The Weeden N°16 was produced between 1890 and 1915 specially for Sears.
And I had the chance to buy one recently and it arrived today.
first started by oiling everything up and lose the stuck safety valve spring so it would function again .
Always safety first.
But when I did put water in the boiler, it soon became obvious that the water gauge was leaking and the steam pipe between boiler and motor was completely blocked.
So I had to unsolder the pipe from the boiler to be able to push through a thin steel wire to unblock the dirt that was blocking the pipe.
Once that was fixed I turned my attention to the water gauge, carefully unscrewed the fastener nuts, and removed what was left of the old sealer gue that was complete gone.
Made two rubber o-rings and some copper liquid gasket sealer to close that delicate seal.
Problem with a lot of these Weeden engines is that they where so cheap made, and pressed together, that they are very fragile to work on.
Lead was used so when you're restoring a Weeden alway think twice before using heat.
Often with Weeden this can leed to real dilemmas to get them fixed.
The engine I bought still did had its original burner, only the, as Charlie pointed out to me, cork lid that's suppose to be in the filling hole has gone.
Quite dangerous having a cork lid, if you ever have a Weeden burner of that design and you want to use it, always drill a small hole in it, so the upbuild pressure of the heated alcohol can get away.
Otherwise the chance of turning your engine into a fireball is very high.
I set the original burner aside and used my universal gas burner, much safer and easy to control.
Anyway, after fixing its issues run its and made a video of it, enjoy…
Cheers,
Danny
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