Mitch
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third time this week new enginejust rolled in today from spandrew01709 very nice engine
box is a bit tatty but a box is a box 
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pauly
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tatty? thats not tatty thats destroyed! 
Minor looks like a goodun though 
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johnreid
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The box is worth saving though, a tatty box is better than no box.
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Ross
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Nice!
I want to get a mm1!!! to restore!!! they look cool! 
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Dauntless
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very nice mate!
Paul
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Les
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I like that one, very nice indeed. .
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Mitch
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| johnreid wrote: | | The box is worth saving though, a tatty box is better than no box. |
to true mate :wink ive just put a thew bits of tape on the inside to keep it together
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Compound
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Nice one! Had it going yet?
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Mitch
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not yet mate but will do tomorrow
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Wallace
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Neat looking engine
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Atticman
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| Mitch wrote: | | johnreid wrote: | | The box is worth saving though, a tatty box is better than no box. |
to true mate :wink ive just put a thew bits of tape on the inside to keep it together |
Nice engine
I hope not selotape Mitch, its bad news in the long run, goes all cruddy, the gluey stuff gets seperated from the plastic. Thats gluey stuff also goes yellowy as well, makes a real mess 
If its selotape try and get it off fast, you need brown tape that you lick to stick it really mate. Get it from artists shops, or B&Q if you are lucky
If its selotape and it wont come off easily there are ways to get it off without pulling bits of cardboard off but its a fiddle 
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Keith S
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This is the same problem they had with the dead sea scrolls, I kid you not, they used Cellotape to try and stick the parts together at first, now the icky glue has permeated the ancient papyrus, creating more nightmares for the modern restoration crews.
Don't make the same mistake: in 4000 years or so your MM! box might be the only one of its kind left for historians to study; don't $%^& it up with Cellotape.
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spandrew01709
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Re: third time this week new engine | Mitch wrote: | just rolled in today from spandrew01709 very nice engine
box is a bit tatty but a box is a box
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Forgot to mention about the box. glad you like it, enjoyed restoring her back to a nice standard, hope you enjoy
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Mitch
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cheers for the advice guy but the tape i have used is brown licking tape of packing tape as it is other wise non
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johnreid
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Make a stiff box that fits just inside of the box. brings it back to shape and if done right does no harm.
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Mitch
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Re: third time this week new engine | spandrew01709 wrote: | | Mitch wrote: | just rolled in today from spandrew01709 very nice engine
box is a bit tatty but a box is a box
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Forgot to mention about the box. glad you like it, enjoyed restoring her back to a nice standard, hope you enjoy |
well im not gonna do much mate all thats needs doing is ti spin the engine round paint the firebox scrape the exses paint off the flywheel and repaint the green jobs a gooden
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TE1DRIVER
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that's wonderful Mitch a cracking engine.
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jakesm
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well only two this week-my mm2 & just collected sel 1550-all the way from indiana!!!!
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Mitch
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here is some better pics of the new engine and my other mm1
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spandrew01709
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Re: third time this week new engine | Mitch wrote: | | spandrew01709 wrote: | | Mitch wrote: | just rolled in today from spandrew01709 very nice engine
box is a bit tatty but a box is a box
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Forgot to mention about the box. glad you like it, enjoyed restoring her back to a nice standard, hope you enjoy |
well im not gonna do much mate all thats needs doing is ti spin the engine round paint the firebox scrape the exses paint off the flywheel and repaint the green jobs a gooden |
The original mm1's with the small flywheel were all red from what I could tell, even the outsides, only the later models had no paint on the outside. Compare the flywheel sizes to your other mm1's
The firebox paint shouldnt need doing? this was resprayed.
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Mitch
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u can tell an all red flywheel because they were noy macined so they hat the casting lines left in the middle but this flywheel was machined so has no paint on the outside
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spandrew01709
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| Mitch wrote: | | u can tell an all red flywheel because they were noy macined so they hat the casting lines left in the middle but this flywheel was machined so has no paint on the outside |
Are you sure? Could swear it was an all red one. Was when I purchased it anyway, albeit tatty lol
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