[SEL] O5 Style Hornsby

[Dave Merchant]

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Dave Merchant

At 01:33 AM 3/25/2011, you wrote:
>Gday to all
>Some time ago, (like 4 or 5 years) I was able to do a deal on a 1905 3.5hp 
>05 style hornsby portable oil engine.  Dad and I completed a 3200 km round 
>trip in 38 hours to Roma in Qld and back.  Well it was 100% seized solid 
>but pretty well complete.  Some considerable damage to the water pump, 
>rotten out bottom of the cooling tower. Well although not quite yet 
>completed I'm very close to trying to start it up for the first time in 
>many years. I spent countless hours getting the engine pulled down. The 
>piston was once again a huge effort just in inself. The bore after 
>cleaning up looks great, piston and rings cleaned up very well and will be 
>used as is. The cooling tower now has a new bum thanks to dad, new plunger 
>for the water pump. Welded up the cast iron bottom end of the water pump 
>and re-alined the water pipes. Cleaned out years of crap from the exhuast 
>port; valve chest and pipe.. One new pare of glasses and 2 black eyes for 
>letting go of the air intake valve while clea!
>  ning it on a wire wheel; (it was not fun and I was pretty lucky to only 
> suffer that with a small chipped bone on my knose) freeing up the side 
> shaft and governing system was a team effort with a good freind. Well it 
> really is starting to look like a neat engine to say the least. Will 
> hopefully find some more spare time in the comming weeks to finish of the 
> feul system and she should be ready to try and fire up.  regards Russell
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Dave Merchant
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