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Stuart S50 ressurection
« on: August 13, 2019, 09:36:11 pm »
Resurecting an S50 from parts of various engines
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There is damage to the cylinder and mods to both covers as well as heap of stuff to fabricate.
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Plenty to be going on with then!!
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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2019, 12:34:37 am »
I think I have  seen them before .
They look familiar

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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2019, 05:32:03 pm »
I have repaired the cylinder and I have drilled out the sheared off studs
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This is an early bronze cylinder and the threaded holes are 3/32bsw which I will be converting to 7BA.
Piston rod & piston have been made
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The crosshead pivot was seized with rust & gunk so I dismantled. cleaned & reassembled it.
Then a temporary trial fit to make sure every lined up and turned over smoothly.
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There is an alignment issue with the cylinder mounting holes and the base due to these not being from the same engine but I will deal with that at a later date.
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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2019, 06:03:39 pm »
Watching with interest this resto.
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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2019, 06:24:02 pm »
These are nice engines. I'll be watching carefully, and hope that it all works out well for you.
Bob

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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #5 on: August 14, 2019, 11:53:48 pm »
The rear cylinder cover had been modified by a previous owner so I converted it into a front cover and will make a new rear cover.
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Dismantled it then fabricated the new parts as required
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Then a quick assembly just to check.
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Also made the packing gland for thr valve chest while I was at it.
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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #6 on: August 15, 2019, 03:44:58 am »
Made the valve rod, valve and nut.
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Then on to the eccentric rod. I dismantled the engine so I could get the eccentric off to ensure the profile of the brass retaimer/follower was correct.
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I cleaned all parts before reassembly.
Then I turned the rod from 8mm bar which gave me the size at the end needed for the pivot.
Made the pivot block next.
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Then a trial fit up to set the lengths and sizes etc.
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With everything looking good all covers were fitted.
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Then curiosity got the better of me and I gave it a trial run on air. A short, rather poor quality video follows.



I have exhaust3d my current supply of 7BA bolts so there are heaps of air leaks. Also as I have not decided whether to go with o ri gs ,oil grooves or packing, the piston is still a block so there will be blowby.
And I am not wholly comvinced that the timing is right despite the detent for the eccentric lock screw.
Anyhoo it works and there is a lot of fettling, fiddling, and finessing still to do.
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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #7 on: August 15, 2019, 07:35:50 pm »
Coming along nicely. Great fun to watch your resto
Bennydaheeb

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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #8 on: August 16, 2019, 12:54:27 am »
Great to see you have life in it .
Well done on resurrecting the reject parts from here .

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Dennis

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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #9 on: August 16, 2019, 09:09:00 am »
Nice to see it back together and running, great that it has the bronze cylinder and valve chest.
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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #10 on: August 16, 2019, 11:41:46 am »
Certainly inspiring to see this mish-mash of parts being brought together into an operational engine, and a Stuart 50 has long been a favorite of mine as it is a good scale representation of that which made the world go around during the industrial revolution!

Well done on this resurrection and truly hoping it proves to be as good a runner for you as my S50 is for me!
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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #11 on: August 16, 2019, 04:42:15 pm »
Thanks for all the encouraging comments. I am enjoying this project immensely.
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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #12 on: August 25, 2019, 01:04:05 am »
 Nothing more done to the engine but another longer run on air.

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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #13 on: August 25, 2019, 03:13:52 am »
I just read your Restoration Thread.

Some very nice work on this old Stuart S50.

What kind of lathe/milling machine are you using?

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Re: Stuart S50 ressurection
« Reply #14 on: August 25, 2019, 04:28:14 am »
I just read your Restoration Thread.

Some very nice work on this old Stuart S50.

What kind of lathe/milling machine are you using?

Lathe is a small chinese model, as seen on ebay.
No mill, but lots of files and of course drill press, dremel etc.
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