oh no not again ... Amanco chore boy

Christ!!! Putting Mohog on a bonfire!! You mad man??????

Villiers wrote:Christ!!! Putting Mohog on a bonfire!! You mad man??????

well i took the open fire out but wish at times i havent .... or use it as kindaling to light the forge  

Il pm you my number in a second .

matt

LOL that will teach you to poke fun of mine

Abes wrote:LOL that will teach you to poke fun of mine

i did think that ... its typical isnt it .... why do in this hobby find so many bodgers ...? cant anyone make something properly !

Oh abes i found somewhere where you can get some small cast iron wheels .

matt

Will see what I can do, ring you sometime soon ol' mate

Small iron wheels from

http://www.bearingboys.co.uk/Cast_Iron_Wheels-1403-c

Villiers wrote:Will see what I can do, ring you sometime soon ol' mate

Small iron wheels from

http://www.bearingboys.co.uk/Cast_Iron_Wheels-1403-c

Cheers rob , oh and the pipe that im using for fuel line is 1/4 outside diameter , as said just try on mobile and i will try and hear lol !

Abes wanted the wheels and thats who i was going to suggest .

matt

Spoked ones I hope lol, don't need solids as picked up 4 sets at work this week

matt86 wrote:

Abes wrote:LOL that will teach you to poke fun of mine

i did think that ... its typical isnt it .... why do in this hobby find so many bodgers ...? cant anyone make something properly !

Oh abes i found somewhere where you can get some small cast iron wheels .

matt

Abes wrote:Spoked ones I hope lol, don't need solids as picked up 4 sets at work this week

matt86 wrote:

Abes wrote:LOL that will teach you to poke fun of mine

i did think that ... its typical isnt it .... why do in this hobby find so many bodgers ...? cant anyone make something properly !

Oh abes i found somewhere where you can get some small cast iron wheels .

matt

Abes the chance of you getting spoked wheels 4 -5 inch diameter is slim to f all mate

looking a bit better after some work with the plane and sander



given it a coat of tung oil as its a darker oil so after a few more coats il mount the engine back on and then get measuring up for the metal work .

matt

LOL I know that's why iam after a pair

matt86 wrote:

Abes wrote:Spoked ones I hope lol, don't need solids as picked up 4 sets at work this week

matt86 wrote:

Abes wrote:LOL that will teach you to poke fun of mine

i did think that ... its typical isnt it .... why do in this hobby find so many bodgers ...? cant anyone make something properly !

Oh abes i found somewhere where you can get some small cast iron wheels .

matt

Abes the chance of you getting spoked wheels 4 -5 inch diameter is slim to f all mate

Abes wrote:LOL I know that's why iam after a pair

matt86 wrote:

Abes wrote:Spoked ones I hope lol, don't need solids as picked up 4 sets at work this week

matt86 wrote:

Abes wrote:LOL that will teach you to poke fun of mine

i did think that ... its typical isnt it .... why do in this hobby find so many bodgers ...? cant anyone make something properly !

Oh abes i found somewhere where you can get some small cast iron wheels .

matt

Abes the chance of you getting spoked wheels 4 -5 inch diameter is slim to f all mate

trust you to be awkward mate !

fuel tank has been now welded with a drain plug , just a hydraulic fitting with a internal 1/4 bsp thread for the plug . Then the other part welded to a square of sheet as the tank is around 0.5 mm thin  

and then welded to the tank .





has to flush it out with white spirit and then shove the hose through and now no orange rust is coming out , so thinking i might add a tank filter on the pickup .

matt

was bored out my head while at home sick today with a badly swollen face so i decided to have a tinker and see if i can get the amanco going as the postman brought me a nice new igniter .

here a video , need to fit a non return valve in the fuel line and build the trolley oh and change the exhaust as im sure it restricting the gasses



matt

Thats one nice sounding engine!

Lewis MacRae wrote:Thats one nice sounding engine!

Thanks Lewis , the next main job is the trolley as said , i gave up on the idea with trying to re use the mahogany , il start from scratch with some oak that i have got .

matt

My one will be good when it's finished. Major hurdle is that it needs a liner.  

Lewis MacRae wrote:My one will be good when it's finished. Major hurdle is that it needs a liner.  

Its not just because its blowing past the rings ?

If so dont worry majority of amanco's blow smoke past the rings as after all how old are they ????

nope had piston out and definitely a liner job not rings infact the rings were pretty good!

Lewis MacRae wrote:nope had piston out and definitely a liner job not rings infact the rings were pretty good!

how badly scored or pitted is it ?

matt

In all honesty I can't remember as it was at a show we took the piston out but I think it was a pretty big one

Lewis MacRae wrote:In all honesty I can't remember as it was at a show we took the piston out but I think it was  a pretty big one

ever thought of seeing if can find another decent secondhand head ??

I can ask a mate of mine who is a amanco nut see what he has done before in that situation ...

matt

[quote="Lewis MacRae"]My one will be good when it's finished. Major hurdle is that it needs a liner.   [/quote]
Do it run?

no it doesn't run unfortunately but i'm going to restore this one this winter

Post a picture of the damage , i recon if its scored that bad you could fill it with white metal or simular .

matt

Lewis MacRae wrote:no it doesn't run unfortunately but i'm going to restore this one this winter  

remember restorating doesnt mean just paint it like quite a few people think .... restoration is mechanically overhaul it and paint it to your finish you like .

matt