Recent content by Dreaded

I have done this several times and it is not very hard. First off There is two ways I have done this. I remove the pin from the piston and only one ring from the pin. I put the piston back in using a ring compressor then push it to the bottom of the cyinder just enough for the pin to go back in...

Placing an rpm guage will allow you to run the engine at max rpm (this has to checked using a mechanical rpm gauge to insure the new guage is set and reading correctly) . This will give you more power and if it starts to bog down you can increase throttle for short period. This means it will be...

I live in Mississippi. I think there is more to this than just ethanol causing the problems. I work on small engines all the time. I have customers that use only nonethanol fuel and if the engine sets up for say 4 or 5 months they have problems with the carburetors so not so sure the problem is...