[SEL] Good Engine Day!

[Richard Strobel]

Congrat's Mike!!! Oh what a feelin'

RickinMt.





----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Michael Tucker" <mtucker at uky.edu>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Saturday, November 19, 2005 6:55 PM
Subject: [SEL] Good Engine Day!


> Howdy all,
> 
> Today turned out to be a good engine day!  It's taken a while to get 
> to this point because of life and waiting on parts but after 
> straightening up the ring grooves, putting in new custom rings, a new 
> intake valve, a re-grind of the intake valve seat and some heavy duty 
> head gasket material from Chuck Balyeat my 4 hp, screen cooled 
> Osborne/Famous now has LOTS of compression.  I think that it's been a 
> LONG time since she ran but today, using rubber bands on the governor 
> weights, pouring gas into the mixer and a conversation about igniters 
> with Dr. Dave, she finally chuffed to life!  With a LOT of details to 
> fill in and a LOT of tweaking to go she settled in to about 110 rpm 
> and about 12 revolutions between hits!  Now the focus will shift to 
> getting the buzz saw rig ready.  Ah........ life is GREAT!
> 
> See ya',
> Mike
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