Yesterday, I managed to score the presence of the great John Mackie for a day to aid in my restoration. Myself, my father Glen and John spent yesterday pulling apart the spare engine we acquired with the Blitz, to see what sort of condition it was in. As you can see from the photos, one of the valves has been left open, and because the engine has been in the open for so long, water has slowly but surely infiltrated one of the piston sleeves. However, using John's expertise and honing tool, we've given her a bore out, and may be able to get away with it. The rest of the engine is in magnificent condition; the crankshaft is in amazing condition, all the pistons are fine apart from the number 2 piston, which has suffered from it's inundation, and we may be able to clean up this engine and get it running ourselves without too much undue expense. Lucky eh?
As you can see, we also scored rain yesterday, hence our makeshift shelter out the front of my dad's shed...
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