1/3 Scale Austin Seven Engine
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Rob.Barrett
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Hi All,
It's been a while since my last post. Here are some pictures of the distributor. I finished it (apart from cutting the gear) the other day and to my amazement it actually works!
Regards,
Rob
It's been a while since my last post. Here are some pictures of the distributor. I finished it (apart from cutting the gear) the other day and to my amazement it actually works!
Regards,
Rob
Niceonetidy
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Absolutely wonderful
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Great job!
Rob.Barrett
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It's taken a while but here's the camshaft. It's made in bits as the two I made as solids either bent when heat treated or broke when I tried to straighten it after it bent during heat treatment.
Rob
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Hi Rob
Regarding the front camshaft bearing ,It has a vertical hole drilled right through the bearing the lower hole is fed from the oil pump and the top hole takes the locating screw for the bearing. this causes a oil leak that is often blamed on the cylinder joint because the oil runs around the edge of the joint an runs down the rear of the engine .
if you drill the holes separately. and don't drill the top one all the way through so the square headed screw that locates it has not oil pressure under it you will have a good chance of getting an oil tight engine. also take care with the fit of the bearing in the case as oil travels' around the outside of bearing to leak out of the locating screw.
Brian.
Regarding the front camshaft bearing ,It has a vertical hole drilled right through the bearing the lower hole is fed from the oil pump and the top hole takes the locating screw for the bearing. this causes a oil leak that is often blamed on the cylinder joint because the oil runs around the edge of the joint an runs down the rear of the engine .
if you drill the holes separately. and don't drill the top one all the way through so the square headed screw that locates it has not oil pressure under it you will have a good chance of getting an oil tight engine. also take care with the fit of the bearing in the case as oil travels' around the outside of bearing to leak out of the locating screw.
Brian.
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Absolutely beautiful work!
James6605
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Your work is an inspiration mate. Beautiful.
Rob.Barrett
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Hi gbritnell. I cheated on the gear and bought a gear blank from HPC Gears here in the UK and then machined the center to look like it does.
Thanks for the advice Brian, great idea, I'll do just that when I drill / mill the location hole.
Rob
Thanks for the advice Brian, great idea, I'll do just that when I drill / mill the location hole.
Rob
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Here are some pictures of the flywheel and clutch and the crankcase.
Kind regards,
Rob
Kind regards,
Rob
Beautiful work !
Everything looks great..
Everything looks great..
Rob.Barrett
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Been too busy to post anything recently. I've been putting off doing the crankshaft by doing other bits. Here are some pictures.
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This whole project is absolutely beautiful. IE: Saw the distributor, noticed the LUCAS nameplate, saw it was engraved or stamped like an original. The level of detail on the whole build is incredible.
Rob.Barrett, you must have a superhuman (or supernatural?) level of patience and an attention span that is off the scale.
Thank You for sharing this project with us.
--ShopShoe
Rob.Barrett, you must have a superhuman (or supernatural?) level of patience and an attention span that is off the scale.
Thank You for sharing this project with us.
--ShopShoe
Cymro77
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Wow!!
absolutely incredible! Will be following along, 'twill befascinating to see how you achieve electronics and carburation. Are you using CNC?
JC54
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How do you class this scale of expertise? Leonardo, Rembrandt, Isaac Newton, Einstein, Henry Ford,,, Eat your hearts out. Absolutely Brilliant.
