Tuesday, 24 January 2017

Bolting & Assembly

Drilling bolt holes through the valve chest. Note brass drift fabricated to ensure concentric hole alignment during drilling.

Drilling bolt holes. Note that each hole required three chuck operations. 1: Use wobbler to align drill over target. 2: Centre drill hole. 3: Drill hole to size.
 
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Drilling and trapping bolt holes in cylinder block 

Stacked up cylinder and valve chest 

Stacked up cylinder, valve chest  and cover.

Assembled components. 

Drilling the cylinder covers 

Using the cylinder cover to transfer the bolt pattern to the engine standard. 

Completed engine standard.

 Stacked up assembly 

Bearings, crank shaft and sole plate fit up

Bearings with bolting installed

Drilling the standard's feet - hole alignment with the wobbler

Drilling the standard's feet



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