brass reed

Thanks Roddie. the reed will sit down in there nice and flat, with out bind, but honestly I cant rotate it. My eyes and hand coordination just aint much anymore. I use an oil stone on the clip and put a little flat on the reed side of it. I have four babe's and I am useing info from here to put all the right parts back on the right engines the way they came. When I was a kid I mixed parts without care. A dual port cylinder, high compression babe doesnt run long on a tank of fuel. I have them all right now as best I can tell and two test run great. The third was the reed jumped out, and the fourth my batterys were dead. I hope to test the other two tomorrow. I have had some of these for over fourty years.
Phil

You're welcome Phil. These engines are a lot of fun.. especially the more you learn about them and tinker. Just run the fuel that's made for them (plenty of castor oil in the total lube-package).. keep them leak-tight and clean.. and they'll return the favor by providing reliable running over their lifetime.