I built one of these from LA Services casting kits some time ago and I too couldn't get it running. Flywheels too light (probably) throttle linkage very fussy, valving could be troublesome altogether perhaps made to too small a scale. I havn't come across any successful builds yet but it does...
Hi everyone. I have just got here from our 'Model Engineer' magazine forum here in the UK, this forum was suggested as I am particularly interested in IC and especially open cranks.
I am fairly inexperienced at the technicals but do have a 3.5" Myford ML7 lathe, a Chinese 5.5" with milling head...