Higene beer engine

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Higene beer engine

Post by adman1966 » Sat Apr 20, 2013 10:07 am

I have just bought a Higene beer engine off of Ebay and it arrived on Wednesday. :D

It looks to have been removed from yet another closed down pub, and was complete with enough "history" to keep Time Team busy for a week!

Thursday I stripped it down and thoroughly cleaned it and after some indecision I ordered a set of seals to finish the referb.

The issue I am having is that when I pump water through I get a leak around the piston at the top. The new seals haven't yet arrived and I am hoping that this will do the trick.

Does anyone have any experience with hand pump beer engines and fixing this sort of leak? Any suggestions would help at this stage!

Thanks
I was very, very drunk!

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