Now in the mood to work on WD/KD 3/4 starters. Nothing like it to develop patience, persistence and profanity. Getting springs wound up almost tight
enough to fit into place and then getting pinched OW! That is part of
putting spring loaded starters together.
On the curious side I swapped tanks and recoil starters around with the result
that alleged KD3 starter in now on a twin tank and a starter I thought was for
a twin actually fitted a single tank. I am not sure what this all means but
at least a couple more motors look more completre. A case of the more you know
the less you understand.
Louis
Just for the sake of the new folks who don't know, The WD3 and WD4 motors with a recoil starter are designated as WD3S and WD4S. Sorry to be a grammer Nazi of sorts.
I have been "down in basement" again this week. I did some measuring of the
center to center distances of a single tank and a twin tank for KD/WD 3S
and KD/WD 4S of both the rewind mounting holes and the tank to motor mounting
holes to see if and how they differ. Several of the measurements are the same or close enough to be hard to distinguish.
However two measurements are different enough to be quick and positive methods
to determine if a tank (rope or rewind type) is for a single or a twin ...the
front mounting studs are 8 plus inches center to center on a twin and 7 plus
inches on a single. The front mounting holes for a twin rewind are 8 plus inces center to center while on a single they are 7 plus inches center to center.
so for either a tank or a rewind 8 plus means twin while 7 plus inches means single...unless and until someone finds an exception. Perhaps a big to do about
not very much except for those of us trying to track down tanks and rewinds.
Louis
