greenie

[trowel]

heya, new greenie here, found your site while looking for mil. spec. stuff, decided to join, im hoping someone can help me,
im a collector of old iron, engines, and mil. spec things, and have deep roots in the army from family, i have two 2a016-3 military standard engine with the elactronic ignition module, one is a n.o.s., the other is used and is on a tiller, it runs good but has no idle and sounds like it has a slight sporatic miss untill i put the engine under load, i gaped the spark plugs to .025 but it stays, im feeding it ethanol gas which it does not like, when the tiller bounches hard the carberator floods the engine and i have to wait for it to settle, other then that it is a powerfull engine to have on a tiller.
im also looking for history on military standard engines, how it got started, standardized, other uses, and on the 1a08 which i will be getting soon,
any hints, tricks, and convertions i can do to this type of engine is much appreciated,
thank you in advance,
trowel

 

[trowel]

tiller

here is the tiller with the engine,
trowel

 

[glcaines]

Welcome to Steel Soldiers. Nice looking engine. I would recommend moving this to the Auxilliary Equipment forum.

 

[trowel]

move

ok, im new to this, now do i move this thread,
thanks,
trowel

 

[trowel]

nra

thanks for the calie page, im a NRA member, and in conway sportsmen club

 

[Flyingvan911]

I have one of those small engines. I got it a long time ago from Saturn Surplus via E-bay. They are very cool.

 

[wreckerman893]

Welcome to the Green Iron Laughing Accademy.

That is a "killer tiller".

 

[trowel]

2a016

cool, i love it, powerfull, runs smooth, i put a lot of weight on the fround with the 14 gauge dirt shield, needs tine extentions now

 

[blazerboy]

Welcome from South Carolina.

 

[trowel]

tiller

got a 2 gallon fuel tank yesterday, mounted it today, off of a murry ride on mower, the tank strap is cut out of a simi truck mudflap, a few more small things and it's ready for the big garden,
trowel

 

[motomacguyver]

When she's hopping hard, it's normal for her to misfire. Carburetors need gravity to help them work. The Pro Motocross fellow's had some problems for a few years during/after landing big jumps due to this phenomena ( now that I think of it so did the WWII fighter pilots, that's why they always roll over before going against gravity, and leading to the development of fuel injection).

BTW, nice rig. Wish I had one.

 

[RealCavDog]

HEY ! Welcome from The Missouri Ozarks ! Thats a pretty cool piece of equipment !

Looks like the tag "greenie" has a dual purpose !

 

[trowel]

rotary spader

thanks, it worked out well with the 2 cylinder engine convertion, that tiller has seen 3 engines, the last one whent on my plow tractor for winter, i was saving those 2 2a016 engines for the ariens tiller and ariens snowblower with a rotary mower attachment, after plowing/tilling is over before the weeds come, i'll diassemble, re-paint the tiller, then spend the summer using it as a cultivator, i will post pic.s of it set up for cultivating,
i'll post pic.s of the snowblowers engine convertions in the comming weeks,
the n.o.s. 2a016 engine should last me a long time,
trowel

 

[trowel]

progress

here is the 2a016-3 engine on it's new engine mount, before being unbolted and the lower mount welded onto the ariens tractor frame,

 

[trowel]

mower

here it is almost done with my uncles mower deck attatched, i got my own deck but it needs cleaning/freeing up, fuel tank from a ride on mower (murry), will mow heavy wet grass in 2nd speed, 2a016 engine is a very good power unit for a mower, rope starter is on p.t.o.side now on a temp. double pulley untill i make one and a belt gaurd,

 

[Goose2448]

Welcome to SS.