Blackstone No Trouble

Painted a few components today.


crankcase in primer

that is a nice shade of green, how many coats were you going to do?

Bronze Green 385 it says on the tin. Thats one coat, so at least one more.

First coat of deep bronze green on the crankcase

looking good , i think once you start getting the top coat on during a restoration it starts taking shape ...

useful trolley by the way , matt

Going back together

going to look really, really good when back together and running! 

going back together slowly

You're cracking
on with it!

The idler gear stud sheared off when I undid it, it looked as though it had been fractured for some time and the head had had impact damage. I machined a new one.

combined fuel and oil pump refitted.

seem too be heading in a direction from a winter fire up if all goes to play them mate
id love a little black stone like yours with  envy
kev

seems like you have been busy today .... oh the joys to have time on your hands to potter with projects .

matt

More progress today
plumbing of the oil and petrol pipes and the flywheels got a coat of paint.
can't see n the pics but mag is back on and all timed up.

looks like it will be a great runner by the time your finished with it! Whats on the trolley in the first pic?

Hi
its a Stuart Turner P5LY generating set
http://tonysimons.me.uk/st.html

starting to look the part now ... not long before its running ?

matt

Hi Matt
Hope so. Quite a bit to do yet regarding cooling. Its got its original 45 gallon tank, but it will take me for ever to fill it at Rallies! Thinking of putting a smaller one inside it so it still looks original.

ahhh i see what you mean .... or make a plate halfway up tank and weld / seal up and on underside cut bottom out and make so angle brackets to attach to the timber with a frame under for support of the water in tank and if pipe not in right place . You could from inside under side of tank make pipe to go into tank from the new bottom ...

get my drift ?

matt

Or I was thinking to secure the other tank inside to displace water

rubythursday wrote:Or I was thinking to secure the other tank inside to displace water

ahh i get you as a kind of water jacket ....

matt

rubythursday wrote:Hi
its a Stuart Turner P5LY generating set
http://tonysimons.me.uk/st.html

Nice!!!!

Yes. The problem is that once the tank is on the box and the thing is on the trailer its quite high, wouldn't go in the garage which would mean unloading it.

Exhaust now on and flywheels keyed up

It's certainly taking shape now, and very nice it's looking too.  Lovely engine that.