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Thanks for sharing the good and bad details here Daniel, and well done on getting that clevis head properly fixed to the rod.

Do you intend to eventually fix the misaligned holes as well?

Probably not Jan ... at least not at this point. There is so much that could be done, but for now I'll just concentrate on what must be done to get this big boy up and running at some reasonable level. Perhaps then I can go back through it and fix some of the more egregious issues that don't necessarily impact its ability to function.

I originally suggested, back before I made the drive to get it, that what I was buying was just a "pig in a poke", and that is exactly what it turns out that I got. I'm actually far ahead of what my postings here show, so I know full well at this point what the big picture is, and it isn't any too pretty. Still, I have faith that it can yet be turned into a decent runner as most of the key machining was likely done by the factory, so it is just the ancillary work that has problems .... for the most part anyway.

In the end, this engine should prove fully capable of all that I will ever ask of it, which won't be much, as I don't have much in the way of providing it with the steam, or even air power, that it truly needs to work properly. I do believe, now that I really know what I have, that I will be happy with this engine, even with all of its obvious problems and poor machining, if for no other reason than I would never likely have parted with the money that an truly good 1/2 hp Sipp should properly bring!

Hey ... if nothing else .... it has a nice paint job!?!?