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Hi Dave Send a mail to Jan Ridders and he will help you. His site is: ridders.nu

I started to build Jan Ridders flame eater Marc in february. And for some days ago I fired it up. It runs good. The only problem is rust. I must clean the engine after every time I've used it. It's no big problem for me, I like to fix with the engines but it can be frustrating when you will show...

Ok, thanks! I will try that Thm:

Hello I'm going to make a loop on a 1 mm spring steel wire. But it's not so simple to make a tight and nice loop. So my question is - is there some good technique to do this?

This is the engine on Ridders site. Click on "Change to English" Then read under "The adjustment of the engine".

Jan Ridders wrote TDP on his site but it's maybe just a misspelling. Where shall an ignition take place? Just before TDC or exactly on TDC or just after TDC?

Hello Can somebody explain to me the Pistons different positions like TDC, TDP and so on. Thanks

It looks great! I'm also trying to build this engine but I can't get it run yet. I think it leaks in the valve. Did you have any problem to get it run?

Maybe this thread can help you? http://www.homemodelenginemachinist.com/showthread.php?t=19942

I've made some steam engines and a flame licker with success and I wanted to do something "heavier" so I decided to build Ridders 4-stroke with rotary valve. I started in september last year and have built in weekends. I started with the sparkplugg and then the cylinder, rotating valve, base...

That was a nice one!

That´s just what I did when I built Elmers #3. It works great Thm: Here's my engine

Thanx! I will try to understand how it works :)

Nice engine! Can you tell me about your ignition system. I'm building jan Ridders 4-stroke with rotating valve and don't know anything about the ignition system.

I wonder if it's an engine like this link. The instructions say there is no piston?