Hello everyone, I stated work in this engine in December of 2007. Need less to say I got side tracked a few times and a few other things that life hands out from time to time helped to slow things. Anyway here is where I am at right now with things.
Ok it's been awhile since I did any work to the webster and Saturday I had a great day in the shop. A full 12 hours (except lunch and a few breaks to scratch my head and think abit. I have most of the flat plate work done, the rocker arm shouldered bolt finished, some bushings to get lateral movement on the rocker arm and lifter cam stud. Any way here are some shots. Sorry I didn't take any setup shots I was on a roll and just kept going.
This shot shows where the flywheel will set. I will be cutting out a section of the base so the flywheel will set down into it.
Here the cam and gear are mounted on the press fit stud. I used brass for the spacers and made a grove in the end of the stud so I could use an e-clip to hold it all together. I placed the inner bushing on then the cam/gear on, put the e-clip on and then measured the lateral movement to come up with the thickness of the outer spacer. I have .003 lateral movement now.
Just another shot from above to show how everything is lining up.
This is a shot of the rocker arm pivot. I made the shouldered bolt and then made the spacers so I could keep eveything lined up.
I will probably remake the shouldered bolt because I think it looks bad sticking out so far.
Here is how things line up with the valve stem. Looks like it will work for me. I hope to make the tappet next weekend and some other parts. I will be getting another injection block on Friday so I should have a few good days to work in the shop if the honey do list isn't to long.
I still have a lot of parts to make yet and this build has been going on for well over a year now. I would like to have it running by August.....
Here is a link to lots more pictures of the build on this engine in Photobucket
http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y39/Deere_X475guy/Machine%20Shop/Webster%20Engine/
