ANOTHER ONE FOR THE SHED

IVE JUST BOUGHT A JAP 5
UNCOMPLEATED RESTORATION from 1940s
i have also dated the E30 villiers/ jap 4/3 it is stamped on tinwork and tank 1964,
the year after jap was ceised trading.

BACK TO THE JAP 5
it has been rebored +20 and new piston shells valves and bearings
it also has a new old stock mag and also had been sent to mag restores for a full check over before fitting to engine
i have been working on it for 2 days disasembling sump off for a flush out ,better safe than sorry
work by previous owner stopped last backend and stood dry sumped so flushed piston out and oiled up ready for when i first fire it up
exhurst looks cast iron build and think its the original ????
have also stripped the carb down for a full clean out and rebuild
looky i did as the fuel float shut off was sat on top of the float
got the governoirs rebuilt and asembled to night and fitted the mag on no hadbook for engine so winged the timing of the mag around 3/16-1/4" before top dead maybe its a little to soon or write before tdc but will find out hopfully before testing
thanks kev

Another interesting engine Kev, sounds as if your not far frpm crank up, let us know how it goes.

Stu.

how do you do it Kev..the shed mush be rammed by now...
mike...

well i have now got in the comunal security doored entrance wx11 lzha and the lzh sat one one trolley as removed the climax pump for rebuilding
just looking out for 2x 1 1/2" leather cup seals to complete again
and then i have 3x villiers 25s stripped down in boxes stacked up and around the jap 4/3 as was shelved util i got a new headgasket
which i now have, so will have to be fitted and dragged back out for a fire up video
hopfully without the blue flames from around the top and bottom studs on head gasket
and a villiers V restored just waiting for owling and tank to be top coated inn better weather
thanks kev

jap 5
i have found a date stamped on cowling and it is 1947
thought i read it wrong so whent surfing and engine number 5c2504s is listed as 1947-48
so tinwork is in fair condiction for age no root at all
not had a spanner in hand today
so aiming for a weekend fire up
FINGERS CROSSED
kev

Hope the weather stays good and you can get them on video for us.

Stu.

if i have another day like today i will be to nackered to do a thing
went off for work at 5 30am and ive just got back home 8 45pm
long day and off again tomorrow and the next 2 weeks
hope i get a offical on the books job from it
sick of the jsa life style
but loads of stationary engine time, to keep me sain ish anyway
kev

Kev....imagine all the tax you will pay..you mite have enough to by another engine....if your lucky..lol..lol..
mike..

id rather be paying tax than being called
"the reason why working people have to pay so much tax
while i sit on my arse watchin the jerramie kial show
there not bothered that since i was 12 yrs old i worked on a farm ,from 16 i also worked nights in a night club then a working mans club
then i stopped working for farmers and ran a pub for 3 yrs then worked in a 4 star hotel as bar and staff manager, then for a window repair company util they whent bust and then 10 yrs solid for my last job until the recievers moved in and closed the company ,also 2 1/2 months before that i work 6 day weeks for £80.00 a week to try and beat the closer ,but the 4 of use that did it, out of 34 staff failed but we tryed.
so all in all 22 years working with only about 4 weeks over all looking for new jobs until now ive been looking for 2 yrs and this is a big chance im taking
at the min but hope i can get a cosha job from it
thanks kev

kev thats how i got my job im in now , in 2010 i was working part time as a caretaker for the council and found that a job was advertised where i am now i applied and got it as a temp then 9 months later im full time best job i have ever had and they pay is reasonable ... there men in there 40's who on less than i am and im only 25 ! Just keep all the good work up , any work is better than no work ! you never know wats around the corner mate .

matt

I wish you all the best in the world for getting a job. It aint easy nowadays but at least you are trying and that gets my respect any time. Good luck
DanBoy

Hope your sorted soon Kev.

Stu.

good luck with the job search mate...its a pain being out of work...
mike..

thanks for the kind words lads
im working my arse off and running circles around 19-22yrs olds
and ive had a good feedback from the bossman from the others
hope its enough to close the deal in the end
thanks kev

Kev you need to slow down mate,your do your self in..
good luck feller..
mike..

just finished for a couple of hrs and then going back again to try and finish of so ive got all sunday to myself and DANBOY
IS POPING OVER FOR A BIT too so this will be the first face on a name from the forum for me
kev

yes its nice to meet face to face..if your lucky he mite even help you with the engines..lol.lol..
mike...

i would welcome advice openly
but i like the challange of doing as much as possable myself
if i cant do it with the forum backing to
the its beyond repair
ive had to break 2 engines down for spares and scrapped the blocks as beyond resonable repair
one was bought just for parts as governor gear poking through the side but gear was fine and is in another engine now
couldnt beleave it was not marked or damaged when its gone through cast iron but its a hardened steel gear not cast iron
so it was a paper stone sissors and gear won
the other the bore was potholed and beyond the rebore tolarances
cant save them all can we
but we all try to
kev

ive stripped the wolseley down and rebuilt it..it was running when i did this,only did it as it was smoking a bit and didn't have a lot of compression,due to rings being worn.it was that bad you didn't need a starting handle to start it..
must have put something in wrong...will start up another thread on this matter...
regards..mike..

mike d wrote:yes its nice to meet face to face..if your lucky he mite even help you with the engines..lol.lol..
mike...

Always willing to help out.... As long as there's a cup of tea on offer!

Dan that what i like to here..always plenty of tea on the go here..even if i have to make it my self...lol.lol..
mike...

mike if we went over to each other to lend a hand
we would need more than a cup of tea a bed for the night too
P.S mike theres no lumps in my matresses or a ladder
so you might get air pressure sickness lol lol
kev

yes Kev your right there..and the mattress is flat..bit gutted really as the mattress cost me a small fortune...lol.lol...
mike....

Mike's the only person I know that has a combination lock on his bed.

Stu.

hold on feller you are letting all my secrets out now.....
mike..