Well, I finally got it running. After being side tracked by numerous other projects, bike rides, etc, I ran out of excuses and got down to brass tacks. It really took a long time and persistence as so many of you have also found, especially on a first engine. I learned a number of things including ensuring that everything was air tight and the importance of the dimensions on the hot cap - especially the thickness of the bottom. Those two things alone made the difference between not running and running. As soon as I figure out how to shrink the size of my mpg4 video files, I'll try to post something on Youtube.
I just about gave up but getting it running has encouraged me to build another one now that I know where the devils are ( in the details, as usual ). I've started a double size Moriya with encouragement and ideas from Orrin Iseminger whose double sized Moriya is also here on the forum.
