jap model 5 1947 out of shed and under the spanners

ive had a jap J.A.PRESTWICH LONDON model 5 in my shed for a while now, and its now clamped onto the old amanco trolley as we speck,
with a nice 2yrs old recon wico series a wolseley style mag on it,
ive just made the new h/t lead for it.
cleaned out the carb jets ect and full fuel system inside and out
so will be trying to get to run after me cuppa tea "warm up my atheritic bones
and see what happens

kev

Well what happen? or how big is your cup you still drinking it or you getting like me and forgot what you should be doing.

Stu.

hi stu
well it was like this
it ran for a minute with blue flames and smoke ,then stopped then it kicked the trolley upwards and then ran backwards for 5-6 seconds
tryed it 3 more times and just did the same every time.

so ive removed head and redone the valves and decoked not alot as just oily
deglazed bore ,and rings were all in line so off set the splits in the rings,
reset the valve gaps shimmed up then when back together ish turning the engine over by hand, the spark was 1/8" after tdc instead of before tdc
so removed mag and set the timing 15-20 degrees earlyier, remounted mag and got it to the book first go
stuck it all back together again.
first pull nothing
second pull nothing
third pull realsed , conected the ht to plug , not back to the magneto
4th pull it fired and ran
kev

heres the video of the first fire up in the dark but running at lleast and you cant see any blue flames shooting out the exhurst 4-5" any more whoop whoop
coments welcome lads and lasses
enjoy kev

Something sounds nice only you could film in the dark
Jonesey

JONESEY wrote:Something sounds nice only you could film in the dark
Jonesey

mr jonesey
well it sounds better than it looks at this time
so im keeping you lot in the dark lol
p.s you have littlen emails
kev

I like your thinking great answer
Jonesey

Sounds very nice Kev, I'll send you 50p for the meter next time so we can see it.

Stu.

heres the video for the" none carrot eaters" now you can see it

Looks good Kev
Jonesey

It shouldn't take you long to resore that one Kev, all the tin work looks good.

Stu.

Kev strikes again! Another engine back in the land of the running. Great work mate!

diddy
thanks for the comment
i try my best
kev

stationary stu wrote:It shouldn't take you long to resore that one Kev, all the tin work looks good.

Stu.

well the thing is the block and tank has been hammerited and badly slapped on with a yard brush me thinks
thick and runs every were , but cant see any rust ,so may just do the covers in a dark matt green , as it was before
and go for the reconditioned army look
kev

Running nicely
I'd like to get a big J.A.P. one day, lovely engines. Don't see many of them about at the rallies round here.

me thinking of selling this one, if your interested mate
kev

Tempting, but you're quite a long way from me. I've got family up Cheshire/Stoke on Trent way.
Besides, I think the wife would have a fit if I got any more engines

Ianhw77k wrote:Tempting, but you're quite a long way from me. I've got family up Cheshire/Stoke on Trent way.
Besides, I think the wife would have a fit if I got any more engines

when your up this way some time, im only 15mins away,
from the st-on-trent juction m6-A500
pop round for brew if you get bored .
kev

I may well hold you to that one day

You never invited me round for a cuppa last time I was in Stoke

Stu.

Did not ask me either
Jonesey

stationary stu wrote:You never invited me round for a cuppa last time I was in Stoke

Stu.

stu
the door is always open for ALL the passing " stationary conoisseur`s"
stu if i knew you were down in stoke or cheshire area i would of even travelled just to meet you
kev

JONESEY wrote:Did not ask me either
Jonesey

sir jones
i would of got the red carpet out again for you also, and arranged a landing strip at the local airport ,
for the jones`s air force one plane
p.s when are you ever up north, its to cold for the likes of you southerners
kev

You crack me up I can always buy myself a onesey like my granddaughter .
Don't stop taking your pills Kev
Jonesey

kevjhnsn wrote:

stationary stu wrote:You never invited me round for a cuppa last time I was in Stoke

Stu.

stu
the door is always open for ALL the passing " stationary conoisseur`s"
stu if i knew you were down in stoke or cheshire area i would of even travelled just to meet you
kev

Kev it was about 12 years ago, it was a Saturday I can remember that.

Stu.