Ebay haul with a space bug jr.

shell shock Mon Mar 11, 2013 3:27 am

Man oh man, do I love these late night auctions. Nothing like getting 11 engines for 124$

oh did I mention the Space Bug Jr.?

pkrankow Mon Mar 11, 2013 11:45 am

Good score. I had my eye on that auction. Several interesting looking engines there.

Phil

shell shock Mon Mar 11, 2013 4:02 pm

Thanks man,

I had a feeling that someone from CEF had their eye on this.

Now, my only wish is that the space bug jr isnt one of the non functional engines...

pkrankow Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:12 pm

I didn't bid as it was over my budget already.

Phil

gcb Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:31 pm

shell shock wrote:Thanks man,

I had a feeling that someone from CEF had their eye on this.

Now, my only wish is that the space bug jr isnt one of the non functional engines...

My guess is that the "non-functional" engines are the ones without needles.

George

shell shock Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:10 am

heres hoping to that!

Beer Cheers

gcb Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:37 am

shell shock wrote:heres hoping to that!

The spinner nut on the SBJr is from a rubber tipped spinner. Bernie has the Acorn prop nuts.

The fuel pickup is opposite the needle, so for CL you need to rotate the backplate.

If the glow head is burned out you may have trouble locating the correct one if it still has the small plug. Otherwise, you may need to install a new cylinder and glow head.

Good luck with it.

George

shell shock Tue Mar 12, 2013 4:45 pm

I was sad to read that the jr. does not use the std. glow plug. I would most likely be either putting the jr. on display, or RC

-SS

gcb Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:05 pm

shell shock wrote:I was sad to read that the jr. does not use the std. glow plug. I would most likely be either putting the jr. on display, or RC

The current cylinder will fit on the SB Junior.

George

shell shock Tue Mar 12, 2013 7:08 pm

What cyl. would you recomend? Also, what parts (piston crank ext ext) is compatable with the space bug jr, from lets say a sure start or a babe bee?

**Cribbs74** Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:10 pm

Your SBJ could have either head on it depending on when it was made. If it's a later SBJ then it will have the regular head. Any new standard head will work, but will not be correct.

I say buy an acorn nut and put any old regular thin walled cylinder that takes a new style head on it and use it!

shell shock Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:00 pm

so does this mean i can use a babe bee piston and cyl. in the space bug jr?

Sorry, im just really nervous about this lil engine (it was one of my faves)

**Cribbs74** Tue Mar 12, 2013 10:12 pm

shell shock wrote:so does this mean i can use a babe bee piston and cyl. in the space bug jr?

Sorry, im just really nervous about this lil engine (it was one of my faves)

Yes a single bypass is what it came with. You can use just about any cylinder you want, but only a thin walled #2 will look correct.

Ron

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