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thomas
Senior Member Username: thomas
Post Number: 158 Registered: 07-2002
| Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 07:26 pm: |
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It's amazing how much time you can waste looking for "stuff" for these old engines. (replacement brass or SS check balls, springs etc) |
thomas
Senior Member Username: thomas
Post Number: 159 Registered: 07-2002
| Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 07:27 pm: |
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thomas
Senior Member Username: thomas
Post Number: 160 Registered: 07-2002
| Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 07:38 pm: |
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jb_castagnos
Senior Member Username: jb_castagnos
Post Number: 201 Registered: 07-2002
| Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 09:20 pm: |
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Looks like time well spent to me Thomas, it looks great. |
richarddurgee
Senior Member Username: richarddurgee
Post Number: 480 Registered: 11-2001
| Posted on Monday, July 12, 2004 - 09:30 pm: |
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Tom The Dunn II looks great, Being right in the middle of redoing mine I've had the same thoughts that this is a very time consuming project compared to other engs that I have gone through ?? > The Truscott is super looking old eng Too !! |
thomas
Senior Member Username: thomas
Post Number: 161 Registered: 07-2002
| Posted on Tuesday, July 13, 2004 - 09:39 am: |
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I originally thought that since the Dunn castings were pretty rough, I would not do the filling/sanding/wet sanding thing but just prime and paint the sandblasted castings. This did save a lot of time. It's just that the added complications of being a 4 cycle (gears, pushrods springs, intake valve castings & springs) along with trying to fix & align the cylinders to the base (which in a "normal" engine would be a defacto thing) took a lot of time. Now, this is a time consuming hobby (that's what a hobby is!!) but I'm really glad I started so early. I still expect to be running the Dunn at the August show here in the Town of Maine, NY. |