A friend found this little gem languishing in a shed, thought I should have it.
Pulling on starter cord did nothing but once cover was removed could see why.
Motor turns over nicely and spark is good but zil compression. I suspect the rings are gummed up. Interestingly has impulse type carb so would have been able to use in all orientations.
Of course mandatory mudwasp fillings in various orifices.
Lovely to look at as is and too fiddly to restore, no evidence of ever being touched with a screwdriver before. No doubt every Tanaka dealer will have vast supplies of NOS spares on their shelves...........
A friend found this little gem languishing in a shed, thought I should have it.
Pulling on starter cord did nothing but once cover was removed could see why.
Motor turns over nicely and spark is good but zil compression. I suspect the rings are gummed up. Interestingly has impulse type carb so would have been able to use in all orientations.
Of course mandatory mudwasp fillings in various orifices.
Lovely to look at as is and too fiddly to restore, no evidence of ever being touched with a screwdriver before. No doubt every Tanaka dealer will have vast supplies of NOS spares on their shelves...........
Any ideas how old this is ?
Hi MowingManiac
Here is a parts list for you model which is really old, could be about 40 plus years.
Looks like a P7 (22cc) engine that was first manufactured from the early sixties.
Some History below.
Cheers Max.
(PS I've noticed there is no way to search for topics on ODK anymore since the site has moved all searches go to missing links , there was info on the P7 here somewhere)