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<blockquote data-quote="Howard" data-source="post: 24468" data-attributes="member: 271"><p>Hi Mike,</p><p> </p><p>I think we've forgotten about fitting over the years. These engines were hand built by craftsmen, because they couldn't be put together by unskilled workers. </p><p> </p><p>This applies even more with old, much "renovated" engines. You can't just buy all the parts listed in the spares list and put them together, it takes an understanding of the way the specific parts work and how gears, bearings etc work in general. </p><p> </p><p>The best advice I can give, is to know your limitations (and your equipment limitations) and talk jobs through with people who've done them, before putting spanner to nut, it may save you from making the same mistakes they've (we've) made. After nearly 40 years of Vincenteering and more than 40 years in engineering I'm still <em>occasionally</em> surprised by features in the Vin engine - or at least how they work, compared with how I'd assumed they'd worked.</p><p> </p><p>Hope to see you at Mallory - I'll be the one with the timing chest that sounds like Santa's Elves making toys for Xmas - or do they all sound like that?</p><p> </p><p>H</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Howard, post: 24468, member: 271"] Hi Mike, I think we've forgotten about fitting over the years. These engines were hand built by craftsmen, because they couldn't be put together by unskilled workers. This applies even more with old, much "renovated" engines. You can't just buy all the parts listed in the spares list and put them together, it takes an understanding of the way the specific parts work and how gears, bearings etc work in general. The best advice I can give, is to know your limitations (and your equipment limitations) and talk jobs through with people who've done them, before putting spanner to nut, it may save you from making the same mistakes they've (we've) made. After nearly 40 years of Vincenteering and more than 40 years in engineering I'm still [I]occasionally[/I] surprised by features in the Vin engine - or at least how they work, compared with how I'd assumed they'd worked. Hope to see you at Mallory - I'll be the one with the timing chest that sounds like Santa's Elves making toys for Xmas - or do they all sound like that? H [/QUOTE]
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