Which Stuart engine is this

IT GOES,I'v run the engine for about 1/2 hr, it needs about 40psi, its a little stiff as yet. I now need to link up the govenor. I might then look at the feed pump, although its not going to be doing anything. Thank everyone, it looks a lot better than it did, and the wheels go round. I used some Green enamel thats been lying around the workshop for many years, and the black is satin aerosol spray, It looks ok to me, hope the owner likes it cause thats what hes got.

It sure uses a bit of air to run it, my compressor can only just keep up, that will improve as the engine gets run in. Ian S C

Got the engine down to running on 15psi now. Running it this morning, and PING, the vertical shaft on the govenor snapped off at the bottom end of the thread at the top "B****R", did'nt have a 7BA die to thead a new shaft, so I made a new shaft to the top of the larger dia, then drilled a hole in the end, and Loctited a bit of bike spoke in the top, I think it will work better than before. The broken bit looks as if it had been bent, and straightened. Ian S C

Good show Ian!

How about a snap or two of the finished project?

Norman

Norman, I'll have a go in the next day or so, it looks a little better tn it did when I first got it, it will be hard to let it go, but it will be on display at a private museum about 100m down the road from me, so it won't be too bad. Ian S C

Good stuff Ian, let's see those pics!

Neil

Edited By Ian S C on 06/12/2012 13:02:01

Well done Ian

Good pics too.

You have certainly managed to breathe some life back into this little engine. Yes I guess it is sad to let it go after all your efforts but. if it's only 100m away, you can always visit - and it will free up just a little space in the workshop!

Now then - what's the next project I wonder?

Regards

Norman

Edited By NJH on 06/12/2012 13:38:10

That looks much better than your original picture. Leaving the patina on the bare metal means it still looks old - a complete polish for 'showroom finish' would not have looked right.

Neil

(I wish I could work the spile chicken properly)

Edited By Stub Mandrel on 06/12/2012 20:05:02

I was just wondering, how big would a boiler need to be to run an S9, I should imagine it would be a fair size just going by the amount of air it requires. If I can say how big to the owner, it might stop him from wanting one, I'm not building it. Ian S C

Just a bit more to the above entry, spoke to the owner this evening, and he said that a scrap merchant got down on the boiler that went with this engine. If the engine was any indication of the quality of the boiler, it's proberbly best the scrappy got there first. Ian S C

Here's a look at the governor