Recent content by willisZ

that's great- thanks!

I'm going to try to add a small spring whether there was one there or not. then i'll try to start it when the weather warms up a bit. thanks for all your help!

thanks I'll check that.

I don't know if I lost a spring because i don't see one in the schematic?

I can't really see. is the spring around the shaft?

It's a 2012 mercury 2.5hp 4 stroke model 1F02201HK I found this schematic, but it doesn't show any spring in that location (blue arrow) another question: this shows three gaskets 22, 23 ,22 together. (green arrow) I put 23 on the other side. if wrong, there isn't a gasket at the other side...

i hope this isn't too far off topic, but i just took apart and cleaned the carburetor on my outboard engine, and I'm not sure if I lost a part or spring from my choke assembly? there's a short vertical spring that doesn't seem to pull the choke back into it's un-choked position completely...

thanks - I didn't know it was called a "drift". always something new to learn!

It's for a camera jib arm - or mini-crane. the arm I'm using is 1.625" - and the inside of the square tube (which is the upright that the arm pivots on) is just a little smaller than that. I only need to add about 3/16 more width to fit the arm in. I'm going to try heating with a torch, and...

I don't think I'll be able to heat treat it in my garage... :) Guess I'll just hope for the best!

thanks for the responses! I guess I'll try bending it. what do you mean by heat treating? hit the area with a MAP torch?

I want to bend out the sides of a square aluminum tube - but don't know if the alloy the tube is made of will bend or crack. It's a 2" tube with 1/8" walls. will bending it be okay, or will it weaken the bent area and possibly crack and fail later? any thoughts?

I finally tried the Teflon material on the post and it's too thick - so I'll have to try a thinner mylar (?) or maybe just fill the gap with a thick grease??

thanks for the replies. I may try to build my own gearbox -

after years of dreaming, i finally found a drill press at a garage sale this summer - and it's awesome. Don't know how I got by without it. I've made several jigs to line up small parts so that the holes are all dead-on.