[SEL] Pin Hole In The Hopper

[Rex Hinz]

Thanks Chuck ;

    After a little probing I found a Frost crack like you mentioned , It has
been repaired with some braze and the braze has a small pin hole , I will
try the screw trick and go from there , I want to show it at the Badger show
in Baraboo Wi. in a couple weeks I have run it quite some time with the leak
with no problem so I may wait till after the show and then maybe see if it
needs a sleeve , sorry I missunderstood you on the chaukboard my appoligies
and excuse my spelling , I only put in 7 years of school and most of them
were in first grade  ;-))

Thanks
Rex Hinz
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Balyeat" <kerogas at the-i.net>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 6:13 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Pin Hole In The Hopper


> man , that turned into a thesis , sorry , just waiting for my ride ;-)
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> >   Need some Pro advice , My 1-1/2 Simplicity has a pin hole in the cyl.
> and
> > I get a small tail of bubbles in the water hopper under compression , as
> far
> > as I can see no water is getting into the cylinder while running or at
> rest
> > , the engine runs great but am I going to harm the engine by running it
or
> > does it need a fix ?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
> water in the cyl will eventually stick the rings so you'll probly dump the
> water
> and run her dry  before you set her up . thats a pain sorta
> a few drops of water in the wrong placeon the plug/ignitor inside the conm
> chamber will
>  make the ignition get weird on ya too .
>  Normally on very hot days with 20 people watching you fail to start it .
I
> had a Nelson like that
> finally had to braze it . 6 inch frost crack
>
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>  I hope this is not a dumb question that is messing up
> > another perfectly clean chaukboard , will JB weld fix it ?
> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
>  if it is accessible , I'd say some epoxy and a sheet metal screw would do
> wonders .
> You will have to sandblast or grind as it wont stick for too long
> I say a screw  as the resulting explosions will be trying to push the
epoxy
> out like a zit
> and if it stays stuck , then it worked , otherwise .......
> If it is on the bottom and you cant get at it from the water jacket
> AND it is above the area that the rings ride ,one from the inside would be
> the ticket
> Maybe a wee machine  bolt with the threads beat over the nut would feel
> safer .
> If it rotted all the way throughyou know the cylinder has got to be pretty
> thin
> elsewhere too . Like an old gas tank . "made of lace " It would be nice to
> take the head off
> so you could put a finger on each side and get a feel for what is left to
> work with .
> All you need to make the head gasket is a ball pien hammer , so jump in
> and so greasy you cant take pictures.Stick the  point of your pocket knife
> in
> the hole , scrape it around and see how big it gets and choose a short
screw
> , grind it  off if its
> too long . The chicks will think you are a genius !
>
> As per  the chalkboard , I meant the math required to figure out a proper
> gov spring  . None required . I trust she is set nice now , or she
wouldn't
> be blowing bubbles ?
> Quite a feeling aye ? Most empowering too .
> SEL is a giant never ending piece of scratch paper,so scribble on Bro !
>
>
> Chuck  Balyeat
> On the Nueces , Texas
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