Brian Builds the Kerzel Hit and Miss I.C.

[ozzie46]

Go get um Brian. You're hot on the trail now! woohoo1 woohoo1 woohoo1

Ron

 

[Brian Rupnow]

The cages are loctited into place. Tomorrow, the fat lady may sing!!! I coated the seat area with layout dye so that tomorrow before reassembly, I can try the valves one last time and make sure there was no distortion in the cages when they went into place. The cylinder head is setting under a 60 watt bulb on the end of my mill where there is nothing to catch fire, and I will leave it that way overnight.

 

[kjk]

I'm getting out the scotch - the good stuff.

 

[Peter.]

I'm getting out the scotch - the good stuff.

Green, purple or grey? Oh sorry - that's scotchbrite

Fingers crossed Brian, I'm sure it'll be making those sweet sounds tomorrow!

 

[deere_x475guy]

I rarely drink any alcohol but will do a glass of cheap wine from time to time...get it running Brian .

 

[bronson]

I'am glad to hear the good news best of luck tomorrow, can't wait to see the video of it running.

 

[lee9966]

Congratulations Brian, this is looking good!

Lee

 

[metalmad]

Will be tuning in again tomorrow rain or shine for more updates
great work
Pete

 

[Maryak]

Brian,

Great news, I'm off to buy another tube of toothpaste ;D

Best Regards
Bob

 

[tel]

YEE HAW!

 

[NickG]

Well done Brian good luck :bow:

 

[steamer]

Give em hell Brian! We're a rootin!


Dave

 

[Brian Rupnow]

Its been a long time coming!!! Here it is on its maiden voyage, running my home built carburetor and my hoMe build sparkplug. I haven't hooked up the Kerzel lever to get it into hit and miss mode yet, and I still have a lot of finessing to do, but IT LIVES!!!!

 

[GailInNM]

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Zip-A-Dee-A

My oh my, what a wonderful day
Plenty of sunshine heading my way
Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Zip-A-Dee-A

 

[crankshafter]

Hey hey Brian.
At least alive. Nice runing engine. th_wav th_wav.
Have been following your struggle with the valve/cages. You deserve all the credit from all here at HMEM. now its the hit and miss-mode we waiting for woohoo1. Thank you for your informative whrigt-ups.
best
Crankshafter.

 

[kcmillin]

Congratulations Brian!!!

Perseverance is everything, and you nailed it.

Well Done Thm:

Kel

 

[cfellows]

Runs nice Brian. Will run even better once it gets broken in a bit. Great job. Makes me want to get back to work on my vertical twin.

Chuck

 

[Brian Rupnow]

NICE! Glad to finally see a video! Sounds very quiet and looks smooth. Is i supposed to spin that fast though?

Like I said----That was its maiden run, after a month of trouble with non seating valves. Yes, it should and will run a lot slower, especially after the hit and miss lever is added and engaged. This is the first time ever that I have consistently been able to spin the flywheels by hand and have them bounce back when the piston encounters a wall of compression. I didn't let it run long, as I don't have an oiler on the cylinder, and I was running straight Naptha gas with no oil mxed in to lubricate the cylinder walls. I didn't have any cooling water in the reservoir either, and at that speed it was getting warm pretty fast. My biggest challenge has been to get it to run at all. Now that it will at least run on its own, I can start all the tweaking that is required to make a slow consistent hit and miss engine.

 

[kjk]

Way to go Brian. Looking forward to hearing it hit and miss.

 

[jpeter]

Congrats.

Watch running it without oil. I mix 2 stroke oil, 20 to 1 with naptha. It works well. I add 1 oz to a 20 oz pop bottle full. Try it.