OzzyO
Western Thunderer
Hello all,
for some reason work is progressing slowly, the front of the cylinders folded down and the reducing rings fitted, along with the cylinder rears and the bottom slide-bar. Cleaning out the slots in the cylinder covers took a bit of time but it is well worth taking your time over this.
and from below.
All of the slide-bars now fitted.
From the front you can see a bit of the bars sticking out, I'd rather have it this way than only just long enough.
Testing the cross-heads for fit, these only need a very small amount of fettling to get them running smoothly.
The front cylinder covers, I was not that happy with the marked position for the pressure relief valves so after checking the drawing it worked out that they are approx. 4.5mm from the centre line, the new position was marked out and the old one drilled out to 1.6mm and plugged with some 1/16" N/S.
OzzyO.
for some reason work is progressing slowly, the front of the cylinders folded down and the reducing rings fitted, along with the cylinder rears and the bottom slide-bar. Cleaning out the slots in the cylinder covers took a bit of time but it is well worth taking your time over this.
and from below.
All of the slide-bars now fitted.
From the front you can see a bit of the bars sticking out, I'd rather have it this way than only just long enough.
Testing the cross-heads for fit, these only need a very small amount of fettling to get them running smoothly.
The front cylinder covers, I was not that happy with the marked position for the pressure relief valves so after checking the drawing it worked out that they are approx. 4.5mm from the centre line, the new position was marked out and the old one drilled out to 1.6mm and plugged with some 1/16" N/S.
OzzyO.