Recent content by Catminer

Before you fault the carburetor check the simple things. Spark, spark plug, compression, valve seating. To check the intake valve hold your finger over the air intake and turn the engine over, if the fuel draws up the clear fuel line and then pushes back in the line on the compression stroke...

Our room is booked, anyone else from Ontario going?

Brian, maybe have a look at the Miller welding website. They used to have very good tutorials on different welding processes including GTAW Peter

Correct, the neg terminal on the coil goes to the points. They are a switch to ground. Don't forget to add a capacitor parallel to this part of the circuit. And the large centre terminal is the high tension lead to the spark plug.

Wayne, a buzz coil will not work with the cam configured as it is. It needs to be a single spark coil. Peter

Moving ahead slowly, some reciprocating parts fitted. Had to rework the crankshaft bearings to move the crankshaft .030" to the right to centre the connecting rod in the piston. Not sure yet where I mismeasured or machined wrong. Peter

Hi Wayne, So far I have failed in finding the drawings and cannot not get a picture of the cam on my engine. I will look some more. This ignition system is for a single spark high tension coil ignition, spark will occur when the points open. The points closed time (dwell) is the little cutout...

Hi Wayne, it's been a lot of years since I built mine but I have the drawings stashed somewhere, I will look for them. I will try to get a picture of the cam also, if possible. The engine is mounted in my version of a hit and miss tractor and it may be difficult to get a picture. Peter

Thanks Pat

Thanks for looking Tim, moving along slowly, hoping to have it running this winter. Still lots of little pieces to go, the connecting rod is causing me lots struggles at the moment.

Haven't posted on here lately (2012) Just a few pictures of a 1/3 scale Galloway that I have been working on for a couple winters. Crankshaft is completed, my first multiple piece crankshaft. Piston, rings, valves, and other small bits completed. Peter

Hi Colin, I'm in Goderich, so not too far away and my daughter and grandchildren live in Woodstock. I've been playing around building engines for twenty years now. Not retired yet, so hard to find much time for hobbies. I have built some Duclos engines and some from casting kits. Currently I...

Thanks Brian Peter

Hi Brian, nice work. What supplier did you source the cast iron from for the cylinder? Peter

I'm west of Stratford, A few hours apart