oil nipples!
Posted: Mon Jun 12, 2017 10:13 pm
I've been intrigued for a while now with NIPPLES and before anyone gets off track it's not what you're thinking either!
In the early days of my seagull journey with some of the wartime motors i had always thought that these motors were made to just 1 specification. Each one the same in every way. SD's that is.. not SDP's.
I've talked before about the orientation of oil nipples before with some of these and never really got a firm answer with it, until maybe now.
I had originally thought that the nipples were all aligned on the same side. Not so it seems........
Hugo, i hope you're paying attention to this. Might be something, might be nothing, but 3 motors is more than just coincidence now.
To date i've counted 3 motors including my own with a low(ish) serial number that have 2 nipples on one side of the gearcase, the other 1 in the pump housing like all the others. BUT, they're not all on the same side.
Take a closer look at this one to see what i'm on about. I know it's a junker but it shows what i've been thinking about for some time now.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/132218112481? ... EBIDX%3AIT
Curious
Jon
In the early days of my seagull journey with some of the wartime motors i had always thought that these motors were made to just 1 specification. Each one the same in every way. SD's that is.. not SDP's.
I've talked before about the orientation of oil nipples before with some of these and never really got a firm answer with it, until maybe now.
I had originally thought that the nipples were all aligned on the same side. Not so it seems........
Hugo, i hope you're paying attention to this. Might be something, might be nothing, but 3 motors is more than just coincidence now.
To date i've counted 3 motors including my own with a low(ish) serial number that have 2 nipples on one side of the gearcase, the other 1 in the pump housing like all the others. BUT, they're not all on the same side.
Take a closer look at this one to see what i'm on about. I know it's a junker but it shows what i've been thinking about for some time now.
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/132218112481? ... EBIDX%3AIT
Curious
Jon