engine number 6 for january 2012

im at it again
ive just bought a jap 4/3 or a villiers e30 of the evil bay
so will have wait and see on the engine numbers and see whats what
heres the link, if youve not already seen it.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130632635028?ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1423.l2649#ht_6389wt_1396

hoping to collect this weekend coming, and its only down the road from me.

more work to go with the
2x mk20 villiers
2x mk25
1x mk20 doner with hole in block
and the villiers wx11 LZH

AND NOW A MATE OF MINE IS SELLING UP HIS COLLECTION OF ENGINES I WOULD LOVE TO BUY A COUPLE OF HIM
BUT FUNDS ARE TIGHT AGAIN lol
kev

Kev list your friends engines on here first.

Good luck with the Jap 4/3

Stu.

he wont do that Stu..he's going to buy them him self..lol.lol.lol..
well was that cheap Kev,don't know what they sell for...
mike.....

i think it should be a fair price,
as long as it runs well, and not knocking its granny out of it
the mag should cover the cost on its own if it sparks like he told me
i bought it as its a cross breed with the villiers engine plate
a bit like the jap villiers MK40 highbreed of the two companys.


its like any stationary engine its only worth what you want to pay for it
kev

WELL IVE HAD IT FOR A WEEK OR TWO NOW
it is the jap 4/3 design but jap went under in early 1963
and villiers bought the remnants of company outright in 1963
this is a villiers e30
basically is all the jap parts without the jap london on block and no jap 4/3 pressed into cowlings
it has the larger villiers fuel tank bottom tap not the front side fuel out jap style tank
the only link to the original jap 4/3 is stamped onto the top inside oil level dipstick and thats it
apart from the jap looks
this engine number makes it a 1964 engine
a when started to remove that disgusting wishy wash blue and silver arosol atack ther is a lot of a nice original dark blue and spotted when cleaning the cowling is also stamped 1964 so that is a double hit for the 1964 date

£29.99 Kev..well cheap...
you must be well chuffed with it for that price..
well done...
mike..

when i got the mag sparking again like it should then removed the valve cover to find exhurst was suck
so removed head and decoked head and valves removed bore of block and gave it a deglaze and ring grooves a good clean out
freed valve and lapped them in again
rebuilt it back up ,
went to fit head gasket again and found 2 spring washers pressed into it that were missing from the studs when i took the nuts off
so removed the studs from the cylinder top
and used a streight edge on the surfaceand alloy head thinking that it would be bent
but thank god it was all still flat ,"with a wipe of the brow "
used head gasket compound on gasket to test engine for a fire up
worked for about 15 secs and then the flame licker look from the head started
then the carb poored fuel out like the pipe was off so stopped it and fast
but it runns
will be buying a new old stock headgasket for it ,strip down carb and rebuild it
and try it again soon as
kev

sounds like you have been bizzy mate...
mike

new head gasket arrived at start of week and was fitted last night
carb i did over the week
the fuel flow valve above the float had threaded out ontop of float and made it a sinker lol
but the guvornor link i added to the wanted listing has now feel into 3 pieces
didnt think it would of lasted long but not this quick to break never mind wired it up tempery
this is it now

thanks kev

mike d wrote:£29.99 Kev..well cheap...
you must be well chuffed with it for that price..
well done...
mike..

i love it cheap thats me budget
but when done and running they make me smile
then onto the next challange
thats me
kev

i love working on small old stationary engines
just wish i had a shot blasting room would speed up the tinwork restoration that takes all the time after the rebuild as the engines themselves srip easy with a drill powered wirebrush
thanks kev

your having fun by the looks of it mate..enjoy
thanks for sharing the video with us all..
mike..

yeah all good
will have to get video camara with better sound and picksal quality
as all my engines sound the same with this bloody laptop system
thanks kev

Kev glad to see you've managed to get it up n running, wish I had the energy you have, I'd have all mine sorted in no time.

Stu.

Was that the engine or were you playing a CD of Whale noises at the same time?