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Hi Ove.
Realy nice work! Good to see you are back on track.
Best reg.
CS.
 
Hi Ove...Great to see making progress again !! When you make the conrods...did you just turn the rod by hand around on a pin ? That's what it looks like.
Parts look great !!
Dave
 
HI Dave, Yes I was just holding the rods by hand on a pin.
Never tried that before and I was a little scary but it went fine.
Just be sure to only mill against the mil, not with it.
Ove
 
Hello Ove,
Yea that looks a lot scary !!! Glad you have all your digits after that one !! Not sure how else to do it tho ? Unless you had a R/T.
Thanx again and looking good...
Dave
 
Now it isnt much left to do.
Heads cam and camhousing done.

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You are making a really nice job of this and cant wait to see it run :) which wont be long at the speed you're working at!

Rob. :D
 
Cant wait either to se if it get to live, thats fore I work on it every evening now:)
I waiting for some bronze to the bushes for the pistonrods.
It is not asy to find here around, we have an internet sajt here ho has but I dont pay that Rof} prices.
On the crankshaft I mounted ballbearings instead and the cam goes in brass
bushes now, can make new in bronze later.
R/ Ove
 
Hello Ove,
Did you take any pictures while making the cam shaft ? Did you make it on the lathe or a milling machine ? I am going to make my jugs out of ali with cast iron sleeves like yours. Not sure about how to cut the cam yet !!
Thanx again,
Dave
 
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Hello Ove,
Did you take any pictures while making the cam shaft ? Did you make it on the lathe or a milling machine ? I am going to make my jugs out of ali with cast iron sleeves like yours. Not sure about how to cut the cam yet !!
Thanx again,
Dave

Hi
I maked the cam my own way, right or wrong, mostly wrong but I think it will work.
I first milled one long cam only the low flank and then turned it on lathe off center trying to get a nice flank.
One side looks good but not so good at the other, cut out four nocks and mounted them on shaft with rt and dialclock.
Four nocks dont now whats it called on english but i swedish its nocks.
I used tha drawings of Elias four nock cam not the original.
I locktided them with the best side hitting the lifters first.
I hav not done a cutter for left turning to my boringhead yet so in my hurry I tryed this.
Have to learn and do some better cams to Her.
Have some pics here.
Ove

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Thanx Ove !! Well done...WELL DONE !!!!!
 
Have a day home today with hurting back and cold.
Went down to the garage and have some cosytime with my Hog:)
Had some interference to take care of then I start to put it togheter.
Forkrod take in th flywheel. camshaft struggled a bit, intake manifold to long, but now that is fixed.
Beginner as I am I dont realy get how to timing the cam to crank.:confused:
 
If you align the magnet to TDC on the first cylinder I think it will do then you have the adjuster to the spark
If I translete it right.
Thats my conclution now.:)
 
Congratulations, nothing quite like that first run :rolleyes:

Sounds very smooth, nice low idle, great job.


Regards,

Steve.
 
Fantastic work and beautiful engine. The feeling on the first run must be glorious.
Cannot wait to complete mine!

Cheers,
Giacomo
Ludvika SE
 

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