Re: EBay Good buy?

nitroairplane Sun Dec 18, 2011 7:20 am

Maybe you could remove the fragment with a magnet or something if it is a ferrous metal.

microflitedude Sun Dec 18, 2011 8:41 am

nitroairplane wrote:Maybe you could remove the fragment with a magnet or something if it is a ferrous metal.

I doubt it would be sitting in there, probably covered in green goo or jammed.

Ivanhoe Sun Dec 18, 2011 9:38 am

nitroairplane wrote:Maybe you could remove the fragment with a magnet or something if it is a ferrous metal.

Managed to remove the bit, I poked around carefully with a pin, and then tapped the backplate on the bench, and the second time I did it the bit dropped out! Talk about luck! Just need a new needle now.
I got the other one running, quite well too, the reed is a little battered but I reassembled it and tried anyway and it started, still needs a new reed, and the rest of the overhaul kit, but at least I now know that ONE of them runs!

Kim Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:52 am

See there??!!! "The Season of Miracles !"

nitroairplane Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:53 am

Well you still got a fair deal even if only one of them runs.
I would pay 14.50 for a babe bee.

PV Pilot Sun Dec 18, 2011 10:59 am

Ivanhoe wrote:
nitroairplane wrote:Maybe you could remove the fragment with a magnet or something if it is a ferrous metal.

Managed to remove the bit, I poked around carefully with a pin, and then tapped the backplate on the bench, and the second time I did it the bit dropped out! Talk about luck! Just need a new needle now.
I got the other one running, quite well too, the reed is a little battered but I reassembled it and tried anyway and it started, still needs a new reed, and the rest of the overhaul kit, but at least I now know that ONE of them runs!

Good that you were able to remove it,,but,,if someone cranked that needle down hard enough to snap the end off (just guessing) it might have scored/swelled/scratched the inside of that jet tube with twisting metal bits,,like a mixing bowl.

Toss a new needle in there, give it a try,,see if it runs steady.

Ivanhoe Sun Dec 18, 2011 11:18 am

nitroairplane wrote:Well you still got a fair deal even if only one of them runs.
I would pay 14.50 for a babe bee.

yes, that was my feeling too, but then I'm pretty sure that, given a new reed, gaskets etc. the other one will run too, it's trying but just dies off after a few seconds. In addition I got a muffler and other usable bits off the third, I'm happy enough!

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