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Location: Mansfield, MA
Joined: Dec 6, 2005
Points: 120

air compressor help engine swap.
Original Message   Sep 25, 2006 6:23 pm
In my prior post, I was looking for a honda clone engine. however, now I am thinking that I may be able to use a tecumseh h-70 that i have lying around instead. I have an older rol-air compressor. It is basicall just a small engine that has a belt drive to a pump to fill the tanks. The tecumseh will bolt right on and the pulley will line up perfectly. The only issue, is that the compressor has a idle control mechanism that makes the engine idle down when the tank is full and idle up when the tank gets low. If I use the tecumseh rather than the honda engine that was intended, I wont be able to use this. I am not super farmiliar with compressors and I dont know if this would be a very bad thing. Any help would be welcomed and appreciated.

thanks in advance

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70chevrolet


Location: Mansfield, MA
Joined: Dec 6, 2005
Points: 120

Re: air compressor help engine swap.
Reply #1   Sep 25, 2006 6:27 pm
It looks exactly like this one....

nibbler


Joined: Mar 5, 2004
Points: 751

Re: air compressor help engine swap.
Reply #2   Sep 26, 2006 9:28 am
Judging from the size of the tanks you need the automatic throttle. If you try to do it manually then you will probably overcharge the tanks on a regualr basis which is not a good thing..

You can somtimes adjust the height  of the engine by using a mounting plate that is a different  thickness.
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