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RLWP

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  1. 9 hours ago, SiFi said:

    OK, I've got to despair stage! Ticker-over for 30mins, with a bit of revving, with a combustion bubbler in the place of the header cap.  No colour change, no loss of water. Went to rev engine again and it 'hunted', turned-off, allowed to cool for 15 minutes ...... now it starts, runs for a second and dies.  

     

    Abandoning cruise and heading home.

    I did not know about that, thanks ... I did wonder what it was.

     

    We are starting to see LPW engines where the spring that joins the rack to the governor breaks - the hook on the end of the spring wears through. Makes the engine sort of uncontrollable

     

    Richard

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  2. 14 minutes ago, Ca Jon said:

    We are doing a complete oil flush/change and sorting pesky leaks. It has been a beautiful, reliable engine, but lately has been 'groaning' as it stops.

     

    Email a video, groaning is unusual

     

    Leaking of course, isn't

     

    Richard

  3. 1 hour ago, Tony Brooks said:

     

    an SR3 suggests

     

    Reading the tealeaves, it's more likely to be an LPWS3. That would have an instrument panel and morse control to steal, and would make stopping and starting the engine difficult

     

    An SR3 is unlikely to have such a panel

     

    A lot of Sue's time is spent identifying what engine a customer has - she's good at it!

     

    Richard

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  4. 13 hours ago, David Mack said:

    Canvas or sheet metal?

     

    Canvas - or some modern equivalent. She makes them with flanges to screw to the Lister air duct flange, or plain to fit onto a rectangular outlet (as found on T series engines, or modified S/H types)

     

    Richard

  5. 17 hours ago, Tony Brooks said:

     

    I am sorry, but it was nearly 60 years ago when I was dealing with the B Type BMC boxes, and I don't have a manual. I know Richard has had dealings with them much more recently, so he may well be your best hope of help.

     

    It is the gear sticking out that made me think Parsons or B type but the gear does not look quite right for the B type and I THINK there was a cam on that gear shaft that worked a plunge type oil pump to squirt oil into the planet gears. I can't see that.

    <snip>

     

    What I can see all looks pretty standard for a PH, Tony

     

    Richard

     

  6. 10 hours ago, Tony Brooks said:

     

    The OP did say "ignore the gearbox", I suspect the one in the photo was obtained to replace the original, and then it was found not to fit.

     

    He did!

     

    I've just spotted, this AVA might be a PH2. If so, we may have a gearbox

     

    Richard

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    Something odd here. The engine has the raised had start and a small adapter for a gearbox with the centre of the reverse cluster - painted green

     

    On the left is a Hurth gearbox, which looks too small for the job, on an adapter which is too big for this engine - painted blue

     

    Richard

  8. 2 hours ago, Tracy D&#x27;arth said:

     

    I still don't think that the new pump is correct for this engine.

     

    The 'problem' is that the arm has to be lifted up against the internal spring in the pump, while poking the arm through the hole in the block and not being able to see what you are doing. Best bet is to insert the pump at a ridiculous angle so the arm goes up between the cam and the crankcase, push the body towards the block to compress the spring and bolt it in place before your arms get tired

     

    The picture isn't clear if the arm is in the working position or if it has dropped down to the bottom of the housing. The shape of the arm seems to be correct

     

    First one I did, I  got the arm underneath the cam - meaning it didn't work. Now I've learned

     

    Richard

  9. 10 hours ago, Tony Brooks said:

     

    Yes, we know what it should look like, but does it. The OP has described a fault that is all but unbelievable so I have been trying to work out what may actually be wrong with it.

     

    I wonder if he's got the lever tucked underneath the cam, not pushing against the side

     

    Richard

  10. On 19/03/2023 at 10:08, Karen Lea Rainey said:

    Thank you everyone, sound advice all round, great to get the experience and expertise  from you.

    Todays task now awaits.

    Thanks

     

    How did you get on?

     

    I'm just about to launch into solving a multitude of water leaks on an HW3

     

    Richard

  11. There is a door on each barrel giving access to the water space. Fitting the hoses is a pain, the longer on squashes and goes on. The shorter ones on the tee piece require careful juggling. You can't assemble them to the doors, then fit the assembly as there is a nut and stud behind the pipe (!!!). Before you ask, the 'S' shaped hose on the flywheel end is obsolete and unobtainable

     

    Don't bother trying to unscrew the 'filter', it will be very firmly stuck. It is easier to take the inlet manifold off. It isn't a filter, it's a noise suppressor - actually it' a pepperpot exhaust serving as an air intake

     

    Richard

     

     

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  12. Don't be surprised if the metal stubs on the doors have corroded through. I have replaced several

     

    Can't say I get a lot of trouble with Jubilee clips, apart from this horrible ones where the 'thread' on the band is pierced through

     

    Richard

  13. 18 hours ago, knares said:

    ok guys

    this is what i have got

    dose it look normal, or is some thing missing

    the wire is the stop cable

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    IMG_0371.png

     

    All correct for a fixed speed engine

     

    Richard

  14. 7 hours ago, Dan Fasham said:

    It’s the time scales I’m exploring at the moment but I doubt the points will change much

     

    Don't bank on it!

     

    We have always changed the points per section a bit to encourage some parts rather than others. Bigger changes come from bonus points for starting points. Probably the most significant changes are which bits can be score in both directions - and they do get changed

     

    We are about to initiate Jon into this secret process as handed down for centuries, hopefully he will bring his own hedgehogs

     

    Richard

  15. On 10/01/2023 at 20:02, Goliath said:


    Is it a problem then, are you not going to able to join in as (chief) organiser?

     

    The organiser knows how many points per section, because they have set them. They know where the 'quiz' questions are because they have decided them. We haven't known the answers because Andy Tidy kindly set them for us - which automatically disqualifies him, we still decide it was unfair to compete

     

    It could be possible to both organise and compete, it would need some careful planning to be both fair and seen to be so.

     

    Richard

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