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    Your pictures are the other way round, the the first one shows the test leads on the HT lead and earth (coil secondary windings test)

     

    Looking at other pictures online that sleeved lead appears to be an earth lead for the coil?

     

    Have you tried another spark plug? And is the points gap correct?

     

    Not trying to teach you to sucks BTW, just trying to get my head around it! :confused:

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    Has it been running and then stopped? Or did you get it as a non-runner?

     

    I can't see in the second picture where you have the other test lead, but there should be no continuity across the open points.

     

    What's the purpose of the red lead with the sleeving on that's earthed on the condenser mounting screw?

     

     

     

     

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    That looks like a good project, seems like it's all there apart from the silencer?

     

    It's easy to think of 'D' frame generators as 'modern', but I would think that's getting on for 50 years old now. I've got an Alam Minigen with a Villiers F15 engine in the 'to do' queue, trouble is other projects keep pushing in front... :D

     

    I found this site looking for Conyers info as well, in my case a little JAP powered charging set that was on ebay.

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    6 hours ago, Rayp said:

    Thanks very much for the video link which is very helpful. A friend also suggested this video which wasn't easy to find as nothing came up by searching 'Wolseley' or 'Wolseley Scythe'.

    No problem, I just happened to remember watching it a while ago along with some of his other videos.

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    Great to see the post restored, brilliant job! :)

     

    I got mine running after cleaning and setting the points and cleaning the carb out. A short video here: Swan Charging Set - YouTube

     

    There was a mention of these sets in a recent issue of 'Stationary Engine' magazine, it seemed to suggest that they dated from WW2 which is clearly not the case. But were they used by any other branches of the military?

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    Advertising this on behalf of the care home where I work, money raised will go to the amenity fund which pays for activities, trips Etc for the residents.

     

    Westwood S1000, unused for at least 13 years but stored in a dry garage, it was only used on the home's grounds so I don't believe it has done much work. There is a deck with it but I am not sure if it is the correct one as we had another ride-on as well.

     

    It will need to be collected from Oadby, Leicester LE2. I can assist with loading.

     

    Please PM me with an offer and I will put it to my boss and get back to you.

     

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    Could the gearbox on the end of the shaft be getting hot due to lack of lubricant?

     

    I take it the guard is in position and line cutter blade is present? Reason I ask is when I worked on hire machines we we would get them back with the guard moved up the shaft so more line would feed out, I was told this put more strain on the gearbox so the hirer would be charged for a new one.

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    Copied from UK Stationary Engine Forum (forumotion.com), please spread the word.

     

    An enthusiast in Shropshire has had his entire engine collection stolen while away at a family bereavement in Devon.  Enthusiasts offered any items resembling the following  are  requested to contact the  West Midlands Police, address as supplied below:
    The Police details are as follows:
    Crime Number 22/72262/21, West Midlands Police Constable Jamie Magee 07817 158319 or 101 ext 7773906

    Unfortunately there are no surviving photographs of any of stolen items and just the serial number of the Victoria{2868) but the following is a list:

    Victoria 7HP, S/N 2868 *  
    Amanco 2.75HP on trolley{engine painted green) *
    Fairbanks 3HP on skids (Salter & Stokes suppliers transfer} *
    Lister B 3HP on skids *
    Lister A 3HP as found
    Bamford 1.5HPon 2 wheel trolley *
    Petter M 5 HP as found
    Fowler i.5HP radiator cooled dismantled
    Lister D 1.5 hopper cooled *
    Lister D 15 radiator cooled *
    Lister D close coupled tank cooled with replica tank
    Fairbanks 1.5HP headless on skids *
    Fairbanks 3HP as found HT
    Wolesley 1.5HP WD8  painted blue *
    Lister L type twin with free-standing original radiator as found
    Lister L type on skids as found No cooling tank
    Lister Startamatic 1.5KW as found No control gear
    Land Rover engine 1948 incomplete
    Lister water pump
    Newton dynamo 24volt
    MAC centrifugal pump
    Old oak 4 wheel engine trolley
    Dennis 36’’mower with fibreglass grass box
    Howard Gem rotavator JAP engine incomplete and rusty
    Lister butter churn
    Petter A 1.5HP dismantled

    Asterisk denotes older restoration. All others are as found.
    These details are on Facebook and will appear shortly in Stationary Engine Magazine

    Thank you
    Eric

 
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