Lionel had made an 'extractor' rig, but had not been able to budge them.
As we (?) all know, when restoring an engine, patients is a virtue!
Lionel had left the rig in the number two cylinder and that's how it made its journey back from Shropshire.
Once home, over the last three weeks I had built a Plasticine 'dam' around the top of the cylinder liner and had been feeding diesel on a regular basis.
An old faithful 1. 7/16" had been placed on the 36mm nut (I don't do metric that big) and pressure had been applied. Last night, the eureka moment!
A bl##dy big bang and it moved! Additional packing in the form of die's and it is now being jacked out with a fair bit of ease.
One down, two to go.
Good old diesel - the best penetrating fluid ever devised!
2 comments:
Well done Steve!! and for keeping up the blog as well. What no Whitworth? you will be cashiered from the RN Register. No matter we will start our own club, as if you didn't have enough to do.
Excellent job Steve. We will enjoy watching how your engine comes along. We have been down a similar route with our DA2, and are coming out the other side. Have patience, a lot of it and you will be fine.
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