Hit and Miss engine

[DavidBarkey]

I finished the magneto .. It has spark . Found a few things as per the videos and manuals I found .

[JSinMO]

I finished the magneto .. It has spark . Found a few things as per the videos and manuals I found .

That’s awesome! I’m betting you’ll have this thing running in short order. I watched that video you posted, I like it made me think of all kind of things you could power to display it.

A friend of mine just showed me a hit and miss he picked up. I should have taken a picture of it. I think that one was used as a flower pot by the previous owner. It locked up tight. I think he is going to try and use it for parts.

[DavidBarkey]

The gas tank looked pretty bad in side and had a big solder patch on the bottom of it . So I mounted it in the lathe on the slowest speed with a hand full of nut and evapo-rust and let it go for a while .

Well after few minutes it started leaking out of many spots on the bottom . Sweatted away the solder on one end to see inside better . Not good . It is just soldered galvenized 22 gauge steel with some bungs soldered on , so time to make a new one . But wait I sold my bead roller decades ago when got out of building race cars . PA to the rescue .

And it is on sale . Nothing like the beast I had back then ,but Now I have one . It will do , and is small for easy storage .

[DavidBarkey]

Well got my bead roller . It will do what I need to do for this tank and gives me the ability to make more dies to make other tanks and panels for GTs . By next week I should be starting the tank . I will do my best to take pictures . Working on this engine elbows deep in old greasy dirt and solvents makes it hard to record pics as I go along working alone . our grandson being a teenager is not interested in that rusty old thing . For now anyways . I can tell you that I have gone through all the cam and gears for the valve and magneto timing . Now just trying to get 228 degrees of total timing and then I can make sure the gears are inline as there is no marks, but they do give when the exhaust valve is to open and to close . The intake valve has just a light spring is basically just a one way check valve.

Once I have that then I can set the magneto trip (snap) .

The governor is just weight over spring that trips a lever to keep the exhaust valve open to keep rpm at 600 .

[DavidBarkey]

Setting the timing of the valve and ignition . Took a little trial by error and angle finding , but got them both . Now just need fuel source and it should run .

[DavidBarkey]

Got some headway on the fuel tank .

homemade stamping die

new end cap

end plate made .
now the cylinder body .

quick bending jig

fold over for hook joint

step rollers for the bottom half of the hook joint

piece of flat bar and hammer to get nice clean edge on the hook

both ends ready for hook joint

all parts are ready for the slip roller / pinch hook joint / and roll beads for centre straight and ends for end cap stop .

[Eugen]

Is there anything you can't do Dave? Great skill here, watching and learning.

[DavidBarkey]

Is there anything you can't do Dave? Great skill here, watching and learning.

Thanks Eugen , I am not without my challenges . Reading mostly . Can't read a novel or most books . I can read words and sentences , but can't read a bunch of them and tell you what it means . But if you read it to me I understand most of it until it gets flowery or legal speak , again I get nothing . If it were not for spell check you would not understand what I write .My wife takes care of the all the important reading . My mom always said "my brains are in my hands" . I just don't know enough to know I can't do something , so I just do it until I figure it out . My mom just called me "just plain stubborn". That has been my life as long as I can remember . They say you learn more from your mistakes then from getting right the first time . That being said I should have a degree in fixoligy .
@Eugen Good to here from you , hope you all are well and things are starting to move forward .

[DavidBarkey]

got some more done to the tank.

centre 3/8" beads are for strength where the mounting band sits

2 black sets came with bead roller . silver set home made

1/8" bead on end to hold caps

first leak test , full of water

final leak test , think I finally got it .

leaving tanks over night full of water , will check in morning . fingers crossed .

[Spike188]

Dave is it Mig welded?