![]() ![]() I said "top dead center." My uncle said set the firing just before TDC. I called my uncle who'd run a garage for 50 years. She's hit but just not enough to keep going. I'd been out in the shop, hot summer time in Memphis with 90+% humidity trying to get her running. ![]() Wife was in Medical Assistant school at the time. Honed the cylinders and put her together. The inside of the cyliner was pitted from rust I sanded and slicked the pits with J.B. If this worked it would be well worth it. Or, he could turn down a couple of diesel valves and cut them to length for $90 and install new iron sleeves total including new piston rings. The man offered to order new valves for about $90 a piece. I was then instructed to take the head to a local head shop here in Memphis. This was brazed by a flywheeler with the skills to do so. The head was busted as water was left in the water jacket and froze. I restored my grandfather's Fairbanks Morse 7 HP 350 RPM. If you know the crank bearings are free, you can use the flywheel to try to break loose the piston, but you should remove the head and valve pushron assembly first. Find a wooden post that is about the same size as the cylinder (make it fit real close) make sure that the end will put pressure on the outside of the piston rather than the center. When you get to the piston, tip the engine up so that the rust reaper can run around the piston and get to the rings. Since you are going to completely dissasemble it anyway, it would be better to do so before trying to break loose the individual parts. There are several places that could be stuck-valves, bearings, and rings/piston. I always had valves made at a machine shop from burned truck valves that could be cut down to fit.Īs far as being seized, use patience and 'rust reaper'. There used to be a place that rebuilt Wico mags also although yours may work with some cleaning up if it's been stored inside. Jeff's friend Harold can give you the website where you can purchase drip oilers, rings, decals etc. Yours appears to be in good shape and you shouldn't have any trouble restoring it to new condition. I have one that came off of a concrete mixer and there were little chunks of conccrete that had to be chipped off of it before restoration Those engines were used to power all sorts of belt driven equipment before electricity was available. ![]()
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