Hey my steamers. Worked on this periodically throughout the day. My goodness are these old engines finicky. Did much exhaust repair through failed & repeated soldering until just right. Now it has no leaks within the exhaust.
I also completely disassembled the engine components entirely to find out why there were tight spots in the flywheel, come to find out a baring spacer that keeps the flywheel stable was binding up against the stanchions.
The thing runs smoother than butter. I can spin the flywheel with my hand and it will revolved for
About 5 seconds before stopping. Until max pressure it now actually has power enough to run the water pump.
I am greatly pleased and this puppy will surely be one of my pride & joy engines.
Here is a photo of WIP along with the engine in full function.
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