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 I did a little work on this prior to fall setting in.

Edited By HobbyNut on 26/09/2014 15:52:37

I made a Con rod for a Lister

Bill D, I am still here, and I have moved in the last 6 months, so everything took a back seat for a while. I have now sorted all my workshop stuff and projects, and set up my new mill and lathe. I will be getting back to Emma very soon I expect.

"Then said the magic words and the waste material dropped out"

Sure Jason, you want to share those words?

The Ford Diff was shortened by 37mm each side, it is a 9" with 3.55 gears.

This is how the car looked at 9.00pm last night. The body came back from the paint shop at midday yesterday. I have to get this finished so I can get back to smaller engineering projects!!

This is what I have been up to the last few months.

Nigel, you can use that as an English wheel too. Good job on an essential piece of machinery in the custom fab business.

I had no problem with the 3/8 size threads. I used 3/8-32, but that was just because I misplaced the -40.

Happy New year to all.

My days have been filled with auto body work on my 1930 Model A Ford. 83 year old metal can get gnarled up over the years!! It is all now ready to go to the painters for some Guards Red.(A Porsche Colour)Then comes assembly onto the finished chassis, some wiring, then driving....Then back to model engines, along with a change of houses in the next few months.

I will not have a separate garage at my new address, but there is a large basement. I am thinking of selling my Hercus and the mill-drill and getting a couple of newer/smaller footprint machines. I was considering a Lathe/mill combo, but I have my reservations about them.

Any comments or suggestions?

Not to mention compression and ring life!!

I was reading some info on a MotorBoys site about diesel fuel. Apparently oil is a major part of the fuel for model engines to the tune of 25% oil, 25-30% ether and the rest is parrafin or kero. I have conciously left out the oil because the Lister is a 4 stroke and has its own lubrication system. I am going to mix some new fuel up soon, fit some new rings(again!) and try again to start this thing.

Fingers are crossed.

I agree, I waterjet cut mine, holes and all!!!. I also made a "spider" to set them on so that they were aligned too! I would bet that if lasers, CNC and welding were as advanced as now, back in the late 1800's early 1900's, the rivet manufacturers and iron foundries would have gone out of business.

Just my opinion of course.

Jason, you do nice work...I strive to imitate it.

All I did yesterday was get rid of the Model"A" chassis out of the workshop and into a storage unit, and then clean up the lathe, mill and drill and started sorting out all the drills and bits of stock that had accumulated on the bench, and dropped thru' the foot board.

Those drawings look good. I would like to check them with some I have done also. Looking forward to going further with this with you.

[quote]you're both quite right, I also have had a couple of cars lowered by cutting the springs, and the ride is much harder. This was all the rage in Queensland when the ink on my license was fresh, even though it wrecked the ride of the (street) car by any sensible standards. It was a cheap modification you could do to have your car stand out and look a bit different, hence the appeal at the time![quote/]

Wow, back in '68 I too in NQ lowered my '52 FX like that... the traps were all over me again.

I worked on my 1930 Ford street Rod last night, and removed the fuel pump from my Lister Diesel project...again!

Edited By HobbyNut on 25/10/2013 16:53:19

It is a nice metal model. Jason is right tho' it isn't an accurate "fine"scale model of the real thing. Still impressive. Good job to whomever did it.

I have been picking away on the Lister. The Engine is complete except for 1 Flywheel. It has not run yet because,

1. I could not get the detailed pump and injector to work
2. My cam lobe separation was out by 30d..(has been fixed)
3. the aluminum head , contra piston arrangement wasn't sealing well

I designed and built a new injector and fuel pump as per the "DUX" design. They are built and fitted. The pump needs tweaking still as far as the inlet/outlet ball valves are concerned. A new steel head was made c/w new valves and seat-guide cages. I machined a squish chamber into the head , and eliminated the contra piston idea.

It is all back together and I will work on getting it to run over the winter. I also have my EMMA Victoria to work on, as well as a '30 Ford Cabriolet Rod with my grandson.

I may fit a glow plug to the head to see if that assists in starting.

Edited By HobbyNut on 04/10/2013 18:36:02

This is being built in an amazing fashion. Graham you are a true craftsman and I wish you great success with this. Are you making the drawings available?

I too have grandkids that keep me going on my projects, they are true gifts to us.