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Re: Britains greatest machines
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 4:02 pm
by Horsley-Anarak
Keith.P wrote:I don't know so much, it didn't run for long before it broke, Seagull's are a little more reliable.
See part 2.
Watched part 2, no mention of it breaking, he ran it without a prop so it stopped quickly.
The comments after the video say it is still running.
That guy built that engine up out of two scrap Mosquito engines, fair play to him.
Some on here can't even get a 1 cylinder Seagull running.
They are a very complex engine, and a feel that as a shed rebuild he did a good job.
H-A
Re: Britains greatest machines
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:05 pm
by Keith.P
Maybe you shouldn't believe everything you read!
Control unit mounted it end of motor, primed and operated on first video, not used to shut down the engine on second video. Magnetos switched off after engine stops and oil was dripping from somewhere.
Re: Britains greatest machines
Posted: Thu Jul 25, 2013 7:46 pm
by Horsley-Anarak
Keith.P wrote:Maybe you shouldn't believe everything you read!
Keith you obviously know far more than me yet again.
I do wonder why I bother posting sometimes.
Re: Britains greatest machines
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 1:21 am
by poptop2
Bedford trucks for me. Learned to drive hgvs in a techmaster and did nearly half a million miles in a 38 ton grain bulker Bedford tm over 6 years . One breakdown and that was on the lister donkey engine.
Present lorry MAN 32 tonnes wagon and drag demount 2 years old 260000km on the clock and it has had 5 intercoolers a half shaft and a new steering box thus far.
Re: Britains greatest machines
Posted: Tue Jul 30, 2013 9:15 am
by Blista
Ah Bisto!