.....Chore Horse..... in with the New Year!!!

[Bob Carriere]

.....back to the big ice box on Monday!!!!!

may try using POR 15 as a sealer for the tank.....

On to LWD parts......... found a ton load of old NOS "Shurhit" ignition points listings on the web but without a speciffic part number I can't tell which is which going back to the late 1920s....... both set of point that I have, a NOS from Brian and the used one, have NO part number stamped on them...

Jordan.... how did you restore the red dial from the control box...... I rubbed lacquer thinner to get rid of the aluminum paint and it went clean to the metal with very faint lettering........ you used white glue?????

....and my can of liquid tape has all evaporated to a lump!!!!! back to PA...

[Mike K]

This is the horse I spotted recently FS. It is located in NSW .

A tip : I discovered that the resistance unit that is located in the screened ignition lead can be a cause of trouble with these chorehorse generators. Often , weak spark can be traced to the resistor.

Just recently I was removing the original ww2 era spark plug and the socket jammed and the porcelain insulator snapped .

[Jordan Baker]

Bob

So long as the etching is good on the data tags it’s reasonably simple to restore them. I sprayed the dial red and let it dry for a week or so. Then use a new razor box cutter blade and carefully scrape off the paint from the raised lettering. Just go slow with it.

[Bob Carriere]

Lettering is very faint and I am not sure my hands are as steady as a regular model maker!!!!!!!! Do they still sell "Letraset" sheets?????

[Jordan Baker]

If you want to go that route for the lettering. A model train company called "Woodland Scenics" does a pile of dry transfer letters/numbers in different fonts and colours. What I would recommend is to paint the disk the colour of the letters. Apply your letters. Overpaint in the red colour. Then you can carefully use some tape to remove the dry transfer letters. They will act as a mask and you should get some clearly defined letters.

[Tim Bell]

Is this a BSA unit, or Johnson Marine... or other?

Thanks

Tim

[Bob Carriere]

One of my 4 CH has a gauge missing and was looking for a new one..... search hi and Low for a small voltmeter.....convinced I needed a voltmeter...and of course could not find one ....Jordan told me Mac Auto had them,,,,,so went through the index of my 2017 MacAutocatalogue with no success..... then realized that my Old Mac AUto cat. only covered from the Ford model B 1932 and needed to look up Model A 1930... Jordan sent me a link from FB and there it was a replacement..... amp meter but still had doubts until Imadde it ot the barn today and Jordan was right it is a amp meter that I need..... which of course is not temporarily out of stock.....

So for the record....... IT IS a amp meter that I need and it fits a 1 5/8 hole in the control box........ finding a small one is the tricky part......... next regular size up is 2 1/16 or 2 5/8...... As suggested I tapped into LWD for parts and they are already on the way......

As far as the color and lettering for the control red dial, I may follow Jordan's suggestions of using a dry transfer/paint over than remove the letter process more in line with my big fingers.......

All my sheet metal has been sandblasted but it is too cold to paint in the barn and spraying paint inside the house workshop next to the wood stove is rather dangerous...... no sure if the fumes are dangerous but the risk of my wife smelling it would be very dangerous.....!!!!!!

Some of the original wiring will be reconditioned by using "liquid tape".....2 or 3 coats......thereby saving the original crimped/soldered original thick copper connectors.

Question for Mike..... where is the "resistance" located in the screened ignition lead????

Tim Bell..... the Chore Horse units that I have are all made by Outboard Marine Corp. from Peterborough, Ontario (OMC) and may have been done under license that came from the Iron Horse engine set up for Maytag washing machines........ some original design of that motor set up goes back to the late 1928 era....

There is one for sale around here listed at over 1200 dollars.....hihihi.... in as is condition with missing parts...

Stay tuned.