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Mercedes Engine
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Mercedes engine diagram from instruction manual
Original Mercedes ad
Mercedes crankcase with new bearings and polished crank in place
Mercedes bearings newly re-lined and hand finished
Very interesting early repair possibly done in the field
Mercedes upper crankcase mounted on work stand note new unmachined bearings
Lower crankcase assembly prior to restoration
Restored "bottom end" ready for pistons
Original crankcase serial numbers and markings
Unrestored crankcase bottom half
Mercedes crankcase with crank and conrods installed note old repair of magneto mount pad
Mercedes crankshaft note the length !
Graham Lye shows the size of the mercedes crankshaft
Cleaned and stripped Mercedes cylinder with valve guide
Mercedes cylinders inspected honed and ready for assembly
Machining conrod big end bearings to size
Original gudgeon pin and bush on left and TVAL manufactured parts on right
Conrod with gudgeon pin and floating bush
Conrod assemblies ready for inspection
Completely overhauled Mercedes cam assembly and air pumps
Bare rocker arm, cleaned and inspected
Mercedes coolant tube fabricated using original as pattern
New Mercedes cam drive tube and original pattern
New Mercedes magneto housing and original pattern
Cast bronze oil pump housing
Air pump for pressurizing the aircraft fuel tank
TVAL manufactured water pump impeller
Specialized tooling for machining white metal bearings
Some of the special tools made to service Mercedes DIII engines
Mercedes Crankcase with cylinders installed, note old repair of crankcase
Nearly complete Mercedes 200 HP with magneto and ignition wiring in place
Top view of Mercedes engine with exhaust and intake installed
Rocker arm assemblies as removed ready for inspection.
Test running and breaking in the Mercedes engine
Each engine TVAL restores is test run
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