02-06-2023, 12:27 AM
Recently I posted on the forum questions regarding the way forward building a 1 & half inch pressure fed engine after suffering a broken crank .I am pleased to report its all together again and i'm getting 40 lbs at 40 mph. I did spit the front welch plug on the maiden voyage in a cloud of steam, but this has since been replaced and all appears well.
BUT todays woes, Vanda and I left home to drive the 45 miles to bribie island to purchase a hand bag and have fish and chips on the foreshore . Bag and chips great, renewed old aqaintances and set of for home. Ruby started to miss and I heard a couple of clunks in the tailshaft region which I put down to torque tube mounting. Then the clunks increased which I could not relate to on or off drive, so I pulled over and called my daughter to bring the car trailer. I managed to partially drive up the ramps till the diff protested louder and we winched it further with ratchet straps.
Looks like the cwp will be a mess and probably caused by wear in the spacer. I do have a couple of spares in the shed and will have a look at their condition. sigh !
BUT todays woes, Vanda and I left home to drive the 45 miles to bribie island to purchase a hand bag and have fish and chips on the foreshore . Bag and chips great, renewed old aqaintances and set of for home. Ruby started to miss and I heard a couple of clunks in the tailshaft region which I put down to torque tube mounting. Then the clunks increased which I could not relate to on or off drive, so I pulled over and called my daughter to bring the car trailer. I managed to partially drive up the ramps till the diff protested louder and we winched it further with ratchet straps.
Looks like the cwp will be a mess and probably caused by wear in the spacer. I do have a couple of spares in the shed and will have a look at their condition. sigh !