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| erikl |
Bowman M122 cleanupSince I'm almost finished with my restoration of the Mamod SE3 G&G (just waiting for a new whistle) I started with the cleanup of my Bowman m122.I've decided not to paint anything, not even the firebox. Let's start with a before pic: 
It's not in very bad shape 
It came apart in quite a lot of bits: 
A lot more bits than a mamod
The cylinders are also quite a lot bigger than the mamod cylinders. Next thing to do is get everything cleaned with brasso (I hope I'm not running out of it) |
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| SPOKESMAN |
Superb engine Erik! | ||||
| Mamodman123 |
That is very very nice Erik! Thats the best original conditon one Ive seen  . Should be a cracker when its finished
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| Griffin |
That is a lovely engine, carn't wait for the finished pics. | ||||
| Steve_S |
That's a great engine Erik... I'm very jealous! 
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| erikl |
The cleanup of this engine is almost complete, but i'm having some dificulties putting it back together again.
I can't seem to get the screws together with the spings on the cylinders. Any tips how to do this? |
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| Mamodman123 |
It's tricky! 3 arms help 
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| James |
You can have my one in a pot, there you go, 3 arms
Great engine mate! |
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| Chris |
TWANG and off they shoot across the room.
Only thing I found that works so far is persistence. Could do with some form of jig to compress the spring while you screw the cylinders on. |
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| MooseMan |
I do it by pulling the spring back onto the pin with my left index finger nail, and then screw the nut on with my right hand. You need strong nails for that though. |
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| SPOKESMAN |
They are tricky to put back Erik - especailly the inside cylinder.
How's the clean up looking? |
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| erikl |
It's starting to look good, almost finisched now (I will post pics when I'm done) I got the little springs on now, with a lot of fidling. They are a lottioghter than with the mamods. |
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| Mamodman123 |
I look forward to seeing the pictures
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| SPOKESMAN |
Yes they are tighter! I found the best way was to get the cylinder port face loosesly screw into the frames and the spring trunnion screwed in tightish and then slide the covers on! |
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| erikl |
I still needed to post the "after" pics:
I've repaired the missing pice to the chiney this way: 
It's a piece of Heat shrink tubing. It doesn't look very beautiful, but it works great! It's got quite a dent in it now, but it gets softer once it's getting hot. |
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| IndianaRog |
Beautiful job of it Erik, you have brass polishing down to an art!!
I liked your shrink tube fitting to the exhaust, that is such useful stuff! |
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| Sandman |
Great job Erik.
Very impressive engine. I need one for my collection. Hope it's as good as yours.
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| Wallace |
Looks great great Erik.
Job well done.  I would be very proud of that 
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| erikl |
Thanks guys, 've kept this engine totaly original (as one of the few originals in my collection )
I've thought about repainting the firebox, but since the rest is original, I figured I'd better keep it like this. |
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| Steve_S |
It looks really good Erik, you've done a fantastic job there! | ||||