Part 1: Looking at some of the varieties and choosing the model
Part 2: Assessing the chosen candidate
Part 3: Starting the strip-down, including removing the key and pulley
Part 4: Removing: Magneto/bracket, ignitor, fuel system , piston/con rod
Part 5: Removing: drain tap, governor weights, first flywheel
Part 6: Strip down completed: main bearing and second flywheel
Part 7: Cleaning cylinder head, cutting dies, scale removal, replacing studs
Part 8: Honing the bore, crankcase clean-up
Part 9: Reviving old paint, preparing for new paint, types of paint
Part 10: Building the trolley
Part 11: Trolley building continued
Part 12: Cleaning more parts and reinstalling the crank and main bearings
Part 13: Camshaft and piston strip-down
Part 14: Repairing and re-installing the piston
Part 15: Stripping down the head
Part 16: Cleaning up and repairing the head, including making gaskets
Part 17: Cleaning/fitting exhaust, preparing push-rod, magneto bracket
Part 18: Detent arm, ignitor striker, front push-rod support
Part 19: Mixer/carburettor strip down, fuel pipe
Part 20: Completing fuel system, sorting/fitting flywheels and drain tap
Part 21: Completing flywheel cleaning and re-fitting
Part 22: Cleaning and refitting the Ignitor
Part 23: Magneto and timing
Part 24: Crank-guard, pulley and final finishing-off
Part 25: Final check over, firing-up and running
A comprehensive soft back book consisting of 94 pages.
A 26 page working Instructions and spare parts list for the Bamford horizontal petrol and oil engines, covering models 1 3/4 to 6 hp.
Apart from dealing with the Bamford engines themselves, there is a very useful chapter devoted to the Webster Low Tension magento and its settings which is applicable with care to most other engines of that era so-equipped. Similarly chapters on the Wico EK High Tension magneto and the unusual osciilating HBM magneto, all of which were used on the models of Bamfords covered.
Stationary Engine Magazine On Open Crank Restoration - Ruston Hornsby 5hp IP
Written and researched by Nigel McBurney
This book is a substantial soft back with 128 pages packed full of information and pictures covering all aspects of open crank stationary engine restoration.
This book follows the detailed step-by-step restoration of a Ruston Hornsby 5hp IP open crank stationary engine, covering all the techniques the open crank enthusiast would want to know about.
The A-Z of British Stationary Engines.
Volume one:- A - K
Written and researched by Patrick Knight and edited by Gordon Wright.
This book is a substantial soft back with 122 pages packed full of information and pictures of all British stationary engines ranging from manufacturers names beginning letters A to K, see volume two for L to Z.
The A-Z of British Stationary Engines.
Volume two:- L - Z
Written and researched by Patrick Knight and edited by Gordon Wright.
This book is a substantial soft back with 128 pages packed full of information and pictures of all British stationary engines ranging from manufacturers names beginning letters L to Z, see volume one for letters A to K.