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Brian, Would there be enough clearance with the conrod, looks very close. Cheers Andrew

Will be following along, again, Keep up the great work, love the problem solving. Cheers Andrew

Use an overlength stock, machine the inside, then machine the outside, then part off Cheers Andrew

Brian, It can be seen, thanks for showing. Cheers Andrew

Hi All, Glass jars are easy to find, here are some 15ml jars. 24pcs Dia 30mm 10-50ml Glass Bottles Jar with Golden Aluminum Lid 8 sizes U-pick | eBay Cheers Andrew

Hi All, Have been using this type of tanks for years in model engines, O&R 60 large port engine with tank. Tank only holds enough for about 2 mins run time. Pickup tube can be seen in second pic.

Petertha, The one in the middle is for methanol only, they melt when used with petrol. The blockage could also be because of the oil used, some oils attack brass. Cheers Andrew

Can be bought here Woody's Model Engines The first two plugs, the "V" and the "VR-1" Cheers Andrew

Brian, Because electric has taken over with modeling of smaller models, the supply has stopped and the prices have shot up, engines 15's and 20's have almost gone up 300% in the last 10 years. Getting parts for them is getting harder to source. I will have a look around and see what can be...

Brian, That would do it, as the pressure in the crankcase builds up, it pushes the oil out every where, in cars it is usually any gasket, rocker cover usually. Shown in the pics is a Saito FG-17 running on 20-1 petrol/oil mix, as can be seen is the amount of oil being pushed out the crankcase...

Brian, Do you have a crankcase vent? You never mentioned it in the build. It could be causing the oil problems as the crankcase has to vent somewhere. Cheers Andrew

Brian, You were thinking about the grand kids when you designed the micky mouse ears(gear cover), it does look good and cleans up the gear set quite well. It is one area that lets down a lot of great looking engines. Keep up the great work, Still following along. Cheers Andrew

Brian, I write a lot of my posts in "Word", especially the long ones, then copy and paste, I also save a copy in the build folder with the pics Cheers Andrew

Brian, I done the same thing when I was machining the heads for the twin I built. Mine a piece of round bar as it was to be held in chuck of lathe and dividing head, Pic shows in lathe machining the cooling fins, last operation. Cheers Andrew

It's just been a wet year, so far this year. Yep, and it's the same down the coast. It is sad that this is the 4 time this year they have had floods, but they all know that they live in flood plans. Cheers Andrew

Hi All, Just trying to stay dry, had 260mm of rain in the last 3 days, that's over 10" for all you imperial people. Keep well all, Cheers Andrew

I have also built the OHC 17cc single, the drawings had mistakes in them in relation to dimensions not matching up. Cam in that one is at the same info level as the "V" twin. And as has been found out, there is very little info on the web site on the cam cutting. It took me cutting 3 cams to get...

Mechanicboy, they have very limited info on the cam angles, It has taken me 6 different cam grinds to get close to getting one to run correctly, and I am still working on it Cheers Andrew

Mario, It sounds lean, also are you using plenty of oil(20%) Cheers Andrew

Mario, Very nicely done, look good.. Cheers Andrew