[SEL] Miami Project - Another Hunk of Iron #5

[Michael Young]

Hi Tommy,

congratulations on the completion of a terrific engine project.  I havent
had a look at all the pics yet, but looking forward to some time to look at
the rest of them.

Michael Young

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tommy Turner" <lcjudge at scrtc.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Friday, August 06, 2004 2:31 PM
Subject: [SEL] Miami Project - Another Hunk of Iron #5


>
> Now its time to put it all together.  As I mentioned, what was left of
> the engine had a great deal of original paint.  I didn't have time to do
> a paint job on it so just to keep it from rusting (as new castings do) I
> bought  a couple of cans of satin black spray paint.  The original color
> on the engine was black.  I did this just to keep the rust away.  It
> turned out well enough that I may just leave it as it is.
>
> The photo is poor as the lighting is bad.  Here is a photo of the
> complete engine assembled:
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009203&a=30047007&p=69083036
>
> Here's a shot of the working end of the sideshaft.  You can see the
> governor, fuel injector, intake, etc:
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009203&a=30047007&p=69083039
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> Here's another shot.  You can see the big exhaust valve box at the
> bottom.  Boy, was this a job to machine everything where it would line
> up and fit.  Mostly luck that it fit:
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009203&a=30047007&p=69083040
>
> The big exhaust valve box.  Pretty unique how it works:
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009203&a=30047007&p=69083041
>
> A rear view of the engine.  The paint on the flywheels and base is
> original.  I never cleaned the surface rust off the crank throw but 30
> minutes with some scotchbrite will take care of that:
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009203&a=30047007&p=69083042
>
> This is a repo tag I had made from the original:
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009203&a=30047007&p=69083043
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> A side view of the engine:
> http://albums.photo.epson.com/j/ViewPhoto?u=3009203&a=30047007&p=69083044
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> It was an enjoyable project but I don't know that I will ever tackle
> something this massive again.  I want to again that Jerry Toews for his
> generosity.  I will be bringing his original engine to Portland to
deliver.
>
> Hope I haven't been too long winded.  I had someone ask me a few weeks
> ago how the project was going and I told them I would post photos and
> info when I got a chance.
>
> Tommy Turner
> Magnolia, KY
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