed up, I reinstalled the screw and tried pressing it out in the vice with a wooden block on the rear of the crankcase. I thought it was going well, then I went to remove the screw and saw the threads were 'pressed' off of the screw. So I came in and grabbed a new screw and used it and it popped the flywheel right off, albeit a bit sticky. So both engines are now ready for a bath. The only thing I found different with this engine is that the front splines on the crankshaft are of a larger diameter than I am used to seeing. So, I will have to figure out what kind of prop drive plate I need for this one as I do not think I can make one like this. If I cannot find one, I at least got a postage stamp backplate and piston/cylinder set that I can save for the day I need one!

ticomareado wrote:I hereby nominate your for the Prison Workshop Project of Year Award.

Lol!

Wow, does that ever look sharp!