12 and 1/2 Horsees in there, 415Volt 3 phase, now if only I had 3 phase at home.
The big beast 6.250" bore, 5" stroke.
Pulley is 20" Dia. In the background is Blue Poo, my 1967 Ford Mustang.
Looking in the window, not a nice sign, that shiney white stuff is "whitemetal", more correctly, babbit metal.
Intake and exhaust valve assemblies out, now lifting the head.
Piston and rings are in real good condition.
After I dismantled the pneumatic overide control unit I couldn't help but dress er up a bit. After filing and sanding the cast finish surfaces I gave it a bit of a buff and polish. The nooks and crannies had to be polished the hard way, rag and finger.
Ahrrrr! beaaaautiiiiifuull, he he.
The shims that came out of it were bodgies, far too short for the width of the bearing. I made new ones out of LG 2 bearing bronze, just one piece for each side. I will get the bronze bearing shells re-whitemetalled and bored to suit crank which will be ground on big-end journal.
My 0.120" shims in place. You can see the whitemetal in the shell is in "not good" condition.
With the shims in place the measurement across the flange of the bearing is about the same across the parting line and at right angles to parting line.
Ok I cheated a bit, during photo taking I didn't alter the reading of the verniers. In actuality the measurement varies by about 0.006". It's not critical anyway.
The inlet valve body is on the right, the disc is inside the round section. The giszmo on the left is the overide mechanism, when an air signal is applied in the top of it those 3 pair of fingers push down on the valve disc so the compressor pumps no air. This thing is controlled by the pneumatic control unit, the nice shiney brass thingy further up the page.
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