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junk cylinder jugs wanted for art project in HoustonTX

Fri Sep 02, 2011 12:23 am

I need a.s.a.p. seven engine cylinder jugs to build a fake radial engine. They don't have to be off of a real radial engine . They can be off of just about any Continental or Lycoming horizontally opposed engine- just as long as there are seven matching cylinders. I could also use any junk spark plug cables and plugs that you have. I'm in Houston, TX, and looking to find something quick, fairly local and cheap.
Jason

Re: junk cylinder jugs wanted for art project in HoustonTX

Mon Sep 05, 2011 6:24 am

Does any one know of any?

Re: junk cylinder jugs wanted for art project in HoustonTX

Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:00 am

Go to any shop in the area that works on small aircraft engines, if they don't have any they may be able to head you in
the correct direction.

Re: junk cylinder jugs wanted for art project in HoustonTX

Sat Sep 17, 2011 11:07 am

Thank you for the reply. I will try that

Re: junk cylinder jugs wanted for art project in HoustonTX

Sun Sep 18, 2011 9:40 pm

I think I have a 7 cylinder spark plug wire harness and 7 plugs for $10. you have to pay shipping which will be more than that, due to the size of the box.
let me know if you are interested.
thanks
Jim

Re: junk cylinder jugs wanted for art project in HoustonTX

Wed Sep 21, 2011 8:57 am

Could you use jugs off of VW car engines? They kinda look "airplane-ish". Probably plenty of them around Houston area.

Re: junk cylinder jugs wanted for art project in HoustonTX

Wed Sep 21, 2011 11:39 pm

I couldn't find anyone that had any aircraft cylinders, so I settled yesterday for several Volkswagen cylinders. I cut the heads in half so that the cylinders were no longer in pairs. I built this small 7 cylinder radial engine using a few junk parts that I had. The cylinder are a bit to small in scale, but they will do. Once I mount this on the front of the biplane mock up that I'm building out of some of the parts that I was able to save from the wildfires, I think most will not notice that these are VW cylinders. It will drive me crazy however.Image
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