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Today I repositioned the idler gear for the oil pump so that now works fine. Timing gear at the top with grooves for the governor balls, crankshaft below, idler gear next and oil pump at the bottom.

Hi Mark, I have found a web site greensand.com.au the foundry is in Coburg North, Vic they also have Petrobond. Bunnings sell Play Sand which works. Bentonite Resources mine it right here in Ipswich Qld 0754673345 bentoenviro.com.au but it is white in colour. and yes Clumping Cat Litter...

Hi Mark, the sand was given to me by a fellow alloy casting experimenter because it was too course for his purpose. It is just ordinary river sand with the appropriate quantity of bentonite added. Bentonite can be purchased from a casting supplier in Australia, can't speak for the rest of...

I don't know why but my story has fragmented and some bits don't show up at all. I purchased another CDI box and now I have spark

Hi guys, I haven't been on for a while, had some work to do on my tractor, fitted an electric lift for the mower. Fixed some other niggling problems. Done more on the Onan, no joy with the ignition purchased a new stater but still no joy so the new CDI box must be bad, have ordered another so...

My friend and I shifted this shaper this way, but it was light compared to the Lathe and Mill transported the same way, lathe one ton but were able to take bits off. Ted from down under

Hi Carbob, welcome to the swarf makers and chip throwers group. There are Model Train Clubs in Canada, one called British Columbia Society of Model Engineers. If you Google them they will be sure to help you find supplies. Ted from down under

Ouch! oddly you get what you pay for when buying cheap machines. No, I do not have an engine to copy, I owned one back in 1974/5 but now with Google and eBay there are plenty of parts listed for sale to Save Image As, into my computer.

Lost foam casting, thanks Ignator. Today I finished and balanced the fan, part of the ringgear is still rough cast making it look uneven, pictures #1 the foam pattern, 2 days work, #2 successful casting #3&4 finished ringgear, that took 5 days to a successful conclusion, happy with that...

Another day on the Onan, finally got my head around the 85 tooth ringgear setup picture 1 cutting teeth, the fan needs a little more finishing and balancing, #2 the 24/17 geartrain, #3 the 17 tooth gear which goes 5 times into 85 while the 24 goes 5 times into the 120 tooth rotary table, #4...

These pictures have been posted elsewhere excep #6, don't know why they are not here, #1 lightening the rod with piston attached, #2 oil groove #3 finished job with roller bearings fitted, #4 setting up the magnito #5 flywheel in place, fan fits over this, #6 cutting teeth in the ringgear...

Hi Ignator, I was given parts from a wrecked Chinese bike or quad, I have no idea why it was wrecked but guess the ignition failed. In my tries I only had the wires to the CDI and coil connected, tried several coils. Power wires to the rectifier only put out 2.5 volts AC, perhaps I should...

Conventional valves are the way to go but you have to bore the valve guide and seat at the one setting. Picture 1 is of a Hit n Miss engine I built about 10 years ago but I could never get it to run, even the miniature igniter worked, 2 the valves were made in two pieces, head was 10mm about...

Well done my friend, congratulations. Ted from down under

Yes Ignator, i have a new CDI box and wired it up according to the information I gleaned from YouTube but no joy. I was given parts from a wrecked Lifan motorcycle so now I guess the reason the bike is off the road is failure of the ignition system. EBay have listed all the ignition parts for...

Another day in the shop, some of my pictures have split the points and taken another track. Picture 1 drilling the crankshaft for the flywheel, 2 fitting the Lifan Chinese magnito, 3 the flywheel, 4 the fan & ringgear will fit over the flywheel. Missing pix, 5 marking out the positions of the...

Not a lot happened today, photo 1 I fitted a spacer and bored out the timing gear, drilled a hole to drop in a 1/8th ball locking the timing gear to the shaft, 2 turned the spacer/seal surface for gear to flywheel. Tried out an upside down parting tool made from a tungsten carbide tooth saw...

Lots of helpful guys here so welcome to the mob. Ted from down under

The engine was from an LJ50 Jeep these came out from Japan in 1974, my brother bought one of the first to arrive here, they were very small 540 cc so they were probably never seen in the US. this one had an oil leak in the feed to centre cylinder so little end bearing went, there was no way to...

Hi guys, This is the Youtube item for my tractor Since then my friend and I gave it a full makeover. It will mow grass at 12 KPH, The Suzuki engine is facing backwards, 2 gearboxes are running backwards and the 2 diffs are upsidown so it runs forward. There are forty speeds 14 of them reverse...