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Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 11068 Location: Friendship Indiana, USA
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: Bowman M158
I have a few more adjustments to make, the Safety Valve now has a Teflon washer in it and I need to adjust the tension on the cylinder spring I think. However, I managed to run it till it went dry, I need to watch that with this burner, and it ran smoothly. This is about the quietest engine I have, and I think I will get it going just a bit faster once all of the very minir things are taken care of. I just made a journey across the ocean and all, si I suspect that it was jostled around a little bit.
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Joined: 03 Nov 2007 Posts: 8433 Location: Bournemouth, Dorset.
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 10:24 pm Post subject:
Very nice John, and as that is not the original burner you will have to careful. I would put less meths in and so work it out from there, but you already know that. _________________ Les - Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.
Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 11068 Location: Friendship Indiana, USA
Posted: Sat May 17, 2008 10:33 pm Post subject:
It is considerably smaller than the M135, and as I said, it seems a bit anemic and needs a bit of tinkering to get it up to speed. _________________ Your life is an occasion...Rise to it
Joined: 06 Sep 2007 Posts: 11068 Location: Friendship Indiana, USA
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 10:02 pm Post subject:
LOL the Dekal disintegrated when Meths came in contact with it.
The Steam Dome was leaking badly and I had not noticed before because the chimney was covering it. I resoldered it and that helped a lot. There was also some dried up oil in the exhaust that was restricting it and that kind of blew out under pressure luckily it hit something easy to clean off, It now runs faster.
I filled it with water to where it came out the overflow, then tilted the engine to drain a small amount more out. I then filled the burner and fired it. After 20 minutes of decent running I was starting to panic as I do not want to run it dry, so I pulled the burner out. There was still about a third of the boiler full! Bowman advertised them as being able to run 25 minutes, and I do believe this one could surpass the half hour mark if I was brave enough to try it. _________________ Your life is an occasion...Rise to it
Joined: 03 Nov 2007 Posts: 8433 Location: Bournemouth, Dorset.
Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 10:15 pm Post subject:
Glad to hear you have got it sorted out and it is now running properly again. _________________ Les - Old age isn't so bad when you consider the alternatives.
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