Blackstone No Trouble

The time has come the walrus said to talk of many things: of engines, oil and sealing gaskets.



The engine before work commences.



The crankcase door removed, it's quite clean inside



Barrel nuts loosened ready for a lift off.



Cleaning the combined oil and fuel pump reveals a previous repair - it looks as though a fixing bolt was loose and it has worn the hole, a piece of copper tube has been soldered in place to bring the hole back to size.

Looking good are you going to just leave it as it is?

I'm going to have to paint it as if you look at the other side of the head it has been welded and levelled with filler. Plus most of the top half doesn't have paint having being stripped by the previous owner. I'm going to lift the barrel as it has been stood for 30 years and I need to check the rings aren't stuck.

Off with its head!


Piston and bore look fine


Wire nails used as split pins on the big end!!

Today's progress - Valves refaced and seats recut. Not much to play with as the valves are nearly pocketing.



Coat of primer on the barrel



First flywheel is off



Both flywheels off

Getting there Tony, good to see someone else uses Screwfix paint!

What colour is the blackstone going to be

Blackstone green
It came with 2 litres.
I like screwfix primer it flats nicely.

rubythursday wrote:Blackstone green
It came with 2 litres.
I like screwfix primer it flats nicely.

may have to invest in some myself , do you know if they do grey ?

matt

Er....think the name is[color=#cc3333][b] [u]RED[/u][/b][/color] oxide.....

Villiers wrote:Er....think the name is RED oxide.....

Rob i bloody know what colour red oxide is .... il go look for myself then ...

    

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=red+oxide

Or

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=grey+oxide

http://www.screwfix.com/search.do?fh_search=primer&fh_view_size=20

[quote="matt86"]http://www.screwfix.com/search.do?fh_search=primer&fh_view_size=20[/quote]
So that's a no then.

Villiers wrote:

matt86 wrote:http://www.screwfix.com/search.do?fh_search=primer&fh_view_size=20

So that's a no then.

no but do white ....

White is no good, if you get a chip it really shows up.

And as for the fish.....

Villiers wrote:White is no good, if you get a chip it really shows up.

And as for the fish.....

il stick with red but though dark green on red would make it darker ??

Not really that much Matt, and for what we are doing it's fine.

I always maintain 2 coats of red oxide, 2 undercoat and 2 top coat, in reality it's 2 of red oxide, then sod it, 2 top coats!

Villiers wrote:Not really that much Matt, and for what we are doing it's fine.

I always maintain 2 coats of red oxide, 2 undercoat and 2 top coat, in reality it's 2 of red oxide, then sod it, 2 top coats!

sounds like me .... im tempted to make a start on the fairbanks with all this painting going around and get the block done 1st before the bad weather sets in and take 3 weeks to dry !

matt

ps look at the reviews on red oxide

a chap called biomed says about he used on stationary engines .... name rings a bell

http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-oxide-primer-red-750ml/48712#rating_link_anchor

[quote="matt86"][quote="Villiers"]Not really that much Matt, and for what we are doing it's fine.

I always maintain 2 coats of red oxide, 2 undercoat and 2 top coat, in reality it's 2 of red oxide, then sod it, 2 top coats![/quote]sounds like me .... im tempted to make a start on the fairbanks with all this painting going around and get the block done 1st before the bad weather sets in and take 3 weeks to dry !

matt

ps look at the reviews on red oxide

a chap called biomed says about he used on stationary engines .... name rings a bell

http://www.screwfix.com/p/no-nonsense-oxide-primer-red-750ml/48712#rating_link_anchor[/quote]
So there is!

As for painting in winter, never had a problem as long as the air is dry, if it's damp then gloss paint goes "milky", primer is a porouse paint anyway so that isn't a problem.

I have used the grey in the past, it is just as good. I used the red under the Hornsby Maroon, would have probably used grey if I had had any!

nice engine, do you know how much it weighs, must be about 1/2 a ton!!
looking forward to seeing it fully restored.  

I think the engine is about 380kg but the trolley and wheels are heavy so I would think your guess of 1/2 ton isn't far away. I can just lift a flywheel, mind I do have a bad back, hence the chain block to take the flywheel off.

The crank, it should polish up ok. I have put a micrometer on it and it is ok.



What's up Guv?