Can anyone give us a little advice re Gipsy engine cylinder head dismantling.
We have compressed the valve springs and removed the split tapered collar’s, but we can’t get the spring top covers (top hat’s) off the top of the valve stems. Any advice from anyone?
We are also after a scrap Gipsy cyliner body and a pair of push rod tubes to make up a dummy cylinder to mount inside the cowling of our Chipmunk cockpit section.
Thanks in advance.
By: Arabella-Cox - 31st August 2015 at 09:14
Also…………….Deltair Airmotive Ltd.
By: DH82EH - 31st August 2015 at 01:53
I agree with David.
Nothing but friction and maybe corrosion holding them on.
If you run out of luck in the U.K. I could get you static parts here in Canada, but the shipping costs are prohibitive.
Andy Scott
By: David Burke - 30th August 2015 at 23:02
There shouldn’t be anything now holding them on unless it’s corrosion . If it’s static copper drift on the stem of the valve after a dousing in boiling water should dislodge them .
By: Sideslip - 30th August 2015 at 21:33
Have you tried Vintage Engine Technology Ltd of Little Gransden? I believe they are Gipsy engine experts.
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August 30, 2015 at 5:57 pm