The flywheels being removed.
Here you can see the high tension adaptor.
The angle plate was for a high tension trip magneto.
This is the fuel pump which is driven off the bottom of the
exhaust rocker.
A view up the crankcase with the crank and piston removed
Here the broken governor can be seen.
It is broken to the right and just below the detent latch.
Here (on a 7hp R&V) you can see what is missing off
my engine. It is possible the governor parts off a smaller engine may fit
my 12hp.
The highlighted
pieces are missing off the kerosene attachment but should not be too hard
to fabricate.
This shows
the magneto setup for my engine. I am missing the magneto, gear, and bracket.
Here are the flywheels sitting (on the trailer) in my
yard. For a size reference the 'small' flywheel is off a 2hp Buzacott (copy
of a Fuller and Johnson type N).
The crankshaft.
The pushrod and rocker. Note the ignitor trip to the right.
The piston and conrod. The small piston is out of a 2hp
Buzacott.
The head
showing the valves and the large kerosene attachment muffler.
The fuel
pump.
In January 2001 I started stripping the paint off the engine, by hand. I am hoping to get the engine finished in time for our club's rally in September.
Separating
the crankcase from the base. The bolts had to be cut of by using a hacksaw
through the gap between the two sections. The protruding sections were then
ground off and the holes redrilled. The base fuel tank had a lot of sludge
in it consisting of mud, oil, kerosene, and decomposing vegetation.
The engine
in pieces.
The hopper
showing traces of original paint.
The front
of the crankcase.
The engine base.
To the right is the hole where the fuel pump is attached. Again traces of
the original green can be seen.
The inside
of the hopper showing the rust. This is after I had removed a bucket load
of muck!
The head and exhaust with the air pre-heat removed and sitting
to the bottom left of the picture.
Another
view of the air pre-heat section of the exhaust.
Muffler
end plate.
The governor built by Reg Ingold using weights purchased
from Starbolt, the remaining original mount and detent, and using the governor
of a 7hp engine as a pattern. A fine job, solving the biggest problem of
the restoration.
Here is
the base and the crank-case in undercoat.
The exhaust
cam and gear.
Part 15GL
- a main bearing cap.
Part of
the fuel line. Note the original filler cap.
The ignitor
trip.
Here I have
started to strip the flywheels. Not the machined out counterweight area
between the two lower spokes. The gear seen on the crankshaft is the cam-drive
gear.
This is the
other flywheel before stripping. The gear on this side is to drive the magneto.
On the 24th
& 25th June 2001 the flywheels were given a third coat of Forest Green
paint and the crankcase received its first coat of paint.