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Nah. Ya hafta git that casing off before ya can git to the 'peller.

Don't have access to any such handy steel wedges as you describe, or a way to make them. Maybe a few old sacrificial wood chisels will help as previously suggested. I do have some of those. Hate to wreck that gasket though.

I will keep that in mind. Thanks. I was really hoping to be able to maybe keep that rubber gasket intact/undamaged if I could. Because I understand they're really spendy to replace. I might pound on it some more, see what happens. Even though I already pounded on it some more already.

I want to get this pump body off the coupling to the engine on this old portable fire pump piece of equipment. There's eight nuts I've removed from the studs of the pump body around the flange. There's a rubber gasket between the pump body and the coupling. The pump manufacturer (Darley Co.)...

I removed all eight nuts around the pump body where I'm pointing to in the third picture. I tried rapping sharply and fairly heavily on it with a block of wood and a hammer but it doesn't seem to want to come loose. Not sure if something else is holding it or I just need to hit harder until it...

Ok thanks L.Cheapo. I'll be patient, and gentle, at least. Won't get carried away trying to pry. I'll see what I can decipher in regard to shape of crankshaft with the model number (23AFB) and the type (703525). Apparently no code (that I can find) on the engine info label/plate.

I just now tried removing the four bolts on the coupling flange connecting to the engine housing. The coupling flange then turns nicely, easily, and evenly but doesn't wanna let me pull it out even the slightest smidgen away from the engine housing.

Here's another picture of that old Darley portable fire pump I've been thinking/working/posting on: My question at this point is in regard to going about removing the pump portion from the old model (23A) Briggs engine, so I might run/test the engine (for extended times and higher-end...

hunterguy96 and fhemm20, thanks, very helpful and very cool of you both sharing your expertise/knowledge as you've done for me here. I'll keep ya posted on this business as I progress. hunterguy96, more pics to come, soon, I didn't forget. thanks again

gungatim check it out man. :rocker: Thanks for that particular tip^. I'll be getting back to you regarding further fixes/inquiries, per your offer, stay tuned.

Yep a model 23. Nope haven't yet tried to start it yet, but getting around to giving it a shot very soon I hope. Spent a lot of time recently "cleaning it up" (not apparent by the photo that's for sure) things like carb rebuild and general looking over, de-rusting, etc. At this point I think...

Sure, snap a few pictures of yours too; I'd like to see it. I'm not really sure what/where the "water/primer valve" is on mine (yet). Can't be all that complicated. I'll be taking a closer look at the whole business again tomorrow, and probably take some more pics and try to get it figured...

Great! Thanks shanny19. Big time. :beer:

My intended use for the pump, for one thing, is to pump out a manmade indoor cement-lined pond (no, not a swimming pool). It's fairly large and deep,9 feet at the deepest, a lotta "gallonage" anyway. Gotta pump it out at least annually for cleaning/maintenance. And a few other miscellaneous...

I acquired this old early 60's era W.S. Darley (manufacturer) portable fire pump. I was cleaning it up, looking it over, rebuilt the carb, generally hoping to get it into running condition, maybe getting ready to try a start-up on the thing before long. I have some operating instructions but am...

Okay I'll lubricate the chaser with at least a few drops of oil. I'm fairly certain the engine block on this '92 Accord is aluminum, but haven't a clue (until I might be able to find out for sure somehow) what would be the ideal type of oil to use for that. I do know my repair manual for the...

I'm not worried at all about a load of thread coming out. Fortunately do not have such issue. Ok. I get it. That's what I understand. And I guess the idea of putting grease in the grooves is to catch any "shavings", but I don't expect much in the way of anything except soft shavings/particles...

Yeah thanks for that reply Jagmandave. Makes sense to me to just do what you say, not bother with using grease on the chaser, and just blow any loose dry carbon flakes/particles or whatever right back out the spark plug hole with an air gun. I'll do just as you suggest in that regard. In...

How much of a "dab" works best? The (three) slots in the chaser I bought are fairly deep. Should I pretty much pack/fill the grease into each slot, or just try to fill the slots halfway or so full of the dab of grease? Also, I have some regular wheel bearing grease; will that kind of grease be...

Still hoping for any comment/suggestions in regard to my previous post here. (Ah, maybe never mind. I need to probably get my hands on something like this: http://www.northernautoparts.com/part/bl-spb )