Wednesday, December 4, 2019

VIEW/DOWNLOAD THE BTI TIP SHEETS

MOW, MOW YOUR CO2 PROBLEMS AWAY!
Symptoms and good and bad fixes for the older telco engines where the speed adjusting bushing backs off when the engine is running, slowing the engine to a stop.

THAT PESKY BROWN FILLER
The filler nipple on the Brown Jr. and Davis conversions were designed well but become quite persnickity as they age. Here's some ideas and techniques to hopefully get them back to a working state

USING THE SIMPLE POLISHING KIT
If you've ordered a cylinder or filler from me and recieved a polishing kit with it. here's a tip sheet to keep it simple

CO2 SEAL KIT TIPS
Here's some general information/good bathroom reading for working on your CO2 motors, for experienced and novice alike

SERVICING THE TELCO CHARGER
Telco chargers are alright ~ face it, all the chargers can be somewhat finicky - and frustrating. But the Telco one is strong, has a 2mm nozzle so it fits many of the later model engines except the tiny ones, and one came with every engine sold unlike the Browns and Modelas where it had to be purchased seperately; so there is a lot of them out there. But unlike the others, Telco decided to crimp the nozzle on so the seal, ball and seat could not be inspected or replaced. But fear not . . . click on the link below to view the kit 9-T instruction kit


CHANGING THE BROWN CHARGER SEAL
The old aluminum hoop-style CO2 cartridge chargers haven't been made in at least 30 years, and the main neck seals just dry-rot to pieces. Here's a little treatise about the Brown chargers

BUYING CO2 ENGINES ON EBAY
Here's a sheet I made about some things to consider when you buy CO2 motors on EBay. Let's face it, like it or not it's pretty much the only game in town when it comes to where you can buy obselete items
SOME CO2 MOTOR LEAK CHECK TIPS
Has nothing to do with anthropology or Dr. Louis Leakey. How to interpret your Telco's bubble trails during a leak check and some tips to fix.

3 comments:

  1. ALmost impossible to read the text with the dark backgroud

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    1. Thank you Richard, you're right. Setting these things up is a lot harder than it first seems. I'll get to it. Is there anything in particular you'd like to see, are you a CO2 flyer?

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    2. I have several motors (Russian DP-02 & vergroBern) and a foamy kit that came with one. I do rubber indoors and some small RC electric but have not tried to use the CO2 motors yet.

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