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Well nothing to loose apart from some time I suppose, so here we go. I am going to take it steady on this one as it could well be all for nothing.
The exhaust guide vane assmbley was the most damaged part of the gas generator, if this part is sound then I may stand a chance to make into a turbo jet engine. Here it's pictured with the vanes removed courtesy of 10 cobalt hacksaw blades and 10 dremmel cutting discs. Still a bit to go I know, but it will do for now.

From this picture you can see how the exhaust nozzle fits into the combustion chamber. It is held in place with 10 screws and locking tab washers, with the washers and nuts on the inside. Also you can see the five injector nozzles are on a very basic rail system. Any exhaust nozzle/ jet pipe will have to locate around the small flange just inside the bolt holes, I may do something similar to what I made for the Solent.
This is the Combuster Can and what a fine piece of engineering it is as well. On the top are the five holes that the fuel is injected through and visible towards us is where the Igniter plug pops it head into from the outer case.

The Combustor on its side showing the diffuser arrangement on the out side, sharp as well!
On the inside just visable are the guide vanes that direct the hot gasses on to the Compressor Wheel.
Inside the darkness of the Combustion Chamber, the nozzles of the injectors are just visable and also the back end of the exhaust cone that I have had my saw & dremmel on to.
 
You may get an idea how this fits together, pick the combustion chamber up, turn it over and pop it down on top of the turbine wheel. Then bolt it together.

Close up of the Turbine Wheel.

 
Close up of the Compressor Wheel. I presume you noticed that the two wheels are back to back.
The casing of the CR201 with drives for all of the accessories that are required to run this engine, fuel pump, oil pump and 24volt starter.

 
The front with the main cover removed exposing a load of beautifully made gears. The hole on the left is for the bearings that support the main drive shaft and the pipe coming down from it is for lubrication. The hub on the bottom right is the free wheel starter drive, this works on a very fine ratchet system, similar to a bike so that the starter doesn't have to rotate at huge speeds once the engine is running.

Gears removed and I guess now that its all been cleaned of debris from the Power Turbine that blew up, its time to get it back together. The bearings the first job and the job I'm going to hate, very fiddly!

  2 views of the Igniter plug from the Lucas.

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