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Dave, sorry for all the questions, I will leave you alone and start work on this engine very soon. Probably a real dumb question but will ordinary 60/40 solder, applied with a flame do for the fuel copper tube fittings ?

Thanks for all the replies. It seems there is a supplier, Chronos, just up the road from me. Typical !!

Thanks Dave. Did you make those tanks or buy them in ? If they were bought, who sells them ?

Dave, I am in the process of locating all the bits I need to make a fuel feed the same as yours, copper tube, tube bender, fittings etc. as mine has a piece of plastic tubing going from the tank. What diameter tube did you use, it looks like 1/8" or 3mm ? Also, are the elbows and all the...

Does anyone here in England know where I can get a pipe bender which will bend 1/8" or 3mm pipe. I want to make up some fuel line but can only find tools which start at 6MM. I would buy from the USA if I can't get what I need here so if you know of a company outside of England please let me know...

Hi Gus, I am a beginner but from the drawings I have borrowed it reads 3/4" bore and 1" stroke. If I have got that wrong I'm sure Dave will be along soon.

Hi Dave, thanks for sharing the pictures. I have just compared your pictures to my sorry looking castings. I intend to do more or less what you have done, probably a lot less, and will have to use hand tools as I have no machines except a Dremmel. I like the horse shoe cut out, what a difference...

Rob, I'm in the south, Fordingbridge near Salisbury.

Hi Dave, thanks for that. I am familiar with Devcon, we use it in the gun trade. I have just had a look at how my bearing caps fit and I was shocked to see a gap of about 45 thou, just forward of the caps. Way it is at the moment looks like someone has taken a hacksaw to it. Is, or was yours the...

Thanks for the welcome and all the help so far. Great forum.. I just hope you guys don't get fed up with my noobie questions.

ok, thanks for that. Bondo, that's not one we have here in England, is that just an ordinary car body filler ? I had thought about using plastic metal, is tht not a good idea? Noted what you said about the lead, hadn't thought of that, not got a clue how to put molten lead in the holes and...

Hi All, this is my first post. I am not a model engineer or any other kind of engineer, I took a different path in life but now I have come out and bought a ready built Paul Breisch Lil Brother. Always wanted a scale model stationary engine and now I've got one I'm over the moon. Thing is that...