it is a well known fact that the petters sold from the west coast have a well earned reputation for running away,leaking oil and fuel and almost anything else that can break or fall off/as an owner of one I can voice my openion of them///the one bad part is they were sold even when it was determened that they were dangerous/// after owning one for 3 years and with the promise to my self that I would never sell it and use it only for parts/ I finally solved 2 problems// I modified it so the speed could be controled to some degree and some one wanted to buy it/// after a long discussion with the buyer and many warning ,it changed hands// with a considerable loss on my part// it went to a man who has a reputation as a very skilled mechanic..// believe it or not,we are still friends//I now have 2 petters left but they came out of North Carolina from Mike who has a reputation of sell very high quality engines//I still have 2- 8 hp listers I purchased from him// one in 1999/ many years before the sand issue came up from importing junk///
I have been away from the forum for a few months.been to a lot of engine shows from Florida to Portland Indiana and have not have internet connection at most place so I started leaving my lap top at home//I am behind in a lot of topics so I will try to catch up/ has the one ton concrete block issue been settled yet/ send me an email and I will send you a move of my 8 hp lister running on a drop frame cart mius the concete block and not even shaking the cart//of course it was imported in1999 and is well balance and behaved//
I see the forum has gained a few members but do we keep track of the ones that just slowly fade away/ I wonder how many are still active///as one of the first few members I have seen a lot come and go and a lot were drive off because of their views../of course some had a very short fuse to begin with and it did not take much to upset them///of course we have our share of the (I am always right and you are wrong group)///but all in all ,just a typical group///excpt at time we have had some excellent knowledge appear here//and a fair share of all of the other// sid