Much-Neglected Ebay Black Widow !

Got this poor BW with an el cheapo Ebay impulse bid...figuring she may be War Dog's long-lost sister!

In the words of Charlie Brown, following the purchase of the his bedraggled Christmas Tree, "I think it needs me."

Not too much physical trauma, but it must have spent some amount of time unprotected in a damp environment as the piston and cylinder are solidly rusted together. The TD head left most of it's threads in the top of the cylinder, so it may be used as a "topper" for a "Desk Engine".

A little heat loosened the cylinder, and the whole assembly is now soaking in a Kroil tub to see if I can save it. I pulled a piston and cylinder out of the junk box to get the engine test-run in the meantime.

The tank and crankcase were pretty clean inside, but the backplate was coated with some weird crystalline goop which flushed out pretty easily. I also cleaned up and reinstalled the old metal reed to see how it'll work.

The whole thing cleaned up pretty nicely, and I'm gonna try a test run later today if our flying session gets rained or winded out.