Mick B1 | 04/08/2018 12:16:37 |
2444 forum posts 139 photos | Whoopee doo! It wasn't that the little inflator didn't have the puff! It was that I should've retarded the timing by about 10 degrees instead of cracking the inlet ports at the deadcentres. Thunk that thought drifting off to sleep last night after another pointless, meandering episode of Dicte on the telly. Carol's delighted that I don't now have to buy an expensive compressor... Anyway, here's a video of it running:-
Edited By Mick B1 on 04/08/2018 12:19:34 Edited By JasonB on 04/08/2018 13:03:28 |
JasonB | 04/08/2018 13:07:18 |
![]() 25215 forum posts 3105 photos 1 articles | That runs nice and slowly, smooth as well even with what is quite a small flywheel. You have done a neat job with the metalwork so leaving bare would certainly be an option, If you decide to paint than I think these early engines look good in a satin black which is not unlike the finish already on the flywheel, gears and base plate. |
Mick B1 | 05/08/2018 10:02:45 |
2444 forum posts 139 photos | Thank you for that. I think I got a bit lucky - there's still a minor tight spot at about 5 o'clock that I think can *just* be noticed in the video, once you know it's there. I'm reluctant to try to fix it in case of creating other issues. When I get to it, I think I might get smoother running from my other engines if I re-examine the timing to see if it's too close to the deadcentres. |
geoff walker 1 | 05/08/2018 13:21:24 |
521 forum posts 217 photos | Nice work Mick, been a good thread this some interesting input Geoff |
Neil Wyatt | 05/08/2018 14:20:30 |
![]() 19226 forum posts 749 photos 86 articles | Nice work indeed. Neil |
Mick B1 | 05/08/2018 19:24:19 |
2444 forum posts 139 photos | Thanks for the kind words. |
Jon Lawes | 05/08/2018 21:12:14 |
![]() 1078 forum posts | What a lovely piece of work, well done. |
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