Other weirdos in here are looking at that hand-lettered serial number 045 and sighing...
Strange, looks like a dick contest in reverse, the smaller it is the more one brags about it ?!
Why doesn't it start by ' B ' / Beaverton ? US scopes made it to Europe, but an European scope making it to the US sounds weird / backwards... hell I don't think I ever found out what the '0' plant code corresponded to ?! Was that US then ? But why not use B like all the others ?! I am lost...
Was there ANOTHER manufacturing plant in the US ?!
It's about time I learn about it !
Took over an hour to start the snowblower. Carburator must have been partially gummed up. Yes, there was some fuel so it did not dry out to a hard varnish during storage. Yes, there was stabilizer in the fuel. Yes, it was high octane fuel with no ethanol. Tank was mostly filled with new winter fuel purchased this month.
Not much later, the snowblower found the stick that the dog had been playing with. Okay, actually a 3" diameter firewood log. Yes, shear pins work. It is a PITA to replace a shear pin, especially outside far from the garage.
Finished snow clearing at 9:51pm, then still had to walk the dog...
Now time for
Is it a Tecumseh "Snow King" engine? If yes I pity you. There's a reason they went under and out of business. Their carbs were total crap and even pampered the passages would clog up with the result you experienced.
It looks like you might be bang on. It is a Sears Craftsman with a Tecumseh engine...
So I can assume I did nothing wrong, but I can assume that when I get sufficiently frustrated I will be blowing (pun not intented, but left anyways) the TEA budget on a snowblower.
No, you don't have to buy a new snowblower. But you do have to tear down the carb and clean out all the tiny passages and then rebuild it. I haven't checked but I'll bet there's some utube videos out there showing how it's done.
(Former owner of a Sears Craftsman snowblower with a Tecumseh engine)
No time to play with carburetors for now ... all the advice from a number of you will have to wait until later, when I have spare time
FML, the septic pump is in rotor lock ...
EDIT: I have to go take care of a shitty job...
Why doesn't it start by ' B ' / Beaverton ? US scopes made it to Europe, but an European scope making it to the US sounds weird / backwards... hell I don't think I ever found out what the '0' plant code corresponded to ?! Was that US then ? But why not use B like all the others ?! I am lost...
Was there ANOTHER manufacturing plant in the US ?!
It's about time I learn about it !
The 'B' prefix must have come later - I just looked at a few of my older ones (310, 310A, 506, 531A, 545B, 561A, 575s) and all have straight numeric serial numbers. The 561B has a 'B' prefix, as do the 434 and 465B at a glance. FWIW.
-Pat
That actually looks very good! You should try some $50 bills next?Maybe not that, but might try some BASIC programming. So many GOTOs in those instructions it brought back memories!
HP BASIC is actually kinda fun. I have the full programming manual for my 8566B and for my 8510C. It's interesting to sit down with just that and no search engines and write a program the old fashioned way.
That actually looks very good! You should try some $50 bills next?Maybe not that, but might try some BASIC programming. So many GOTOs in those instructions it brought back memories!
HP BASIC is actually kinda fun. I have the full programming manual for my 8566B and for my 8510C. It's interesting to sit down with just that and no search engines and write a program the old fashioned way.
That means without cut'n'paste from stack exchange?
Up to 10V charging voltage, it takes zero current.
At 11.5V here, it takes about 50mA.
I will leave it like that for a bit see what that does... will it revive it a bit ?
My bet is the 50mA aren't charging anything at all... must be just a DC leakage current due to the severe state of chemical decomposition this battery must be in ?!
This is where I am starting to like my lab coming to shape, though I am nowhere near done at all, not even remotely.
1) Sit your butt on this comfy rolling chair.
2) in an eye blink, roll it to the right, to get to drawer unit.
3) Open relevant drawer
4) marvel at the fact that you have crocodile test leads right there, at your finger tips, easy to get to.
5) close drawer and roll chair back to the left where the lab supply is.
6) marvel at the fact that you can actually SEE the surface of the bench ! No longer covered by a thick entangled layer of various test leads, hand tools and soldering related equipment and supplies, among many other things.
7) in an eye blink, wire up the battery
8 ) sit back and enjoy.
Can't wait for the lab to be fully operational, I am already starting to like it a lot...
Up to 10V charging voltage, it takes zero current.
At 11.5V here, it takes about 50mA.
I will leave it like that for a bit see what that does... will it revive it a bit ?
My bet is the 50mA aren't charging anything at all... must be just a DC leakage current due to the severe state of chemical decomposition this battery must be in ?!
Might be wise not to leave it on something flammable, like that OSB it's sitting on in the photo.
My last sin
Yay, my 'Retro Chip Tester Professional' PCB's arrived today. Will help with testing dubious chips while restoring all this old test gear.
Now to order the parts and go warm up the soldering iron.
https://8bit-museum.de/sonstiges/hardware-projekte/hardware-projekte-chip-tester-english/
Yay, my 'Retro Chip Tester Professional' PCB's arrived today. Will help with testing dubious chips while restoring all this old test gear.
Now to order the parts and go warm up the soldering iron.
https://8bit-museum.de/sonstiges/hardware-projekte/hardware-projekte-chip-tester-english/
Sounds like a useful device indeed... but I can't see pricing on the website ?! How much does it cost ??
Watched the video and I kept wondering why the hell he was saying "wet" "wet "wet" all the time... didn't make sense. Until I realized he must be saying " read" not "wet", and it all started to make sense !
Yay, my 'Retro Chip Tester Professional' PCB's arrived today. Will help with testing dubious chips while restoring all this old test gear.
Now to order the parts and go warm up the soldering iron.
https://8bit-museum.de/sonstiges/hardware-projekte/hardware-projekte-chip-tester-english/