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  1. Mechanicboy

    Mastiff lc mason engine REDO .

    Here is the proposal how you can construct a float chamber with a cork to float in petrol.🙂
  2. Mechanicboy

    Stuart #4 Cylinder Port Core Issue

    Measure and correct the errors in the ports that have occurred during casting. Look at the photos that say a lot.
  3. Mechanicboy

    Stuart Triple new build

    Much better to have the 2 part IP eccentric sheave instead the IP sheave with crankshaft in case there is faults with the crankshaft in case bend or twisted. The crankshaft is not so easy to machine straight from the steel bar. My crankshaft is build up of a lot parts and silver steel shaft...
  4. Mechanicboy

    Mastiff lc mason engine REDO .

    Minh-Thanh and folks.. How to find the angle of the template.. Better to use cad program to measure angle.
  5. Mechanicboy

    Machining aluminum crankcases for model airplane engines questions

    It's not necessarily to lap the bearings after boring and reaming the bearings. See at the surfaces is smooth.
  6. Mechanicboy

    Machining aluminum crankcases for model airplane engines questions

    I has build own model engines, all bearings is renamed with adjustable reamer to adapt the crankshaft. Running-in the engine make better than we can do it with the tools. It's oil who is lubricate and keep tight against air leakage and remove heat by friction.
  7. Mechanicboy

    Machining aluminum crankcases for model airplane engines questions

    In the smaller bore and longer, use D- bit reamer after the hole is drilled. The oil in fuel is "sealer" to preventing the false air to be sucked into the crankcase in the two stroke engine via bearing/crankshaft.
  8. Mechanicboy

    Model diesel engine from Pakistan

    Model diesel engine from Pakistan inspired from Ruston Hornsby diesel engine. 😃
  9. Mechanicboy

    CASTING PARTS FROM TIN OR ZINC?

    MAXAC is fault word. It's ZAMAK, zinc alloy, easy to melt and strong near as cast iron. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zamak
  10. Mechanicboy

    Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940

    You can use metal mesh around the glow spiral so pieces do not get into the engine.
  11. Mechanicboy

    Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940

    In the model diesel engine the heated air is better due ether isn't cheap and some countries are the ether not available for buyers. I'm car mechanic since 1993 and know how the diesel engine works. And I had repaired the tractor Massey Ferguson and John Deere where my relatives are farmers.
  12. Mechanicboy

    Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940

    You can use a glow spiralwire inside the pipe connected to the intake manifold to heat the air while starting the engine.
  13. Mechanicboy

    Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940

    You will find this same mode of operation as in the feed pump for diesel pumps and petrol pumps in petrol engines. pump diameter must be larger so it ensures that there is a little overpressure present as long as it is consumed by the engine. pumps less at idle and pumps more at increasing...
  14. Mechanicboy

    Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940

    Here is the better solution. The spring is pumping the fuel into the injection pump, if pressure is enough then the spring is feeding the fuel before the cam is pushing the lever to suck more fuel. The spring is maintained to keep the continuous fuel feeding. The pump piston diameter must be...
  15. Mechanicboy

    Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940

    Find Hansen used compression ratio 20:1 and kerosene with 2% oil to lubricate the injection pump.
  16. Mechanicboy

    Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940

    Kerosene is easy to atomize than diesel oil due difference of the viscosity in kerosene and diesel oil. The gasoline engine can run on kerosene but not so easy to use diesel oil in gasoline engine.
  17. Mechanicboy

    Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940

    In our Norwegian "Sabb" boat diesel engine has a round copper cylinder head gasket with 2 rubber gasket left and right side of the cylinder to lead coolant from cylinder to cylinder head. A inspiration for you?😊
  18. Mechanicboy

    Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940

    You can use soft copper or aluminium ring around the cylinder and the outside to water and oil canals use o- ring.
  19. Mechanicboy

    Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940

    Use shaft of drill (where the chuck is holding the shaft on the drill) or steel pin made from lathe to measure diameter in the hole. Micrometer to measure outer diameter. We can use steel ball with known size to measure hole diameter.
  20. Mechanicboy

    Diesel engine : Kromhout Gardner 4LW 1940

    Stainless steel is not ideal as an injection nozzle needle. Use steel because it is harder than stainless steel and easier to grind until the nozzle needle is tight to the nozzle needle seat. Use the same material for both parts due to thermal expansion, which means that it does not leak in...
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