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billh

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  1. Though fair to point out that neither place is under the control of Greater Manchester Waste Disposal Authority, they are in Cheshire, so different rules apply.
  2. Pedestrian access is not permitted at our local (Greater Manchester) re-cycling centres, so turning up with your disposables in a wheelbarrow won't get you anywhere. For example. the huge Bailey Street site in Stalybridge is a couple of hundred yards from the Huddersfield Narrow, but you would have to have a car or van to access.
  3. It will make a lot of different sounds depending on how you set those switches on the back.
  4. Has anyone ever managed to re-fit these magnets to a Shurflo and get it running? They seem to have been glued in with the glue having a finite life. The magnets being magnetic(!) don't want to go where they need to.
  5. AIUI,That water point is not provided by C&RT and you have no "right" to use it. Usually, there's someone around to ask and a polite request is unlikely to be refused.
  6. That implies little or no feed from Rudyard Lake via the Leek branch of the Caldon. Has Rudyard been emptied for safety reasons as well?
  7. No water point below Marple Locks and the secret one at Portland Basin is "unofficial". You might be ok at Portland Basin Marina off line but that could be a faff fo access. Nearest proper one is Fairfield Top Lock if you're heading for Manchester and Grove Road Services up the Huddersfield near lock 8. Facilities provided by C &RT in the area are minimal.🙁
  8. Gearbox now working correctly, thanks to Tracy D's remote diagnosis being spot on.😊 Nil Points to me for incompetant re-assembly, first time round☹️ Thanks again
  9. Aha! Very good suggestion, I didn;t realise it would fit either way, it doesn't look like it would? If it is that , problem is solved, thank you very much, your explanation makes complete sense!
  10. Gearbox was working fine except for a leaking oil seal on the output shaft. decided to replace seal and removed shaft and drive coupling flange but thought I had to remove oil pump as well, this latter was not needed as I found out later. Put a new seal in , replaced shaft and oil pump topped up with oil to full on the dipstick, turning the shaft by hand ok. Start engine,ok, won't go into forward or reverse, the lever is working ok,plenty of travel. Have I got air in the oil system, if so how do I prime the pump? Is it something else I've done? Any suggestions gratefully received ,thanks in advance.
  11. 1261lbs with gearbox, I suspect somewhat lighter than eg a JP2M and more powerful. Hi from me,Tom_c 😀 Bill
  12. Plenty of places to turn here: It's a salt works at Weston😄
  13. billh

    Carburetor jet size

    Thanks both for the information. Here's a link to a cut away carb drawing: http://www.sky-net.org.uk/kelvin/petrol/ricardo/man/index.html Useless fact: The G4 (60HP) engine had 4 carburetors ,1 per cylinder, trying to balance that lot would be a bit of a job😄, I remember struggling with twin SUs on Austin A110 and Jag XJ6. I don't know if any G4s still exist?
  14. The main jet size on this Kelvin carb is marked size "160" Anyone know what the units of size : thous, tenths of thous, mm this figure relates to? The jet appears to be between 0,5 and 1mm ( not measured). I suspect the jet is worn and therefore I'm considering making a new replacement but only if I can resolve "160" to a real life measurement. Any ideas? Thanks in advance.
  15. A monorail system was set up on the Ashton & Peak Forest Canals exactly 50years ago this month. Used in connection with the Ashtac canal restoration event when 800 volunteers descended on the canal to clear it for navigation. Unfortunately, a quantity of the monorail track was stolen after it was dismantled and stored ready for collection by the hire company😧. A couple of weeks after the Ashtac event itself enabled maintainence motor NB Joel to navigate between Portland Basin and Fairfield top lock for the first time since 1962. The whole of the Ashton & Peak Forest was re-opened in 1974.
  16. Hi, You won't be "spinning it on the handle" unless you're built like Charles Atlas. Even with the petrol start and low compression , it's a mighty heavy engine. It should just need to be brought over compression slowly so that the impulse start on the mag drive clicks and fires the petrol. It says something to that effect in the instruction book😀
  17. As an aside, has anyone actually passed boats in Hyde Bank?Although width appears to be ok, the roof profile would be very limiting for modern boats with full length cabins. I have never seen it attempted, I always wait for any boats in the tunnel to emerge.
  18. I have legged a boat through Hyde Bank dozens of times in the past . Getting the boat up to speed with the horse before casting the line off is the secret. The profile of the canal and a 1mph current from Marple means any momentum is soon lost. The leggers need to be ready to work as soon as they are in the tunnel, it is difficult to start the boat from a dead stand when legging. We never used a plank across the boat to leg, far too dangerous.Always from the roof.
  19. Turns out the clutch had been slipping for years at higher revs. Much better now with rebuilt gearbox. I am surprised that there was no sign of overheating, burning oil etc , but there wasn't. Thanks to everyone for all your help. Bill
  20. The wheel change means you don't run the risk of knocking the Chief Engineer/ERA out with the push pull system😀. Wheel is more positive with less slack than the various linkages and levers
  21. Noticed this in the last 2/3 weeks. I can log in to the forum ok , type a message, press the send button and that changes to "saving" then nothing, post does not appear in the topic. No problem with other forums. Browser is Firefox , same on this more modern desktop from whence this message comes. Any ideas? Due to receive a slightly less ancient iMac soon, I will see how that goes😃
  22. Yes, these are very useful and appear accurate. However, you must remember to take out the battery between uses, when you press the "off" button it doesn't actually switch off , though the screen goes blank and so,after a few days, the battery goes flat. Keep the battery in the little holder made for it in the case
  23. WCBS at Portland Basin and Stalybridge, not GB, different outfit😀
  24. We have kept "deepish" boats on the Ashton for nearly 50 years and passages of the canal by these boats is well into 3 figures. The only difficulties you may encounter maybe reduced level in a pound, usually solved by running water down from the next lock.At the moment,there appears to be plenty of water feeding the summit level from the Peak Forest and HNC. @bobl on this site can provide up to date information and advice
  25. Since when? There was one near the top lock last week and I remember it being there fifty odd years ago. ? Maybe your definition of a marina differs from mine?
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