PP#2

[Blaine Robert Young]

UNTIL NOW I HAD THE GOOD FORTUNE TO ONLY OWN ONE POWER PRODUCTS ENGINE.  MY NEW DEAD DRIVE SEARS KART ARRIVED WITH A NEW 5 HP PP.  WITH DIRECT DRIVE 41 CHAIN THE ENGINE WOULD START ON A BLOCK BUT NOT RUN ON THE GROUND.  WHAT COULD POSSIBLY BE WRONG WITH A NEW ENGINE?  OVER THE YEARS IT GOT TRIED BUT ALWAYS "FAILED TO FUNCTION" AS I TOLD MY MOM ON ITS FIRST "OUTING".  THE KART WAS CONFINED IN THE BASEMENT FOR A LONG TIME.  FINALLY, I GAVE IT TO A MECHANICALLY MINDED UNCLE WHO DISCOVERED THAT THE REEDS (WHAT WERE THOSE?) WERE BAD RIGHT FROM THE START.  THAT PROBABLY EXPLAINED WHY FUEL WOULD COME OUT THE INTAKE OF THE CARB WHEN THE ENGINE RAN ON A BLOCK.

I JUST PICKED UP A 1965 SAE WITH A PP H81.  I KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS ENGINE.  ANY INFORMATION OR INSIGHT WOULD BE WELCOME.  THERE IS A GUY ON EBAY WHO WANTS A RATHER LARGE FORTUNE FOR AN H81 MOTOR MOUNT.   I REALLY DOUBT THAT WILL HAPPEN.  IF IT DOES MY MOTOR WITH A MOUNT, CLUTCH, AND EXHAUST HEADER MUST BE LIKE g0ld.

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