Wow good catch... that's a surprise. Curious to see what you find. I acquired a Fox Hawk not too long ago. Haven't run it yet..probably try it when the temps warm up.
Hi Dave, Good you took off the muffler. Wonder if those shavings were left over from manufacturing. At least the engine will now be clean on the interior, but know you didn't want to have to do it. That Davey System Corporation ad in Clarence Lee's article is only a hop, skip, and jump from my location.
Sorry Dave, but your keen observation saved a new engine from having a short life. Once you clean and reassemble, it will be as new. BTW: I have learned so much watching you disassemble, repair, reassemble, and run so many different engines. Your videos have been informative at the same time enjoyable.
Dave, the stock muffler is quite different in design and nominal noise suppression. I’ve had several Fox engines including the Eagle 60 III Never saw metal shavings. From the video, those look as if they clean and not covered with oil from the factory run. I’m wondering if they ended up in there when a previous owner installed that Potts muffler? As I recall, both engines work best with larger propellers. And not nearly as load when spinning up with a typical size. Great engine!
In the end, I think that’s what happened to Fox, sloppy workmanship issues. I always thought those were cool hot rods of engines. I remember seeing Duke Fox at our swap meets in the late 70s early 80s.
That was a good catch! I think you just saved that neet motor from damage, those fox engines will always have a special place in my heart!
I've never seen one of those David 😮 what a cool engine, I like how it's made up of separate parts, look forward the next video 😊
Wow good catch... that's a surprise. Curious to see what you find.
I acquired a Fox Hawk not too long ago. Haven't run it yet..probably try it when the temps warm up.
That muffler brand was notorious for having aluminum shavings left in from machining...
Interesting. So possibly not Fox’s fault then.
Would love to see how it runs. Metal shavings good catch. Scary.
Hi Dave,
Good you took off the muffler. Wonder if those shavings were left over from manufacturing. At least the engine will now be clean on the interior, but know you didn't want to have to do it. That Davey System Corporation ad in Clarence Lee's article is only a hop, skip, and jump from my location.
Sorry Dave, but your keen observation saved a new engine from having a short life. Once you clean and reassemble, it will be as new. BTW: I have learned so much watching you disassemble, repair, reassemble, and run so many different engines. Your videos have been informative at the same time enjoyable.
Thank you Randy
Dave, the stock muffler is quite different in design and nominal noise suppression. I’ve had several Fox engines including the Eagle 60 III
Never saw metal shavings. From the video, those look as if they clean and not covered with oil from the factory run. I’m wondering if they ended up in there when a previous owner installed that Potts muffler? As I recall, both engines work best with larger propellers. And not nearly as load when spinning up with a typical size. Great engine!
In the end, I think that’s what happened to Fox, sloppy workmanship issues. I always thought those were cool hot rods of engines. I remember seeing Duke Fox at our swap meets in the late 70s early 80s.
Another thing, if ye run this mind yer test stand, this engine will pull a barn