Many thanks for the information Paul.
I will get some more pictures, do you need any measurments as well? if so, which? or would something in the picture for scale help?
Jon
The bloke he got it off has a 30' x 18' shed, full of them, all different shapes and sizes, most are up for sale, he also has a complete end of the shed, floor to ceiling full of spares, magnetos etc etc etc.
WOW that was quick....
Yes Patj, it is an advance/retard.
Thanks Chuck, i will have a look and ask the question.
My uncle has a few of these stationary engines, of various shapes and sizes, i will get some pictures when the weather warms up and he has them out running.
Thanks, Jon
My uncle has just picked this up off a friend of his.
I mentioned this site to him, and he has asked to to post a question in the hope that someone may know the answer.
We would like to know the year of manufacture please.
Here are a few pics.
Thank you in advance, Jon
I may have missed it in this thread, but "Phlegmatic" said that a file needs breaking in and being as i have just taken delivery of a couple of brand new bacho files, is this true and is their a procedure for it????
The lever looking thing (top pictures) at the top was used to regulate the flow as well, you could wind the knurled nut up to adjust the drip rate, so that when the lever was pulled over you could go from a drip, to a trickle.
Nerdy bit coming up, depending what side of the equator you are on, depends on what way the water down the plug hole spins, its due to the rotation of the earth.
I used to make high voltage cable a few years ago, and the machines used to have those grease caps on, they work really well, just fill up at the start of shift, then every hour or so, just give them a quarter turn.