[SEL] O5 Style Hornsby

[Alan]

Before and after pix?????
Alan in Michigan

--- On Fri, 3/25/11, rdhaskell at juno.com <rdhaskell at juno.com> wrote:


From: rdhaskell at juno.com <rdhaskell at juno.com>
Subject: Re: [SEL] O5 Style Hornsby
To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
Date: Friday, March 25, 2011, 2:12 AM


Yes Russell, pictures please.

Ron Haskell
rdhaskell at juno.com
Riverside, California USA
http://picasaweb.google.com/RonHaskell

On Fri, 25 Mar 2011 16:33:44 +1100 Russell <russell at ncable.com.au>
writes:
> 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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