Excellent workmanship Tom, and great to see her coming back to life.
Pat
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here is photo of the wings hot rivited together, a start anyway
here is photo of the wings hot rivited together, a start anyway
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Here are some more photos of the wings coming together with help from my brother
heating the rivets up
the rivet snap holding the rivet in place
the rivet is heated, picked up with pliers fitted in the hole and rested on the snap i then hit the other end of the rivet with the hammer while the rivet is still hot
heating the rivets up
the rivet snap holding the rivet in place
the rivet is heated, picked up with pliers fitted in the hole and rested on the snap i then hit the other end of the rivet with the hammer while the rivet is still hot
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Here are a few photos of the engine
the new pistons and rings
The polished crankshaft
and fitted
The con rods, pistons and oil pump all fitted
the new pistons and rings
The polished crankshaft
and fitted
The con rods, pistons and oil pump all fitted
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Always looking forward to updates to this thread! Looking good
frode
1957 County MarkIV Crawler
1964 County Super-4
1967 County 654
1977 County 7600-FOUR
1957 County MarkIV Crawler
1964 County Super-4
1967 County 654
1977 County 7600-FOUR
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Re: J17 crawler
Lots of hours in her already , and lots more to go. Keep up the good work!
Pat
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Here are some more photos
i still need number 2 and 3 early type injector pipes if anyone knows for any
Spot the mistake in this one
The hour clock from ebay un wraped and wound back before i was home from work
Dynomometer power test at yesterdays farming it did 44HP
i still need number 2 and 3 early type injector pipes if anyone knows for any
Spot the mistake in this one
The hour clock from ebay un wraped and wound back before i was home from work
Dynomometer power test at yesterdays farming it did 44HP
Re: J17 crawler
Really looking forward to seeing the finished job! Superb so far.