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- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:13 am
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 23
- Views: 453
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
And BMW used to specify that the flywheel bolts were "use once and throw away". Most of us did not...except maybe the racers... Any time I removed the clutch and flywheel from my race car’s engine, I replaced the fasteners. Take it from me: there’s nothing quite as exciting as have the c...
- Tue Mar 26, 2024 10:07 am
- Forum: The Photo Album
- Topic: tractor engine top end rebuild
- Replies: 23
- Views: 453
Re: tractor engine top end rebuild
At the bottom of each cylinder where it rests on the block, there is a thin steel shim or two as required to get the correct piston height. Well, cylinder height really. One is 0.5mm thick and I had to use another of 0.25mm on each. No sealant, no rubber, nada. How this keeps the oil inside is a my...
- Tue Mar 19, 2024 2:17 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: USA Trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas
- Replies: 17
- Views: 818
Re: USA Trip from San Francisco to Las Vegas
Greg_Lewis wrote: ↑Tue Mar 19, 2024 10:46 amA detour over to Virginia City will take you to the Virginia and Truckee railroad.
Aside from the railroad aspect, Virginia City (Nevada) is historically interesting from a Wild West perspective.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:51 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Completed Locomotive Stand
- Replies: 6
- Views: 445
Re: Completed Locomotive Stand
Nice job. Looks as though it could almost support a full-sized Northern, or at least an EMD SW1000.
- Mon Mar 18, 2024 3:48 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Quick update tomorrow (3/19)
- Replies: 4
- Views: 514
Re: Quick update tomorrow (3/19)
On 3/19, you may notice the site up and down a bit. “Up and down a bit”—these days, that sounds a lot like me, but instead of “a bit,” it’s “a lot,” especially the “down” part. :D It is time to update our security certificate. Yeah, now it’s an annual thing. It used to be once you had acquired an...
- Sat Mar 16, 2024 3:35 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New hobbyist waterjet cutter being offered
- Replies: 12
- Views: 429
Re: New hobbyist waterjet cutter being offered
Bill Shields wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2024 7:23 amThink I will spend my $ with the local shop to get this work done.
Same here. The shop with which I deal does excellent work at reasonable prices. I can get tons of cutting done for $5000—and when the machine breaks down, I won’t be the one paying to have it repaired.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:12 pm
- Forum: General Discussion
- Topic: New hobbyist waterjet cutter being offered
- Replies: 12
- Views: 429
Re: New hobbyist waterjet cutter being offered
Gee! It’s only $5000. I think I’ll order two, just in case one of them breaks.
- Fri Mar 15, 2024 9:08 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Ed Woodings
- Replies: 11
- Views: 4205
Re: Ed Woodings
steveleatherman wrote: ↑Fri Mar 15, 2024 5:43 pm Below are two photos from Ron Shupard's photo collection I recently inherited...
That is one sharp-looking engine. A real work of art!
- Thu Mar 14, 2024 5:21 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Rail Bender
- Replies: 36
- Views: 1653
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 9:49 pm
- Forum: Gunsmithing
- Topic: Brake Make
- Replies: 5
- Views: 302
- Sat Mar 09, 2024 4:17 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: My first engine, finished!
- Replies: 18
- Views: 1374
Re: My first engine, finished!
Very cool. Of course, when you finally run it, it will be very hot.
- Tue Mar 05, 2024 3:00 pm
- Forum: Live Steam
- Topic: Joining rail on track
- Replies: 6
- Views: 420
Re: Joining rail on track
You may find the attached useful as you plan your work.