Super Mini / XL 1 AO - Projects

[Hoggwood]

Hi folks.  One good thing about social distancing is the time I have found to sift through some saws I have yet to get to.  I pulled a few out and grabbed this '77 Super Mini.  Under the grime it is pretty clean.  Unfortunately the PO ran it on the lean side for a bit.  It will need a new piston at minimum. My experience with the cylinders/plating is that they can take a beating and clean up pretty well.  So, I am hoping that is the case.

Although this may be better asked in a different thread, has anyone had any run time on an AM piston?  Not my first choice, but I happen to have one from a land far, far away and OEM in Canada is long gone. 

I will pull it down this week and investigate.  Go from there and shift the thread if necessary.  

Thanks for any input.

[Hoggwood]

Well, it is a shame that this lower hours saw had a roasted top end.  I cleaned up a lot of transfer from the cylinder.  It remained wounded in the end.  The piston fared even worse.  So, I went and threw the AM piston in it.  Not super impressed, but I knew that going in.  Maybe it will come around after a few tanks but I won't bet on it.  I'll hold out for a decent used top end when someone offers something up for sale. 



  

[Hoggwood]

The end of the golden era of points magnetos.  I enjoy these immensely more than the "blues".  Something that can be worked on and always a fat blue spark.