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For those impressed with the "paint" technique, i got the idea from Adam Savage, the mythbuster. He used this technique to make new metal things look old and used - when making movie props in his previous life. And then more recently I've seen people use the same technique to highlight the sizes...

Lol, well in my defense, my model number was literally invisible before i sanded it and painted it :P

If this were a lawnmower or a snowblower I probably would. But it's a yard vacuum that probably runs for all of 3 hours per year. So I'm just going to cross my fingers and keep the old cam.

Yup thats the same number i came up with on the B&S site. That makes me wonder if mine failed due to overheating, or maybe it just failed, all on its own. Plastic can be brittle, but then again if its always soaked in oil and never sees ANY UV light at all, it probably won't get brittle too...

Finally! I have the number! To my plain eyes, there were no numbers imprinted on that sheet metal flywheel cover. But people insisted it was there. So I put a round wire brush on my drill and scoured it down to bare metal and wouldn't you know it, some barely visible numbers started to reveal...

Now I'm going to have to go look at it again. In the photo, now I am starting to feel like I see something super subtle. But in person, with my own eyes, it looked blank. And I spent a long time looking over that shield again and again, looking at every speck of it. One more close look I guess...

The cam looks fine, but the timing gear had some damage. There was some debris around the air flow areas. Not enough that I would think it would cause it to overheat, but maybe it doesn't take as much as I thought. It's certainly worth replacing that timing gear and seeing though. ... IF i am...

I have machines from the mid 90s that still have their printed labels on there. This is the first machine I've ever come across that had no marking anywhere at all.

Its not there. That whole metal cover that goes over the flywheel has zero characters imprinted anywhere.Then inside doesn't have any surface rust, and it makes it much more clear that theres nothing imprinted anywhere. This is truly a ghost motor.

Ok I pulled the plastic cover off, the metal cover and this is the ONLY numbers I could find. They don't appear to be the right format though. I scoured the rest of the motor and couldn't find any other numbers anywhere.

Here are two exterior photos of the motor if that helps. No model labels to be found :/

I'm back over there now, so I can look for a model number on the engine. However I've looked everywhere and can't find anything except some stickers on the fuel tank that don't appear to be model numbers. Any ideas where I can find a model number for the engine so i can order up somer parts...

Where are you seeing four different gears, I'm only seeing one? HOWEVER the one timing gear I'm seeing does not look like my timing gear. So I'm thinking thats not the exact correct engine.

I want to keep this brief but I also want to give you the full backstory. I need help assessing what happened to this machine, and what it's current condition is. This is a Craftsman Yardvac with a B&S 675 engine. It was in my neighbors yard never being used for 15 years or so, and one day he...

Success! I drilled out the hole with a 29/64" bit. Re-tapped it with a 1/2-20 tap. Then put some grease on the bolt so it would be good and lubricated. Then I got it pretty tight, then gave the impeller a few hard taps. Then tightened the bolt a little more and it popped right off! So that part...

So I stripped out the 7/16" hole and now I'm about to go buy a 1/2" tap and bolt to try again. But I just started thinking, is that going to be big enough? Or should I go up to 9/16th to make sure i'm getting full new threads with no sign of the old threads?

I have not had time to work on this again, but I hopefully will soon. I will be tapping half inch and using a bolt. So heres the question..... Given how the impeller is sort of just stuck on there, does it make sense, instead of just cranking the bolt down and hoping it pops free, does it make...

Coarse thread will give me bigger threads to push wish, BUT fine threads will give me MORE threads to push with. And yes I believe it is aluminum.

I thought about penatrating oil, but I don't think theres any way to actually get it near the contact zone the way this thing is assembled. You'd have to spray it on the shaft, above the impeller blade. Basically you'll have to remove it to be able to access it to spray oil on it, so that you...

Does anyone have any thoughts on whether I should go with the coarse threading or fine threading on the new 1/2" hole and bolt? I think the options are 1/2"-13 and 1/2"-20.

We'll never know for sure if the original threads were damaged or ok (they looked good to me in person). But they're definitely damaged now! as they sit in a pile of dirt on my floor.