« on: June 17, 2013, 11:43:35 PM »
Packing up the workshop I have put a few engines loosely back together so the bits do not get lost. As it is I have miss placed a gearbox.
Anyway on popping the Sachs 175 unit back together and finding the bits missing or damaged to be replaced out of reserves, and so on, I found that the cylinder is cracked. Bit of a disappointment as I had soaked it and then gone down a mates and put it under his press to get the piston out. THe piston itself failed, the top has sheared into the middle as they do. It was expected. Clearly this pressing has been to much and the steel has sheared into a crack round the base as well though. Never seen the like on these before but its an own goal. So if anyone has a cylinder or scrag end of an engine including one I could be interested.
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