The last few days of 2024 and one of 2025 were busy with eccentrics and straps, preparing the big end bearings for new white metal, and to clean out old oil. See the video section for some oil being expunged! The top of the cylinder block was filled with concrete. This protects the block from damage as we found water ingress when we were dismantling her. Plates will go on top of this also. The cylinders were cleaned out and oiled to protect them, and the eccentrics painted and put back on the driving axle.The eccentric straps were gritblasted, one showing the LI and 7097 markings, which, along with all the parts of No 9 prove their originality.
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| Cylinders protected with oil. |
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| LI and 7097 marked on the eccentric strap. |
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| Eccentrics getting a coat before being put back in place. |
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| A coat of midnight blue for her wheels! |
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| Eccentrics - now you see why they were painted before being put back on! |
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| A wash for the valve and big end. |
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| Kiln dried sand on top of block - concrete next. |
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| Concrete to protect. |
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| Applying heat to remove old white metal and oil from big end bearing. |
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| To be correct all the bolt heads are aligned and the buffers are back on! A good start to 2025! |
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