J17 crawler

[BearCreek Majors]

Excellent workmanship Tom, and great to see her coming back to life.

Pat

[roadless J17]

cheers bear creek

here is photo of the wings hot rivited together, a start anyway

[porteous]

[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

[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

[frode]

Always looking forward to updates to this thread! Looking good

[BearCreek Majors]

Lots of hours in her already , and lots more to go. Keep up the good work!

Pat

[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

[porteous]

Really looking forward to seeing the finished job! Superb so far.