Nick
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Pair of Pre-war Minors......well, almost. 
I put them on a towel to keep them from walking around, but then they started to bounce, splashing meths out the twins burner, so I had to put a cork in the filler hole.
The single cylinder was priming a bit in this video.
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Spokesmann
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Minors always a delight to watch...
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Nick
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...and after they had been running for a couple of minutes:
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Spokesmann
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Interesting that the MM1 single is making most of the noise as far as I can tell. Must be the different tolerances and the ware difference in both engines. Excellent.
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MFSteam
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Nice to see the minor 1 running, I wish my pair would perform 
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Nick
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| Spokesmann wrote: | | Interesting that the MM1 single is making most of the noise as far as I can tell. Must be the different tolerances and the ware difference in both engines. Excellent. |
The twin is almost silent in person.
Most of the noise coming from the single was when it was priming. It was a bit stiff at first, but after it's first run today in probably several years, it's a lot smoother.
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Nick
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| MFSteam wrote: | | Nice to see the minor 1 running, I wish my pair would perform |
Very nice picture! 
Do either of them run?
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Spokesmann
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| MFSteam wrote: | Nice to see the minor 1 running, I wish my pair would perform
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How does the twin perform Ian? on a scale of 1-10!  
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Nick
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| Spokesmann wrote: | | How does the twin perform Ian? on a scale of 1-10! |
Just sitting there, doing nothing gets a 10!
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MFSteam
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| Spokesmann wrote: |
How does the twin perform Ian? on a scale of 1-10! |
eerm about -7 
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Spokesmann
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Id give one or two of my engines a 10!
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MFSteam
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| Nick wrote: | | MFSteam wrote: | | Nice to see the minor 1 running, I wish my pair would perform |
Very nice picture!
Do either of them run? |
They both need a bit of work. The twin needs some adjustment on the line up of the cylinders, one is also tight and the burner has a hole in it.
The Minor 1 needs the steam pipe re soldering on the port face.
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Spokesmann
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I look forward to seeing them run when done, should be too difficult to sort.
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Nick
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| Spokesmann wrote: | | I look forward to seeing them run when done, should be too difficult to sort. |
When will we see your MFTwin in steam Mike?
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Spokesmann
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| Nick wrote: | | Spokesmann wrote: | | I look forward to seeing them run when done, should be too difficult to sort. |
When will we see your MFTwin in steam Mike? |
No plans to steam 004 just yet . . . .
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Nick
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| Spokesmann wrote: | | Nick wrote: | | Spokesmann wrote: | | I look forward to seeing them run when done, should be too difficult to sort. |
When will we see your MFTwin in steam Mike? |
No plans to steam 004 just yet . . . . |
Nobody will know...just put the video up for an hour so we can watch it and then delete it.
Give it a good clean, and put it back on the shelf.
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Spokesmann
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Mmmm now there's a though!
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