My Clone saved my butt this weekend.
Heres the story read it if you want.
I have a Sears Brand Bird that I Got back earlier this month and swapped my Tecumseh 6.5 ohv onto it that I bought and used for 4 hours a while back.
My Tecumseh has been sitting for a year with the correct amount of stable added to the fuel. It ran fine about 4 months ago when I it fired it up.
So....This week I swapped it onto my sears frame for use at Monster Mopar weekend. Mainly because face it....Tecumseh ohv's look way better in a vintage frame than a Honda style ohv engine.
Anyhow, with the crazy last few weeks, I had only 1 night to swap in into the bike after I got off work. I Came home ate dinner and yanked the junk 3hp Briggs that was on it and buttoned up the 4hr old Tecumseh. Pulled it through and it attempted to start.
I noticed the tires were rotted so I yanked those and replaced them and then it was 10:30pm...
I finished the tires and went to try and start the Tecumseh and.......... nothing.. I Got fire and the fuel just poured from the carb. I yanked it and noticed the inside had started to rott. The Metal had completely started to deteriorate on the inside of the carb body.
I Had to be at the track at 7:30 and I Didn't have any of my 5hp Briggs ready to go and the nice 3 hp I have is already on another bike I am trading..
So as a last resort I went to the shed and grabbed the Lifan Clone that's been in there for 2 years on a older crappy atlas frame with the same crappy gas as the Tecumseh but with no Stable in the fuel.. It fired on the 2nd pull and ran like it was put away last week. The gas was damn near varnish and My God! The Spiders crawling out of this thing gave me the HEEBEE JEEBEES!!!!
So Unfortunately if I Wanted to ride all this weekend I had to use it. It ran all day today with the bad gas and never had a issue other than it looks pretty stupid in the frame and the tank pushes into my Right calf. :thumbdown:
I got my Lifan clone when My Neighbor bought 2 of these engines from harbor freight when they started selling them a few years back And I traded a gift card to HF for it.
Im glad I Did.
I wont totally give up on the Tecumseh but now Im wondering if I Can use a Clone carb on the Tecumseh? LOL!
Read into this what you want. I Have always been a big proponent in using Flatheads in my vintage bikes and will remain to. But this Lifan saved my butt this weekend so it is going to stick around.
O yeah and KBall. My Red Metallic seat looks Bitchin on my old sears! And my Butt thanks you..
Heres the story read it if you want.
I have a Sears Brand Bird that I Got back earlier this month and swapped my Tecumseh 6.5 ohv onto it that I bought and used for 4 hours a while back.
My Tecumseh has been sitting for a year with the correct amount of stable added to the fuel. It ran fine about 4 months ago when I it fired it up.
So....This week I swapped it onto my sears frame for use at Monster Mopar weekend. Mainly because face it....Tecumseh ohv's look way better in a vintage frame than a Honda style ohv engine.
Anyhow, with the crazy last few weeks, I had only 1 night to swap in into the bike after I got off work. I Came home ate dinner and yanked the junk 3hp Briggs that was on it and buttoned up the 4hr old Tecumseh. Pulled it through and it attempted to start.
I noticed the tires were rotted so I yanked those and replaced them and then it was 10:30pm...
I finished the tires and went to try and start the Tecumseh and.......... nothing.. I Got fire and the fuel just poured from the carb. I yanked it and noticed the inside had started to rott. The Metal had completely started to deteriorate on the inside of the carb body.
I Had to be at the track at 7:30 and I Didn't have any of my 5hp Briggs ready to go and the nice 3 hp I have is already on another bike I am trading..
So as a last resort I went to the shed and grabbed the Lifan Clone that's been in there for 2 years on a older crappy atlas frame with the same crappy gas as the Tecumseh but with no Stable in the fuel.. It fired on the 2nd pull and ran like it was put away last week. The gas was damn near varnish and My God! The Spiders crawling out of this thing gave me the HEEBEE JEEBEES!!!!
So Unfortunately if I Wanted to ride all this weekend I had to use it. It ran all day today with the bad gas and never had a issue other than it looks pretty stupid in the frame and the tank pushes into my Right calf. :thumbdown:
I got my Lifan clone when My Neighbor bought 2 of these engines from harbor freight when they started selling them a few years back And I traded a gift card to HF for it.
Im glad I Did.
I wont totally give up on the Tecumseh but now Im wondering if I Can use a Clone carb on the Tecumseh? LOL!
Read into this what you want. I Have always been a big proponent in using Flatheads in my vintage bikes and will remain to. But this Lifan saved my butt this weekend so it is going to stick around.
O yeah and KBall. My Red Metallic seat looks Bitchin on my old sears! And my Butt thanks you..
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