Also, Be sure to check out the
Single Valve
drawing and explanation for the Bovaird & Seyfang...
Some of the parts get more coats of primer and other parts get their first coat
of red paint...
In this photo I have finished milling the 1/2 wide slot in the rocker arm support
bracket...
A 1/2" diameter hole gets drilled for the rocker arm pivot pin...
This .650 diameter hole is for guiding the push rod that will come from the
governor assembly up to the valve chest...
For the Bovaird & Seyfang restoration I ordered all new hardware with the
high crown heads. In this photo you can see what they look like and boy do they
look nice. I bought them from Cook Enterprise, located in KY. They advertise
in GEM magazine.
The threads are rolled and the quality of the bolts is
excellent. Can't wait to see them on the engine...
Well I talked to Joe Sykes the other day and he said that my Bovaird cylinder
and piston were all completed and ready to be picked up. In these 2 photos
you can see the cylinder and piston and the fine job Joe has done on them...
Below are 2 photos of what the cylinder and piston looked like when Joe
Sykes got them from me...
In these next 2 photos you can see I have the cylinder and piston out of the
truck. In photo #2 you get another look at how well the cylinder bore came
out. I can't wait to get these parts assembled...
I moved the engine base and skid under the chain fall and got ready to mount
the cylinder to the base. The chain fall really makes this pretty easy...
Here in this photo the cylinder is all mounted to the engine base and I put 2
of the mounting bolts in to secure the cylinder down. Now for some more
cleaning and prep work on the cylinder...
Well I couldn't pass up taking a photo of my latest purchase. It is a 32 HP
Buffalo Olin. I just moved it down to the engine area with my Ferguson TO30
tractor, and am getting ready to run it for the first time...
I moved the engine back up to the shop for some more cleaning and work on
the cylinder...
Well I have a new addition to the shop. I bought a sand blast cabinet from
Tip Tools. The cabinet works
better then I had exspected. The quality of the material used to make the cabinet
and the design are in my opinion very well done. I wish I had one of these
cabinets 8 restorations ago...
The weather in late April is now starting to shape up here in Western NY. In these
next 4 photos you can see the painting of all the various governor assembly parts
and the bearing caps...
The base and cylinder now have a good 4 coats of primer applied. My friend
Ron Polle came over to the shop and helped
out with priming the base and cylinder and with a lot of other work on the
Bovaird. Thanks Ron...
Now its time to start putting some of these painted parts together. Here you can
see the governor assembly starting to take shape. It might be tough to see in this
photo, but the tall crowned bolt heads really make the assembly look good...
The engine base gets its first 2 coats of red paint. The weather was just beautiful
so I had to take advantage of it. The 4 coats of primer have had a good 6 days to
dry so the timing was right...
Also the flywheels received 3 good coats of paint. In the first photo I am getting
some instruction from my friend Stiles on the proper use of the paint gun. About 4 hours
later with 3 coats of paint applied, you can see (in the second photo) how the flywheels
came out. What a difference paint makes on the engine...
The time has come to put the flywheels and crankshaft into the engine base. I cut all
the oil grooves into the new babbitt bearings and everything is ready, I think. Photo #1
shows the engine base on the trailer and the flywheels ready to be loaded. Photos #2 &
#3 show the trailer under the hoist and the crankshaft and flywheels lowered into the main
bearing journals. Now to suck everything back into the shop...
This is a photo of the wrist pin bushing that screws onto the end of the connecting
rod. I shortened the connecting rod by 3/8 of an inch, (threaded end) and cut the large
nut down 3/8 of an inch, which you can see in this photo. This will allow me to lower
the compression and make for a smoother slower running engine. The bushing is threaded
onto the connecting rod so I will be able to dial in the compression to what I
want...
The throughs get a few coats of black paint and the bearing caps get fitted and
shimed. Boy this is really starting to look like an engine again...
In these 2 photos you can see the governor assembly is now located and mounted in
place...
Before the valve chest can be mounted, I need to remove some studs from the cylinder.
I drilled a 3/8 diameter holes through the stud and tried to get them out with an easy-out
but they were being stubborn. My friend Stiles stopped up the shop and I showed him what
I was up against. In photo #1, he took the tourch and burnt the studs out without damaging
one thread. In photo #2, helping us is Matthew (Stiles' Grandson) who was using the
air hose to blow out the holes. What a big help he was...