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I have done one on an F but that doesn’t really help much. that K was smoking quite a lot, a good thrash on a river might help it Tom
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That depends on how it is held in gear, is the boat Frodsham? Tom
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Hi Mike, the bearing arrangement on the diesels is different, they have a bearing housing bolted to the crankcase containing the bearing, it just depends what is fitted to the end of the crank, is it a marine engine or a lighthouse engine? I have a pair of 13/15HP poppet valve cranks, one marine and one land engine the two cranks are significantly different but I'm not sure the K's followed suit Tom
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The petrol paraffin engines use a ball thrust bearing, the diesels use a large deep groove ball bearing in a housing behind the ahead clutch, this is quite an expensive bearing compared to the rest of the gearbox bearings. the first photo shows the thrust bearing, the second shows the ahead clutch fitted. the diesels use a different bearing. hope this helps Tom
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How about reopening frodsham lock? that would be a nice alternative route Tom
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Here are photos of a few Kelvin silencers, early J type Ricardo type from an F4 Globe silencer for 3 1/2" poppet valve from 1915 onwards and the early poppet valve type pre 1915 this one one is also for a 3 1/2" bore engine Tom
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They are rubber O rings as I have left the correct springs on the boat. They are working for testing though Tom
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More progress today, hopefully lifting it into the boat over the weekend!
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That's the same bore as the F too and the B but I doubt there are any of them left!! The F doesn't have a liner unless the block has been sleeved, the bore doesn't match any of the poppet valve engines either. Tom
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I had a bit of time this week, new front engine feet are on and it's starting to look more like an engine again next step, vaporisers and carburettors, hopefully next week. Tom
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I'm not too worried about a tug of war, it's only a J2! Half the capacity of the F4 and a slower throttle response, I can always run on petrol for a bit more power like you did with Joel in Nottingham! Just got to finish it and get it in the boat and run in first. Some of the bits for the electronic ignition system are ordered, looking forward to seeing how well that works. Tom
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I'm planning on fitting a very large tank, and having a tanker delivery every year, kerosene is a good fuel or the mix of diesel and petrol from people misfueling their cars! Tom
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Hope to have it running before then, how about a tug of war in may?
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Now that the panto season is over, I've had chance to continue with the rebuild, this engine is slightly different to the other F4s out there in that it has the optional governor fitted to it. The propeller and shaft are now fitted too, hopefully it won't be too long before the engine is in now Tom
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Here is a photo of a set of wide feet I have fabricated for a Kelvin, it is an F4 rather than a J but there are some similarities between the engines. The paraffin engines were never fitted with stay bars or wide feet as standard, I do know of an F2 with wide feet from a J fitted. Tom
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To position the engine in the correct position on the existing engine beds, I have had new engine mountings cut ready to be bolted to the crankcase hopefully more to follow on return from Panto land Tom
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Here are a few more photos of recent progress, more paint and the crank is back in and a new oil drip bar fitted as the old one was damaged. I hope to have cylinders fitted soon And a photo of a rebuilt E2 with the F4 in the background hopefully more to follow soon. Tom
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If one cylinder isn't firing, is it actually injecting fuel? I saw an sr2 where the injector pipe was loose on the pump and the fuel was going straight into the sump. Tom
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Starting to go back together now, hoping to get it in the boat later this summer
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The flywheel is off, a bigger hammer sorted it! hopefully more to follow later today Tom
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last time we went up, the lock keeper asked what the draught was, we told him just over 3', we hit the cill hard, he didn't believe the tug was as deep as we said, his words were "so it is actually 3' draught then" then he ran more water through! a 28 ton boat hitting the cill and stopping dead probably didn't do the cill much good either. Tom
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I have a bigger hammer!
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Finally had some time to start looking at the crankcase and start to remove the flywheel. hoping to start on the gearbox soon,also sorted some new bits still in their packaging
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I may have a flange suitable for this in my collection of poppet valve plumbing bits, can you let me know the distance between bolt holes and I'll have a look at the weekend. Tom
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Sae 30 for the diesels sae 40 for the Ricardo and sleeve valves and sae 50 for the poppet valves Tom
