Member postings for Jon Lawes

I dunno but its a fun game to take a stab! Cosworth HB? Judd?

I'm glad it was of interest even if it didn't help!

I would wholeheartedly disagree with your opinion there. I've had Volvos on and off for twenty years and they have been excellent (when I've gone off piste to other brands I've regretted it). Maybe a slight dip in the ford years, but the cars they are putting out now are class leading. I recently had an XC40 written off (due to a stupid error on my part) and couldn't find anything else even close to the quality, so I've ordered another. Chinese backed or otherwise, you don't get Car of the Year for pumping out kinder eggs.

I don't know if it helps much, but it's quite a nice little read anyway. A friend collects engines along these lines and shows his collection on the page linked below, maybe you can find something that matches. The site is called Al'sPCs but I promise its talking about steam engines!

AlsPCs

My first thought was battery too. A lot of modern vehicle electrical systems are very intolerant of the high and low bus voltages that a failing battery can cause. The high voltage is usually due to the alternator trying to compensate for the failing battery.

I use a spit connected to the buffer beams. It has saved a huge amount of time and effort and allows for quicker servicing and inspection to find out what is working loose...

Apparently if you do use Cola for anything using a diet variant drastically reduces the stickiness and doesn't detract from the effect (which in this case appears to have been minimal...)

The body casting looks very similar to the early stuart MTB engines, but with a different head. Looks a bit like a Star?

http://stuartturnersteam.com/Marine/MAR/MAR.html

Thank you, I suspect I will be able to find a source. Duralac does ring a bell.

Ah I remember it, I can't remember what it was officially called but I think we called it "goat sh*t".

Thanks, thats a good idea.

I've just finished making the mild steel tyres which on the 2" Burrell I'm building will be riveted to the aluminium front wheel rims using iron rivets. This seems like a lot of dissimilar metals so I thought about using something like Upol etch primer on both surfaces before bringing them together.

Is this overkill or am I worrying about nothing? Is there a better product you can recommend?

Thanks,

Jon.

Better to spend the extra and be wrong than not spend it and be wrong....

Agree, have you any further info? I'm a mediocre model engineer so the complexity will dictate my ability to assist!

I don't, but apparently the hylomar blue is good up to 250C. I've had such good results with the loctite I'll stick with that.

After waiting for some Bisley 10 drawer cabinets to come in second hand on the auction sites I gave up and used the same site to buy one new from Rymans. £90, but I've yet to find anything better suited to metal stock.

When it turned up it had a dent in the side, of worry if it was going in an office but a purely cosmetic issue for my workshop. I pointed that out to them and they refunded me £15, making it about the same price they go for second hand (but posted!).

The small batteries used in Emergency exit lights or computer UPS systems are ideal; half the size of a car battery but often have plenty of capacity even when thrown out for being past a certain age (they are lifed components). If you are anywhere near me in the SW of the UK I might even have a spare you can have.

Nigel uses the same techniques I use regarding Loctite 542 and the skimmed washers. I'm not quite the engineer he is, so I just usually pick the closest oversized one and skim it down on emery cloth. I do the calculation to select the washer though, I'm not all guesswork.

I don't think there is anything wrong with that Bill. I sometimes look at some of the ancillary parts we need to run a locomotive (such as riding trucks) and think "rather than making this I could be making something I WANT to make" and just buy one. I only tend to make things if they are unaffordable or the ones on the market are not fit for purpose. After all, most of us are doing this for fun!

Fantastic. Good find.

Stefan Gotteswinter is a really cracking engineer, I do enjoy seeing his work.