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Re: Kirby H4-4A engine rebuild
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Joe,
The brochure arrived today.
Lovely, original piece of history.
Many thanks,
Chris
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Re: Kirby H4-4A engine rebuild
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Joe Brown
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Very pleased that you have it.. I will have to have a look for the service manual for that Kirby engine and send it on to to you as I feel sure that you'll appreciate it. Cheers Joe.
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Re: Kirby H4-4A engine rebuild
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Whenever you have the time - it also will be appreciated.
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Part number 31426 (H30 governor spring) purchased and installed.
I think that this now finishes the rebuild.
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Thank you for contributing this thread Chris, and congratulations on both the engine restoration and the way you have documented it.
I will lock this thread. If anyone needs to post to it, just send a PM to a moderator.
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