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Author Topic: New Stirling Engine that needed repairs and a fresh coat of paint  (Read 685 times)

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Ok whats the burner do for it thats under the piston? Also what purpose is the tank for in the middle?

Runs really nice.

Steve



Hey Steve, if you mean that little copper tube with the wick, it's a what the builder calls a "Cold Start Wick". You light the main wick and insert it into
 the heat chamber, then light the CSW. It all starts going a lot faster using it. Once it's running, blow it out. The tank in middle? If you're talking about the one on the post with a cap on one end and a spring loaded wingnut on the other, it's an oiler. Right below that wingnut is a tube over a hole in the
power cylinder. Wingnut thing is the adjuster for oil drip. It's probably just more crap to go wrong, it look's pretty good.
Tommy

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