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Empire B31 Parts - Offer?
« on: August 23, 2022, 01:55:45 pm »
Okay, so I bought this B-31 for parts.  I took the Smoke Stack, the Whistle base, and "short" screw for my B-30.  Not sure if there is any value, it came to me via eBay with the sight holes plugged

Anyone have an offer?  I'd love to offset my buy of this item.  I figure it would be around 20~30 bucks to ship it - though it might fit in one of those USPS Priorty boxes without the smoke stack on.
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Re: Empire B31 Parts - Offer?
« Reply #1 on: August 23, 2022, 04:41:35 pm »
FYI....the solid flywheel and the '2' on the bottom
of the base mark this as the 'early' or first version.
This engine was produced from 1921 to about 1931
according to the 'Empire' tome by Donald Stilson. 
Maybe you should keep it - these older B-31's do not
come up too often.

Wayne
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Re: Empire B31 Parts - Offer?
« Reply #2 on: August 23, 2022, 04:57:12 pm »
Great... though I wouldn't know where to start!  Broken / completely missing sight glass bits , bottom plate, heater and the little power stubbies (plus the bits I raped from it).  It would drive me crazy not getting it correct and I already have a B30, B35, and No 90 that have nearly taken me to the poor house (and I am still begging people for parts)!  As you say, these don't come around offend and getting parts for it are surely going to bankrupt me LOL!

So perhaps someone wants to give it a go and this thing not end up a door stop, I know when I have met my match!  I have a Quality B30 coming in to me, so I would be inclined to put back the smoke stack and the screw and put these two bits back on.  The whistle body I need for my B35.

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Re: Empire B31 Parts - Offer?
« Reply #3 on: August 23, 2022, 06:04:14 pm »
Well, I got the throttle to move, I think the spring is a replacement - it seems way to tight to me.  I also got the plugged sight glass holes cleared out.  The "repair" here was to sweat some brass screws into the holes... though the brass fitting need to be chased to clear up the threads and I haven't anything for that.  Not that I have any fittings to put in there!

I feel a rabbit whole coming up for me...
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Re: Empire B31 Parts - Offer?
« Reply #4 on: August 23, 2022, 09:04:57 pm »
Ugh, I posted this in the wrong thread before - silly me.

Listing on hold for now - I am now squarely on the fence about this Engine.  Seems like having a B30, B31, and a B35 would make a nice trifecta (then little poor of No 90 out there for the heck of it).
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