I took the distributor and water pump off the parts engine. The parts engine had been covered with a tarp. during the winter the tarp had disintegrated. I took the oil strainer basket out of the parts engine as the basket in the loco was smashed. I took the governor off the back of the engine. These parts I stored in the locked loco. Ray helped me tarp the engine with a good heavy duty tarp.
The latches on the loco for engine access were rusted up. Two latches were incomplete and I was able to free two latches up.
The Le Roi engine is a six cylinder. the blocks are cast in pairs. There is an air compressor piston and jug, so that makes 4 jugs. I removed the nuts from the connecting rods on the block for cylinder 1 and 2. The nuts from the block base were already removed. Ray and I lifted the block for cylinder 1 and 2. We stored the block inside.
I removed most of the sludge from the crankcase with a fire place shovel. I removed the broken strainer basket from the crankcase.
The latches on the loco for engine access were rusted up. Two latches were incomplete and I was able to free two latches up.
The Le Roi engine is a six cylinder. the blocks are cast in pairs. There is an air compressor piston and jug, so that makes 4 jugs. I removed the nuts from the connecting rods on the block for cylinder 1 and 2. The nuts from the block base were already removed. Ray and I lifted the block for cylinder 1 and 2. We stored the block inside.
I removed most of the sludge from the crankcase with a fire place shovel. I removed the broken strainer basket from the crankcase.
