Saving Old Seagulls

I've surveyed more than 70 Marstons of every flavour, sorry Tam I've only seen one with a Champion cap like that.

Most of them seem to be K.L.G. made from very dark brown Bakelite with oval HT cable tube, black ones are much later replicas.

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I know you have more experience with 102's Charles, An age thing I suspect, I have found both KLG and Champion, not to say that they are original to the motor, but only the KLG cap will fit my 42 motor as the spade is wider.

Yes keith same one you spotted last week only a couple of miles from me looked at 8 motors and the cap was all that i wanted screw on pump houseing and drive tube i think i have one lying in shed thanks oyster might take you up on that next time if i ever get the chance of another fvp (here's hoping ).....china

Just collecting parts, just in case I have to pull one of my ones apart, I don't think they would fair well, if I did, so best have some spares.
Or I could just have enough parts for another motor.

Charles uk wrote:I've surveyed more than 70 Marstons of every flavour, sorry Tam I've only seen one with a Champion cap like that.

Most of them seem to be K.L.G. made from very dark brown Bakelite with oval HT cable tube, black ones are much later replicas.

Hi C it's not very often the delinquents correct the master but tonight you must be stemming (gased/pissed/blotter ed /rubbered/or on the magic soup mybe even on the mushrooms ) i was meaning that i paid less for a complete motor mybe i should send you down a book or a audio c.d of the Scottish language. ...

Thanks to keith. p transom clamp now compleated new 2 part thrust block fitted. ..

Looking good

I thought you might have put them on a long nut and bolt stuck it in a drill and sand then up a little.
Maybe I should have done that on the Myford before hand.

That's exactly what i done china then 2 skoots of spray paint then laquer. ...

Spot on C I reemed the bush a bit all good now might of went ott with the polished piston. .....

Yes I'm cheating another hour should do it

All looking very nice Tam. There's a few things I can learn from that's you for sure.

As for flywheel polishing, I generally spin them up on a pedestal drill and hold a polishing cloth against them as they spin. Depending on starting condition however, some require a sanding first ie to remove scratches and the like.

I have found an inconsistency in the alloy. Some will polish up very nicely, others not so much.

Regards,
S

An alternative point of view is that these 50/60 year old flywheels have history marked on them. They bare the marks of the life they have led. We are interested in these engines, mainly because they are old. So do we always want to remove all the signs of their history? Is there not a place for flywheels to look 50/60 years old? In the same way that an antique table is hopefully not stripped to make it look new.

The other view is that a highly polished flywheel can show pride of ownership. It can also show what it was like when it was brand new - as long as it is not over polished.

I just hold a piece of wet and dry against the flywheel when i am flushing mine after use to get rid of the salt water corrosion.

There is clearly not a right or wrong involved here. Each to their own. It is great to know and see all the different views

Jeremy

A few years ago at Ibsley I noticed that the Stationary Engine people (of whom there were many) had started to shy away from displaying their machines restored to "as new" condition.

One exhibitor went as far as to display a placard in front of his stand explaining that after years of polishing and repainting and the like he had decided that from now on he would concentrate on showing his engines "in their working clothes" as he put it.

I have some sympathy with both views!

Indeed, I personally have never rebuilt an engine to high levels of bling. Clean and tidy and as original as possible is what I'm looking for. That said some of the polished up engines you see in the US do look fabulous