Gunner Asch wrote:
On Sun, 24 Aug 2008 23:23:39 GMT, Jim Chandler wrote:


Gunner Asch wrote:

On the way home yesterday, stopped at a yard sale and purchased a
rather good looking Homelite ST-175 (17") string trimmer for $3.
It has a cracked fuel tank and Im looking for a replacement

Trimmer model ST-175, (20541B on lable on shaft)

According to the 'net..the fuel tank appears to be part# A01441

Any good (cheap) sources for one?

Trimmer is complete, with good compression.and in good cosmetic
condition. Good spark.

It appears to have had something dropped on the tank at the top, so
its worth repairing


Thanks

Gunner

"Confiscating wealth from those who have earned it, inherited it,
or got lucky is never going to help 'the poor.' Poverty isn't
caused by some people having more money than others, just as obesity
isn't caused by McDonald's serving super-sized orders of French fries
Poverty, like obesity, is caused by the life choices that dictate
results." - John Tucci,


Not on the subject, but did you ever get that welder engine apart?
Kinda lost track of that one.

Jim


Nope...#1 is frozen into the cylinder pretty well. Kroil passes
through the other three..but not this one.

Pulled the pan, tapped from the bottom, pulled the rod cap..tapped
from the bottom...still no movememt. Im going to have to pull the rod
caps on all of them, try to get the rods free of the crank, and turn
the crank enough to get #1 free from the crank, then smack the ****
out of it with a BFH. ...or bust out the piston with a hammer and
chisel.

I cant even pull the engine without freeing the crank, cause the genny
bolts that connect the welder to the flywheel are accessable through a
single small porthole..and one has to turn the crank to get access to
each individual bolt.

Its kinda on the back burner at the moment..Ill get back to it before
long. Everytime I go by it..I smack the top of the piston with a
hammer and a chunk of wook a couple times, pour in some fresh Kroil
and cover it back up again.

Gunner

"Confiscating wealth from those who have earned it, inherited it,
or got lucky is never going to help 'the poor.' Poverty isn't
caused by some people having more money than others, just as obesity
isn't caused by McDonald's serving super-sized orders of French fries
Poverty, like obesity, is caused by the life choices that dictate
results." - John Tucci,

Sounds like FUN to me. If you take all the rod caps off you "should" be
able to turn the crank and free the gen. I'm just wondering what kind
of moron would design something like that?

Jim