Office of Steam Forum for Model & Toy Steam Gas & Hot Air Engines

I’ve told them I posted here, and made a YouTube video explaining all of it, that only goes away when they unwind this mess.  I absolutely want proper instructions.  It’s a plain bearing engine with a separate sump for the gear case, along with the (self explanatory) Briggs type main oil sump, that is impossible to overfill if the engine is level.  The gear case is another story.  I’d like viscosity and quantity info.  The ignition also needs instructions, as it somehow merges with the existing exposed breaker system, and not an imbedded magnet as we have come to expect. How exactly they do that, and what type batteries are used is unknown.  They don’t show a battery box, but mention a lithium 2s, whatever that is.

All their halfarsery aside, the cnc work and powder coat looks really nice.  They’ve deviated from ETW’s design some, perhaps improved the spark plug location, and the exhaust looks ok for a stationary setup as most will use it.

I assembled what I could today.  I only ran into a bit of an issue with powder coat debris in the m2 threaded screw holes for the water fittings. A spare screw cut with a dremel in a shape like a chaser tap cleared the debris, SLOWLY, but not before I lost one factory screw, lol.  Luckily I had something on hand.

Otherwise it seems ok, best I can tell.  It’s got good compression, and the valve lifters appear decently adjusted.

I note from their video and other whippet engine videos, the carb seems to be designed for gravity or siphon feed, the tank above carb height, with the ,needle valve doubling as fuel shutoff (he opens it before starting the engine). Not sure it’d pull gas uphill at all. With that in mind I’m going to do a brass, horizontal cylinder tank with gravity feed, and a simple shutoff so I don’t have to mess with the carb needle all the time.

Of course I didn’t have the right size gasoline friendly fuel line, so that’s on the way.  Still sweating the oil pan availability. If he can’t lay hands on one, it’s going back, obviously.