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Bruce, as usual, your Jensen restoration skills are impeccable. It's always a pleasure to see the results.

Quote from: St Paul Steam on December 21, 2023, 09:47:04 am

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