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This Jensen #70 I converted from electrically fired (when the heater failed) to gas/flame fired.

Seeing the mods that Bruce (Saint Paul Steam) always comes up with continuously with his Jensen creations, I reached out to Bruce
and asked exactly the bearings that I needed, lots of PM's back and forth with what to buy and some hints and tricks that Bruce has learnt
along the way, I was all set for my first conversion. And finally the eBay purchased packet of bearings arrived yesterday on the slowest boat from China that ever left Wuhan!

Runs very very smoothly with the axle running in the ball bearings, these Jensen #70's are real steam spitters and those drops are hot....thinking now how to
tackle that exhaust mod.

You've really tuned that one up nicely.

For spit protection I've used a notched and split section of neoprene tubing that just sort of grips the port block and drains down into a .50 cal shell, which then fills up way too soon, but it's a start.

Thanks Nick & Daniel.

Thanks Bruce, I have some more question coming your way mate about the next Jensen mod.