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Re: J17 crawler
Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 1:06 pm
by BearCreek Majors
Excellent workmanship Tom, and great to see her coming back to life.
Pat
Re: J17 crawler
Posted: Sun Nov 11, 2012 11:12 pm
by roadless J17
cheers bear creek
here is photo of the wings hot rivited together, a start anyway
Re: J17 crawler
Posted: Tue Nov 27, 2012 4:45 pm
by porteous
Re: J17 crawler
Posted: Sun Jan 06, 2013 5:18 pm
by roadless J17
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
Re: J17 crawler
Posted: Fri Sep 06, 2013 10:06 pm
by roadless J17
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
Re: J17 crawler
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 8:59 am
by frode
Always looking forward to updates to this thread! Looking good
Re: J17 crawler
Posted: Sat Sep 07, 2013 1:00 pm
by BearCreek Majors
Lots of hours in her already , and lots more to go. Keep up the good work!
Pat
Re: J17 crawler
Posted: Fri Sep 13, 2013 2:21 pm
by roadless J17
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
Re: J17 crawler
Posted: Thu May 29, 2014 12:05 pm
by porteous
Really looking forward to seeing the finished job! Superb so far.