OutdoorKing Repair Forum Forums Repairs and Maintenance Questions on Walk Behind Lawn Mower Frames Question On Scott Bonnar Cylinder Mowers SB 45 Identification please

Yup, you have it. Here's a pic of one, from a past thread:



It doesn't need to be that good a spring steel - a piece of steel pallet strapping would work.

On the carby needle seat question, if it doesn't have an external hex or driver slots, it's pressed in. That means it can't be removed without wrecking it, as far as further use goes. What does the conical tip of the needle look like, condition-wise?

Gadge my man...where would I be without you?...honestly...you are a fountain of knowledge that keeps on flowing.

To answer your question...yes...it looks like it is pressed in and unfortunately there is a concentric wear ring on the Needle Valve tip.

That being said...and to your knowledge...has a pressed in Needle Valve Seat ever been 'drilled out and a new one pressed back in?

Oh...I will now say that you must've read my mind...my next question was..why is there a plastic hose pointing upwards from the same place the Main Fuel Line enters the carby..taadaa...a Primer bulb connection of course.
Thank you Gadge.

All...and that includes newbies like me,

I have been here a matter of days and the info and 'camaraderie' (Define camaraderie: a feeling of good friendship among the people in a group) has stunned me.
To be brutally honest..this is as close to a "Men's Shed" as you will find.
To say I am humbled by the responses and by the meaningful honesty of those here...is an understatement.

At long last I feel as though the grease under my fingernails and the smile on my face as I see the replies and freely offered help, confirms to me that men of all walks and ages are a kindred beast that needs to use his hands and mind to 'produce' not only the world where his family can live and aspire...but a place where he as himself can mix and join in the fellowship of his brothers.

Behold all...an online place of respite from the hardships of life as we know it.

Gazza

Oh yes...can someone explain to me why these Tecumseh engines needs 2 drain plugs?

Got me buggered.

Cheers
Gazza

Hi OF,

Well some did and some didn't. This was primarily as an option so that regardless of what the engine was fitted to it could be more easily emptied. Quite a few Briggs engines have this and if I'm correct all the latest sloper engines that Briggs make have this option fitted as standard. In regards to the oil entry facility if you look at the earlier engines they were all cast with the ability to have the fill point on either side, but generally they were just machined out on one standard side but some are getting it machines on both sides.

As far as those primer bulbs on the Kirby engines are concerned they are a bit of a waste of time as Kirby's usually start first or second pull once the petrol tap is placed in the open position.

Mens Shed............mmmmmmmmmmm. I think we're way past making wooden rockin' horses here and there's far more knowledge here than a mens shed that's for sure.

Gadge, sorry about the delay in answering 45 stuff, but I've been in hospitals with my 7 year old daughter that's broken her ankle and now has it in plaster. Crutches and 7 year olds don't play well together I might add.


Cheers,
BB.

Just a quick one while I'm still here.

I've noticed that the "Scott Bonnar" fuel tank stickers (as portrayed in that stock photo a few posts above) that are made by Grant are somewhat incorrect and it does annoy me a bit that they are printed on orange stock when the originals were printed onto clear that way the sticker itself wasn't to be seen, but rather just the white and black lettering is seen on whatever paint is used.

I'm really surprised that Grant has never changed this as the technology is most certainly there to do it now rather cheaply.

Cheers,
BB.