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Been too busy to post anything recently. I've been putting off doing the crankshaft by doing other bits. Here are some pictures.

Here are some pictures of the flywheel and clutch and the crankcase. Kind regards, Rob

Hi gbritnell. I cheated on the gear and bought a gear blank from HPC Gears here in the UK and then machined the center to look like it does. Thanks for the advice Brian, great idea, I'll do just that when I drill / mill the location hole. Rob

It's taken a while but here's the camshaft. It's made in bits as the two I made as solids either bent when heat treated or broke when I tried to straighten it after it bent during heat treatment. Rob

Hi All, It's been a while since my last post. Here are some pictures of the distributor. I finished it (apart from cutting the gear) the other day and to my amazement it actually works! Regards, Rob

Many thanks for the comments. Yes MrTim, I do have a small CNC Mill and old Myford lathe. I'm just preparing the model to show at the Midland Model Engineering Show here in the UK. I've gone for a sort of exploded view with some of the components held by very long studs so you can see the...

Exhaust / inlet manifold machined from a single solid - with a bit of weld. Rob.

No, that's not me.

Hi, Some pictures of the water inlet manifold and valve chest cover. Rob

Just completed the valve gear.

Here it is with the head on and a pencil for scale. Rob

Progress so far on the cylinder block. It's machined from a solid block of 2014 T6 with wet cast iron liners. There are a lot of plugged cross drillings for the additional water ways. Regards, Rob

Thanks for the comments. Here's the water outlet manifold.

That's right Nick, it's made of two bit of machined plate, a lot of dowels and some fancy glue.

Hi All, Progress so far on the cylinder head. It's made from two bits (to give a water jacket) which are dowelled together with 18 dowels. Rob

Thanks everyone for your input. I can assure everyone that after a lot of work and cost I have solved the power supply problem. I have two 2v 25A/hr batteries in parallel. These give 1.5v at each plug - the max the plugs can take. I'm thinking the issue may be with piston rings or combustion...

Hi Emgee, If anyone can show me a video of one of these engines running, besides the original Eric Whittle one on youtube, Id be most grateful 'cus I can't get it to run. I still have a couple of things to try, after that it's going to join all the other stuff collecting dust on the shelf! Rob

A pair of carbs - very nearly finished. Rob

A couple more pictures of work so far. Rob

Hi Marcus, I'm just building a support frame to hold the engine, I should then be in a position to squirt a little fuel down the inlet manifolds, wire up the glow plugs and give it a spin to see if it makes the right noises. So hopefully it's correct, it looks right. I'll post some more picture...