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Engines => Restoration of Model Engines => Topic started by: Allen Smithee on July 30, 2018, 04:02:32 PM

Title: ED Bee Con Rod
Post by: Allen Smithee on July 30, 2018, 04:02:32 PM
A friend of mine has come by an ED Bee which he'd quite like to use in a suitable radio-assist vintage model. The engine seems to be in pretty good nick except that it has a broken con rod. My normal sources have drawn a blank on this (including Alan Greenfield), so I wondered if anyone here had a spare one they don't need? The engine is a mk2 Bee, so it has the Aluminium rod rather than the case-hardened steel one. As far as I know the ED Cadet rod was probably the same as well. SO if anyone has one could they possibly get in touch?

Failing that - given that he wants to use it as a runner rather than a museum piece, and a basic rod for a small, low-power diesel isn't exactly the most complex job in the world, does anyone have a drawing or even just the principle dimensions? I guess I could probably get by with the big/little-end bore sizes, the distance between centres and the thickness...

TIA,

AS
Title: Re: ED Bee Con Rod
Post by: b.lindsey on July 30, 2018, 04:09:41 PM
Is the broken con rod mangled beyond taking measurements from it?

Bill
Title: Re: ED Bee Con Rod
Post by: Allen Smithee on July 30, 2018, 06:25:08 PM
Is the broken con rod mangled beyond taking measurements from it?

Bill

No, but half of it is missing!

AS
Title: Re: ED Bee Con Rod
Post by: Jo on July 30, 2018, 06:35:35 PM
Ask on Adrian's blog http://adriansmodelaeroengines.com/wordpress/ to see if someone knows the correct length and then it should be easy enough to make as it is only a simple steel rod

Jo
Title: Re: ED Bee Con Rod
Post by: Admiral_dk on July 30, 2018, 09:08:53 PM
I had the notion to ask Ron Chernich before he died about collecting such data for future repairs .... maybe Adrian would be interested.

I do have a number of in-complete production engines where pistons an rods are missing, so beside rod length, it would be nice to have piston height and pin position (distance from crown). I have made an excel file on all my engines and do fill in as I get info - or disassemble one of the complete ones.

- But I do not have any info on the ED Bee - sorry.
Title: Re: ED Bee Con Rod
Post by: Allen Smithee on July 30, 2018, 10:52:53 PM
it should be easy enough to make as it is only a simple steel rod

The original was forged aluminium, but I suspect one made from bar-stock dural will be adequate. But yes, it's not a hard thing to make.

AS
Title: Re: ED Bee Con Rod
Post by: Jo on August 05, 2018, 04:08:10 PM
Eric says he has one for you  ;)

Jo
Title: Re: ED Bee Con Rod
Post by: Allen Smithee on August 05, 2018, 04:29:24 PM
Eric says he has one for you  ;)

Jo

Ace! I'll give him a call!

AS
Title: Re: ED Bee Con Rod
Post by: Allen Smithee on August 14, 2018, 11:26:00 AM
Many thanks to Eric, and others for the help. My friend is now happy, and sent me this to prove it:

AS
Title: Re: ED Bee Con Rod
Post by: Jo on August 14, 2018, 11:28:30 AM
 8)

Jo
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