On Dec 2, 1:34*pm, "Steve W." wrote:
stryped wrote:
Hey,

I got it working last night by just lubig up the shaft. I have one
question though.

Good, Now clean off all the lube. The units used on small engines are
designed to run clean and dry. any lube will attract dust and dirt and
cause it to stick.



How close is "good enough" when dealing with an engine such as a
tiller like this in terms of the bore and crank journals being
perfect? I would like to attempt to rebuild it because I have never
doen so before but I don’t have the measuring equipment to check those
two items. Can I go over the crank jhournal with 00 steel wool to
clean it up to see what it looks like? I noticed just visually it
looked ok, however there is a very small area of "material" that I
cant seem to get off. Like maybe it was aluminum left over from the
connecting rod?

REAL simple, muriatic acid will dissolve the aluminum off the crank.



I am just curious as to what level of preceision is needed for a
tiller that is only used ocassionally in the summer. But at the same
time I would not want to spend the time and effort and have the thing
blow up the first time I used it.

However, being this is a Tecumseh H60 I would just toss it and buy a
GOOD engine.

--
Steve W.
Near Cooperstown, New York

Is the HH60 not a good engine?