The Classic Machinery Network

mechman wrote:Hi all.
The MD at the railway said I see you've got it running. Me , yes but only on one cyl again. Him. Yes it was always like that at the place it came from (and the MD) HMP service and the guy that looked after the plant used to spend a lot of time on it trying to get it to run on both cylinders, How inspiring.
Norm.

That sounds like what I'd call a challenge

Jeremy

Well now is the time to figure it out and then gloat about how good you are at fixing these challenges. I am working on a challenge at the moment and boy it is really doing my head in as it is a Brons/Hvid injection system and to say it is strange is an understatement.

cobbadog wrote:Well now is the time to figure it out and then gloat about how good you are at fixing these challenges. I am working on a challenge at the moment and boy it is really doing my head in as it is a Brons/Hvid injection system and to say it is strange is an understatement.

Cobba, when it comes to most types of machinery the last person the designer ever thinks of is the poor bloke that has to repair or maintain the thing; nonetheless life would be rather boring without the occasional challenge.

Jeremy

really distressed model

Hi all.
Had another couple of rounds with the PH2 today, set the spill timing from scratch again, this time using a vernier caliper gauge for setting the racks.
I gave it a whirl and it it fired up, it was firing on two cyls for a short while and then onto one. I noticed a fuel leak coming from the banjo fitting on the non firing pump (or so I thought) quite a bad leak too. I took the banjo bolt out and replaced the copper washers with new ones (annealed them first) then buttoned it all up and tried again, it fired up on one again, but the leak was still there, it was coming out of the pump rack. That was the pump I'd just swapped. Looks like another duff pump. I'm waiting until I can get a guaranteed working pump/s before I have another round with it. Bah, or words to that effect.
Norm.

I feel your pain Norm. At least you haven't pushed it out to the middle of the yard and set fire to it. I thought you were going to say that it was not the washers but the banjo fitting as I had one of those go on me once too. You are taking the right attitude towards it and with a good plan so we wish you luck and you will find a working one soon enough as they are a fairly common pump. You may even be able to cross reference it with a non generic part.

The 4s saga.
All transmission in. New bushes all round and new clutch plate.
Norm.

Good progress there Norm. Getting closer all the time.

As Cobba says getting there so great progress there Norm.

Jeremy