Bruce, as usual, your Jensen restoration skills are impeccable. It's always a pleasure to see the results.
I Remove the snout and piston...
If you could share how you do this, I would be grateful. I have an old 25 waiting in the wings, and it was subjected at one time to some very amateur repair attempts:
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It almost looks like they took a vise grip pliers to it. When I restore this engine, I will need to replace that part. Is there a trick to removing it?
Thanks,
Paula
here you go Paula
you will need to make a simple jig (I used 1/4" thick copper, its soft & grippy) with a 1/4" hole with a slot big enough to let the connecting rod pass through, remove cylinder chest from whatever steam plant it is on, if it's on a #25/75 you will have the advantage of the steam chest to use as leverage. the oscillators will need gentle back & forth motion while lifting slightly. I usually mark the snout cap across the cylinder to put them back close to where they were to start with. this trick was learned from Ozsteamdemon.
https://youtu.be/OAg4hj8R8Wc?si=lIco33m5ygymrqof
Many thanks, Bruce! It will be a while before I start on that project, but this information will be very helpful!
Paula
Somehow I missed this Bruce.
You did an amazing job.
Looks awesome. 👍👍
All around good karma. Nice job on the rebuild. Resoldering the
cylinder is beyond me so....
Regarding Jensen and whether they will work on customer's engines,
the following video says.....YES!
https://youtu.be/qRKkcHO4kmsHappy steaming,
Wayne