Home › Forum › Ask A Member › RDE-18 powerhead to exhaust plate/gaskets › Re: RDE-18 powerhead to exhaust plate/gaskets
Re: RDE-18 powerhead to exhaust plate/gaskets
Report this post
Quote
Postby Richard A. White » Sun Feb 05, 2017 3:04 pm
Looking for my 2 inch hole saw now…LOL
I am cosmetically as well as mechanically restoring this motor, new seals, pistons, rings, bearings, rebuilt gear case, rebuilt carb, and converted to 12 volt electric start…. It is close to being complete, except I am getting anal in my old age on paint quality Nice detailed looking 25 HP. engine you have there. 1955 and 1956 are my all time favorite big twins. My 25 is electric start excellent original condition. I think the last time I used it was in 1984 and it needed to be gone over at that time. I never really gravitated to it as the 1956 30 HP. was faster so it was used more and took the beating over the years and the 25 was preserved indirectly from the 1/4 ” hole not being enlarged to 2”. It will probably be one of my next engines to do.I think I am lucky and it should have the carbon bottom seal but we shall see. I know this topic is about the 1956 30 HP. but the 1955 25 is so closely related in design I am sure a lot of parts get swapped between them. One thing my friend taught me was do not assume because parts from different years look the same that they are the same. If they have different part numbers for the year of engine they are listed for there is some kind of change that occurred. So you have to do your research.