Hi,
Well, I made quite a lot of progress yesterday: all the brass/bronze bits have been cleaned and the rusty steel work blackened. The cylinder has been lapped; out of interest its stroke is 1.3/4” and bore 5/8” (46 x 16 mm), the cylinder port faces and valve have been polished. The lagging surprisingly; went back on the cylinder, gaskets were made and the engine was assembled. The parts of the engine went back together quite well the positioning of them on the wooden base took some time, they were first held by wood screws to check alignment, when happy these screws were replaced by screws with nuts. This took some time as the beam had to be removed a few times to allow the base to be drilled. I am not keen on wooden rather than metal bases as the drill holes tend to wander if drilling jigs aren’t used also the wood can contract allowing the parts to become loose at a later date. With all the valve gear connected the engine was turned over using an electric drill, there was no major binding there was a bit of a knock, but the big end bearing is a bit over size, if it irritates me, I will line it. It was getting late and from experience I know that trying to time an engine isn’t sensible; it can be frustrating at the best of times, maybe today?
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Regards Tony.