photos of warped trunnion plates

more progress

did some more fiddling on the simplicator engine today.  I was able to get the trunnion plates smoother which allowed the motor to run from 125 psi all the  way down to less than 10 psi.  my compressor gauges do not indicate less than 10 psi.    The aluminum trunnion plates  were NOT perfectly flat when i got them. I am guessing it will take another 10 hours of running before they are ground down perfectly.  i have drilled holes for grease zerks for the trunnion plates but i do not plan on applying lubrication until  the plates  are ground smooth.


Have to start thinking about a  making a Steam Generator  (a type of boiler) now.

running on both cylinders

I got the motor running on both cylinders, still have a lot of things to fix but there is progress.  When I started it would run starting at 125 psi ( 8.6 bar) and would stop at about 80 psi ( 5.5 bar) . After some tinkering it would keep running down to 57 psi  (3.9 bar).

I still have to build a mounting frame for it and polish the trunnion plates.  Once I get that done then I can get the reversing valve mounted.


The car I hope to build

Got the Simplicator engine running on one of the cylinders.