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steamgranny
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| Steve_S wrote: | | I'm not sure whether the piston groove was intended to be an oil retainer, or for packing with thread. It certainly seems to work well with packing though. I'm also not sure about the two brass eyelets, unless they have something to do with the two bolts that hold the brass engine block to the red frame. On mine there are two small washers on those bolts, but I can't remember whether they are original, or something that just seemed a good idea to me at the time! |
Those little bolts certainly didn't have visible washers on mine & is probably only place those tiny eyelets will fit & remain barely detectable when taking apart. Will give it a try when I next dismantle. Thanks |
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Wallace
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tmuir
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Location: Western Australia
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Looks good SG.
I got an SE3 a while back that was very badly rusted and seized and needed a lot of work to get going but is now probably one of my favourites due to the work I had to put into it.
Restoring a dead engine back to life has to be one of the best parts of this hobby.
Well done.
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MooseMan
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I like that very, very much! Bravo! 
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John Chapman
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| Posted: Sat Jun 30, 2007 2:11 pm Post subject: |
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| That is a brilliant job. Congratulations on bringing a super engine back to life. |
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