Hey I found a small engine on the donation self last night and I could use help seeing if it runs ? not sure if its all there.
I haven’t worked on one in years, but they are great to learn from. I had an old copy of a time life small engine book and our lawn mower. During one summer I learned to disassemble, clean, and reassemble and ended up with a lawnmower that worked better then I started with.
Same type of information should be available online, and books like I used are undoubtedly in your local library. Getting help is great if it is offered, but those are simple enough that you should just dive in if it isn’t.
and (relatively) cheap enough.
Also, see Brandon’s thread:
I think the engine on the shelf was a two stroke which is even easier to work on, fewer moving parts.
I have an old 2 stroke off a cheap trimmer I could donate to some higher purpose.
Yeah, I saw the guy drop it off on Tuesday. It looked like a two stroke, single cylinder moped engine.
It is just never worked on one so not sure where to start
Read read read, then attack it!
I say just jump in.
IC engines are pretty simple: suck, squeeze, pop, blow. You need air/fuel in, compression, spark, and exhaust out.
Does it turn over?
Sound OK while doing so?
Spark?
Fuel? (be sure to use 2-stroke oil)