The 1899 Locomobile Steam Car Replica, known as the Lykamobile is a full scale live steam automobile manufactured in 24 kits. This kit is available from a company called "Steam Traction World" located in Daventry, United Kingdom. Each kit is to be manufactured and sent once a month for 24 months. However for cost considerations I have chosen to have my kits batched and dispatched in larger crates to the United States (Topsail Beach, NC).

Specifications:
• Length 7ft 2.6in • Height 5ft 3in • Width 4ft 7.1in • Weight 904 lbs.• Water Tank Capacity 12 Gallons • Fuel Tank Capacity 7.3 Gallons

Construction:

CHASSIS Tubular steel fabrication, combination weld, bolted and silver solder.
STEERING “Ackerman” design tiller steering.
DIFFERENTIAL & DRIVE Spur gear differential similar to the original Locomobile, drive shaft and bearings.
WHEELS & TYRES Single tube pneumatic, treaded.
BREAKING SYSTEM Disc brake system.
ENGINE 21/4" diameter, 3" stroke modified “Hackworth” valve gear.
WATER FEED Twin mechanical pump.
BURNER Fuelled by diesel.
BOILER Multi Fire Tube, fully constructed and complete with necessary paperwork and inspected by notified body.
BODYWORK & SEATS Wooden with steel frame, seating capacity of 2 persons, with turned decorative spindles with leather style upholstery.
Gears: forward and reverse.
Assemble with hand-tools only
Step-by-step instructions
Technical service and help-line backup
Designed on ‘Solidworks’ CAD
Manufactured on modern CNC machines for build accuracy and high quality


Sunday, December 30, 2018

Front Lamp Mount Part 2

In my Part 1 posting for the front headlamp I mentioned that I would braze together the mounting fork that I had cut up to modify.
I did try to braze it, but the mass was just too great for my Oxy-Acetylene rig, so I ended up MIG welding the pieces together. I'm not that good at MIG welding and am learning as I go. I also decided that I needed to fashion a "C" bracket to aid in the mounting of the lamp. I used 1.5 inch x 1/8 inch steel cold rolled flat stock and heated the ends with my torch to aid in the bending of the flat stock into a "C" shape.
This piece will be mounted to the front cross member and lower shackle spring clamp piece.
I first drilled M5 clearance holes in the top side of the bracket.
And then I  placed the bracket and positioned it where I wanted it on the front cross member and transferred the centers of my M5 clearance holes and tapped two M5 holes to mount the bracket.
I also drilled and tapped one hole to fix the lower portion of the "C" bracket to the shackle spring clamping plate. Below I am holding the Lamp with the mounting fork up to see how everything lines up before proceeding with the next steps.
Being satisfied that everything "should" work, I proceed with drilling an M8 clearance hole in the center of the "C" bracket and tapping an M8(1.25) hole into the Lamp Fork.
I attach the "C" bracket to the fork with an M8 hex bolt and tighten it so that I can make a final test by mounting the lamp to the front cross member. I make a few alignment adjustments and then lock in the M8 fixing the "C" clamp to the fork. I then MIG weld the "C" clamp to the fork. The pictures below is after I ground the welds down some to make them a bit more presentable and have sprayed painted gray primer on the rig.
And once the primer has dried, I mount everything one more time before I top coat with black paint that will match the frame.
(notice the BFH on the floor - I had to use it once to flatten the "C" bracket some!)
Kit 15 is supposedly finished, but I have not received word if my shipment has been dispatched yet. It is probably a good thing it has not been shipped yet due to the Government Shut Down which includes the customs department.

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