Quote Originally Posted by caribou View Post
Rick and I spent several hours trying to get this motor to run correctly last Sunday. What was frustrating is it never got remotely hot, I could put my hand on the cylinder even after it had run for 5 minutes. We looked for anything we could find at the field, kind of hard working on the grass on a towel.
I've worked on engines all my life, and never encountered one so mulish. I can see that the gasket on the wrong side of the diaphragm would disrupt everything! Its not something I thought of at the time. Caribou
Welcome to the site Doug! Hope you are up to seeing this thing run right Tuesday night!