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Ok folks , I have had another weekend in the shop finishing this up , here are some more photo's

I had an old (age appropriate) cylinder assembly from a Jensen #35 that I used for this #45, it is a 1/2" bore vrs the original 7/16" bore & required much modification, I put in a longer connecting rod shaft (Andy @ Jensen helped me with that) I had to nip the piston down a bit & I made a custom crank head & pin for it.






here is the difference between the 2 shafts



the original heater cracked & a replacement was installed




plenty of modern heat shield mat'l was used, Jensen also helped me with the modern Mica heat shield they use in the belly heaters (brown disc)




A new tag was made, original vrs new tag




I am still waiting for the Nickel platers to get done with the sight blocks & protector plate , but I have "borrowed" a sight glass set up from another engine temporarily & have put at least 2 hrs run time on this engine now , the paint is turning a little off color right at the heat line (like they all do) but otherwise is running very well & I am happy with it so far.