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Matthew Balkwell
Senior Member
Username: matt
Post Number: 71
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 11:12 am: | 
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Bronze looks good all polished up, and my dad wanted to paint it!
Matt and Ron,  |
Todd Vidgen
Senior Member
Username: todd_vidgen
Post Number: 73
Registered: 03-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, September 10, 2008 - 06:05 pm: |
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Matt, I have to congratulate you on your patience,
tenacity,and perserverence on your project,
I think I might nominate you for the "Max Crosland
Perpetual Trophy "this year."the vessel most worthy
of mention/restoration" Not joking .Best of Luck Todd |
neil r jones
Member
Username: senojn
Post Number: 10
Registered: 08-2006
| | Posted on Thursday, September 11, 2008 - 01:34 am: |
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I must agree Todd,
He does'nt lack fortitude and won't take a backward step.Congrats Matt.
Pity I can't get to Davistown (Wedding in Dubbo)
Neil |
Matthew Balkwell
Senior Member
Username: matt
Post Number: 73
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, September 30, 2008 - 06:47 am: |
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Head is back on , if i can get the decks and combing sanded on the RubyToo early enough on Saturday, i might try and get the MRE started up.
If i can talk my wife into driving up to Davistown i will put the engine into the wagon and put it on display.
There is a lot of ifs there.
Matt and ron |
Kendall Atkinson
New member
Username: kendall_atkinson
Post Number: 2
Registered: 10-2008
| | Posted on Monday, November 03, 2008 - 10:13 pm: |
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Hi Matt and Ron,
Just wondering where you had the exhaust outlet made and was it an expensive exercise? Could probably do the same thing with an expansion chamber cover if a good second hand one was not available. This is my first post but have been following this site for just over a year - lots of good information. I have a vintage boat with a P6D in it - I am from Perth, Western Australia.
Kendall |
Matthew Balkwell
Senior Member
Username: matt
Post Number: 78
Registered: 04-2006
| | Posted on Tuesday, November 04, 2008 - 05:57 pm: |
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Kendall, we got ours from a guy in Sydney who has also been playing around with the cover plate as well.
We got the outlet as a casting and had it machined, and i did The polishing, when you consider how much a small diesel costs spending a bit on these old engines is a bit easier.
The p55mre is now in as many bits as possible, we are awaiting the arrival of some seals and we will start to put her back together.
Regards Matt and Ron.
Ps Peter Ogborne in WA has a wealth of knowledge on Stuarts. |
Kendall Atkinson
New member
Username: kendall_atkinson
Post Number: 3
Registered: 10-2008
| | Posted on Wednesday, November 05, 2008 - 10:48 pm: |
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Thanks Matt, If your guy is interested in supplying any castings to suit Stuarts in the future let me know as I would be interested. Hopefully one day someone, somewhere may be able to make the cast iron cylinders and heads! This seems to be one of the main problems on engines I have seen - badly cracked cylinder blocks and corrosion after drying out. First thing I did when I got my boat was to fill the water galleries with auto inhibitor - something I learnt on this site. Hope to one day do the heat exchanger thing.
Regards, Kendall |
