ORIGINAL: greggles47
I've had a G20 for a while that had a new piston made for it.
I ran it once, was unimpressed & put it in the ''one day'' pile.
Well today was the day. I put on a 7X6 and fueled it up. It gave a couple of sharp barks but didn't seem too keen to keep on running.
So I switched up to an 8X6 and we were soon making really encouraging noises.
At last after a few muttered incantations, it gave a good little run, but soon slowed down & stopped.
So I realised it was still too fresh to run that much comp, and for that long. After a couple of short runs on low comp, and allowing a good cool down period. It now starts fairly easily, but still hasn't built up a good piston seal. So it looks like its going to need a fair bit of running before it can get into the air.
But I'm a lot happier knowing it's a going concern
Greg
Greg,
I'm a gessin that that's the one with the piston made out of 100 y/o cast iron.
It comes out of 100 y/o timber window frames.
They're from the cast iron counterweights that the rope connects to so when you open them they stay in the same position you left them.
It's good stuff and all you need to do is keep running it like you have been.
As the Arch-Bishop said to the Actress, have patience and it'll all be ok, .
