Engine renovation nears completion

Things tend not to go exactly to plan with Kelvin renovations, and our engine was just the same with some trials and tribulations especially with water leaks from water pipes.  Luckily, Dick Goble had a solution which I sincerely hope will cure the problem and seal the leaks once and for all.  This was to add small spigotted flanges (if that's the appropriate term) to each of the cylinder inlets, in order to replace the damaged and pitted faces.  There are a few pictures below:

The pitted cylinder inlet face

As you can see from the picture, the inlet (or are they outlet?) faces on the cylinders were pitted quite badly, which caused difficulty in achieving a water tight seal.  As well as the small spigotted flanges, we used "milliput" to fill some of the bigger pits in the face, and a decent gasket also of course, to produce a good "sandwich" which will hopefully seal well.

Here are also some pictures of the engine packed up and ready for the transit to Norton Canes, which took place on Monday 28 May 2012, using a hired horse box! from Barlows Trailers and lots of pushing and shoving with the engine hoist!