British Anzani Minor help needed

[Collector Inspector]

Yes Indeed there are marks Chris.

Fettle. No evidence of anything breaking off.

Wrong place for a stub for advance lever anyway.

Yes the black plate has the magic words and lines on it. I poked about with a small screwdriver until.....

So bloody small a thread on these two fixing points I could never have picked them out unless the plate was cleaned on a full pull down. RRRR, this is where a lever should be fixed.

Perfect sense now aye.

6 - 32 BS

Interesting head gasket by the way. Asbestos between very thin copper. The copper is folded where the combustion chamber is. A very delicate thing actually.

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[Nudge]

Mine has the same 2 small holes, it had a scrappy bit of rusty thin steel bolted to it. Looks like it may have been a pointer of sorts (not the orignal)
The tiny bolts look far too small to hold any leaver.

I ended up making a head gasket out of copper, I could have a go at making one like the orignal but it is not easy cutting the asbestos gasket without breaking it through the water ways to the bolt holes.

[Collector Inspector]

A very small lever indeed.

Maybe a right angle piece of thin steel bent up and next to the flywheel. I have seen your photobucket pic of cutaway of motor. Seems to be something like that though a not good image. The fixings are two black dots.....in line. That is what made me get into looking.

There is no way that this lever could be capable of sticking out forward again away from the flywheel as the leverage would be two much if roughly, drunken sailor, pushed about.

Have a look at the diagram you have.....really closely.

I would appreciate any other pics of any other examples by the way....may well, between us, sort everything out aye.

Progress.

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[Nudge]

I took the pics down will add them again later!

[Collector Inspector]

Cool!

Buy It!

Yes I would like a scan of the MK2 pages.

I think the MK1 is part number 1101 as below.

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[Collector Inspector]

I took the pics down will add them again later!

I see all now.

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[Nudge]

Well I missed out on the Minor on trade me I went up to $400 and my wife said that was enough!

So I will put the pics back up so all can see what I did not get.




I would love to find out who it went to (other than a user name) but I dont think there is any way to do that.

There is only one thing left to do........ Go to bed!

[AusAnzani]

Bummer!

I remember the good old days when $400 NZ was like $2.50 AU. It would have been a steal at that

[Collector Inspector]

Yes

It appears that someone has stabilised the NZ economy. Gently over the last couple of years.

Unlike what we have done.

Just saying...

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[AusAnzani]

Can't argue with that mate.

Did business with a Christchurch based manufacturer of power electronics for more than 20 years. Use to travel there up to 4 times a year, almost a second home/family if you will. I have fond memories of that portion of my previous life.

Regards,

[Nudge]

Got a pattern made so I can cast myself a mixer.



Made a wooden core to check the placement and size


Then used it to make a plaster core box


I use sodium silicate / sand to make the core, it is gassed with CO2 to make it go hard (CO2 from an old fire extinguisher)


Core just after being gassed


"Green" sand mould rammed up ready to place the core.

Forgot to take a pic with place!

Heating up the furnace!


3 pours later and no cigar!


The bottom casting was the first one (of two poured) the top two where in the next pour. The problem with all of them was the temperature was a good 500 deg C too cold!!! What I should be doing is waiting until the furnace starts to give out some white smoke (around 1300 deg C)

I will explain how it works sortly!

[AusAnzani]

Pardon the pun, but this is too cool

Would love to see how the next batch comes up.

I have a part that I need cast also (and a few more for friends), but will be seeking some professional help with that.

Extreme heat and I are not a good mix

[Nudge]

This is what Im trying to replicate:






This is how it works



I have a useable casting!




In the lathe starting to do the clean up and drilling some holes

extra bits of the casting trimmed off and mounting holes drilled


The hole in the top still needs to be opened up and tapped for the needle and the rim turned down for the ring that the chock cup seats on.

[Collector Inspector]

Looks like a whole HEAP of fun!

Progress indeed!

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[AusAnzani]

Some great work going on here.

B, maybe we should have sent the Seasprite Spark plug cover over to Nudge for reproduction. I reckon we would have had a box load of them by now.

Still trying at this end. Christmas closures etc, not helping though!

Regards,