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Damn I'm hungry
Ok..... so my sister has found a late in life romance and to entice her new beau she blats out "My brother is in to Giant Scale RC!!" So an introduction and a couple of dinners between the three of us landed an old OMP super chipmunk (built from a kit) in my shop which has a Moki 180 glow on it where both plane and engine had been stored in a HOT southern home attic for the past 16 years. I said to myself.....SELF!.....is a resurrection attempt going to be worth it??? Well yes in deed it was. I found out as much as I could about the engines operating history and discovered very little information other than it had maybe less than a gallon of Byron Originals 5% fuel run through it. I wish I had taken pictures of both the retired attic queen and lump of aluminum and steel that hung on it's nose before I put the 60 or so hours to it all. Did get some vid of the plane and engine flying but it was done on an older Sony Handy Cam that needs operating software to be loaded to your PC specific to Sony's formatting. As soon as I can find the software I will post up the vid.
Now the engine was completely seized up along with the carb barrel. A soak in a nice warm bath (about 250 degrees) of 30 weight motor oil allowed me to easily dismantle the engine for cleaning. After a complete varnish redaction with a soft tooth brush, wash cloth, comet cleanser and berrymans carb cleaner the engine looked brand spanking new. NO appreciable wear on the moving parts! NO scratches to the liner or piston! The only parts I replaced were the rusted out bolts holding it together! My "future brother in-law" also gave me a baggy of parts which he said would make a complete duplicate 180! Not true! it was a 140! This was a great thing because I know the 140 carb performs much better on the 180 than the 180 carb!
Just wanted to share my blast from the past with you guys.....
Now the engine was completely seized up along with the carb barrel. A soak in a nice warm bath (about 250 degrees) of 30 weight motor oil allowed me to easily dismantle the engine for cleaning. After a complete varnish redaction with a soft tooth brush, wash cloth, comet cleanser and berrymans carb cleaner the engine looked brand spanking new. NO appreciable wear on the moving parts! NO scratches to the liner or piston! The only parts I replaced were the rusted out bolts holding it together! My "future brother in-law" also gave me a baggy of parts which he said would make a complete duplicate 180! Not true! it was a 140! This was a great thing because I know the 140 carb performs much better on the 180 than the 180 carb!
Just wanted to share my blast from the past with you guys.....
