BMC 1.5 Fuel injection pump driving gear lubricator filter.

[Guy J]

Hello,

 

Does anyone know where I can buy one of these? It is a fuel injection pump driving gear lubricator filter for a BMC 1.5 diesel, and is located in the engine block on the opposite side to the injection pump.   As can be seen , mine has disintegrated, and I see from an earlier post that there is now a more modern replacement (metal mesh, pictured).  I don't mind which one I get, but I've had no luck in sourcing one.  Would be grateful for any leads.  Many thanks,  Guy

Edited May 7, 2024 by Guy J

[Tony Brooks]

Give Calcutt Boats a ring or look at the Vintage Tractor magazines.

[Guy J]

Thank you Tony, I have sent the photos to Calcutt and will see if I can find one in the vintage tractor world.

 

Guy

[Tony Brooks]

1 hour ago, Guy J said:

Thank you Tony, I have sent the photos to Calcutt and will see if I can find one in the vintage tractor world.

 

Guy

 

 

I think the mesh in your strainer is soldered into the hexagon and the aper base - maybe silver solder. So if needs must you may be able to de-solder it and the get some copper or brass mesh to fit into those parts.

[bizzard]

46 minutes ago, Tony Brooks said:

 

 

I think the mesh in your strainer is soldered into the hexagon and the aper base - maybe silver solder. So if needs must you may be able to de-solder it and the get some copper or brass mesh to fit into those parts.

If silver soldered it will have to be silver soldered again cos soft solder won't stick to silve rsolder

[Tony Brooks]

18 minutes ago, bizzard said:

If silver soldered it will have to be silver soldered again cos soft solder won't stick to silve rsolder

 

but lower melting point silver solder might stick.

[bizzard]

Just now, Tony Brooks said:

 

but lower melting point silver solder might stick.

It should-will.

[Guy J]

Thanks all for your help and advice.  My soldering is very amateur and that filled me with slight dread! Need to practise. 

 

However, no immediate need to solder, as I have finally found a secondhand mesh, as in the photo. Andrew Griffin at Tractor Spare Parts was very helpful and took one off an old engine he had.  He said they are more sturdy than the gauze filters and don't ever break, to his knowledge. So I'm very happy to buy a second hand one in the hope that it lasts the life of the boat.  Thanks Tony for tractor recommendation!

 

Andrew said he has lots of parts for BMC 1.5s (not the marinised bits, but 'standard' items) and supplies quite a few canal boats in addition to tractors. Well worth a call or email if struggling to find parts for a BMC.

 

I have just had a reply from Calcutt to say they also have a secondhand one!    The price was similar in both cases.  Not quite so rare it would seem, but I assume getting harder to find, and if anyone has a brass and gauze one, it may be worth updating it while you can, if you're not a master solderer.

Edited May 8, 2024 by Guy J

[Tony Brooks]

1 hour ago, Guy J said:

He said they are more sturdy than the gauze filters and don't ever break, to his knowledge. So I'm very happy to buy a second hand one in the hope that it lasts the life of the boat. 

 

I had just one of the perforated metal ones fail. It rusted through, but it was off an ex broads boat and I suspect it had sunk in salt water and the engine was not popery flushed. The oil was certainly grey. Apart from that I agree, never seen another one fail.

[Guy J]

Thanks for your endorsement Tony, as long as it's from  a tractor engine, it is unlikely to have been submerged in salt water!  

[Tony Brooks]

3 minutes ago, Guy J said:

Thanks for your endorsement Tony, as long as it's from  a tractor engine, it is unlikely to have been submerged in salt water!  

 

True, but in days gone by it was probably running on high sulphur gas oil so the oil would become fairly acidic.

[Guy J]

I will check carefully for corrosion in that case.