Title: Not LM but.................
Post by: Leftie on June 20, 2008, 01:57:58 am
My neighbour knocked on the door this evening and politely asked if I could help move his engine as he is going to rebuilt it.
Well, he has 2 Espaces, a petrol lawnmower and a small off-road go-cart.
So, no probs, I readily agreed.
I didn't expect this........................
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/jjkt15/IMG_1345.jpg)
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/jjkt15/IMG_1346.jpg)
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/jjkt15/IMG_1347.jpg)
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/jjkt15/IMG_1348.jpg)
Well, he has 2 Espaces, a petrol lawnmower and a small off-road go-cart.
So, no probs, I readily agreed.
I didn't expect this........................
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/jjkt15/IMG_1345.jpg)
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/jjkt15/IMG_1346.jpg)
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/jjkt15/IMG_1347.jpg)
(http://i197.photobucket.com/albums/aa64/jjkt15/IMG_1348.jpg)
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Rusty on June 20, 2008, 02:34:56 am
That puts Rex's air raid siren to shame.
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: landman on June 20, 2008, 08:42:08 am
Ok, I will ask the obvious question
"What the f00k is he going to do with that?"
Landman
"What the f00k is he going to do with that?"
Landman
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Mr. Invincible Mou on June 20, 2008, 08:52:02 am
Ok, I will ask the obvious question
"What the f00k is he going to do with that?"
"What the f00k is he going to do with that?"
How about a Power Shower he can use in LM, with a hose all the way home :o
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: oldtimer on June 20, 2008, 09:40:53 am
Ok, I will ask the obvious question
"What the f00k is he going to do with that?"
Landman
"What the f00k is he going to do with that?"
Landman
And I will ask the next obvious question. What is it from?
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Leftie on June 20, 2008, 10:43:00 am
Ok, I will ask the obvious question
"What the f00k is he going to do with that?"
Landman
"What the f00k is he going to do with that?"
Landman
And I will ask the next obvious question. What is it from?
I won't give the game away just yet because there are some knowledgable peeps on here.
Suffice to say that the starter motor is bigger than my 2lts 6 cyclinder.
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: landman on June 20, 2008, 11:39:21 am
I'll guess at at Pratt & Whitney Wasp radial off of a B17
LM
LM
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Buddha on June 20, 2008, 05:00:48 pm
The girl in the photo look scarred - not half as scarred as when Daddy fires the thing to life at 02:30 hrs on Sunday morning and the house falls down.
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Perdu on June 20, 2008, 09:37:22 pm
Looking at the twin collector rings (which ain't half gonna take some bashing out so they work) maybe a Brisstle Centaurus off a Sea Fury
Is my uneducated guess
Is my uneducated guess
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Leftie on June 20, 2008, 09:47:05 pm
Looking at the twin collector rings (which ain't half gonna take some bashing out so they work) maybe a Brisstle Centaurus off a Sea Fury
Is my uneducated guess
Is my uneducated guess
Spelling a bit orf, but hit the nail on the head there mate.
Not a Sea Fury but a Blackburn Beverly 'Boxcar', RAF Transport Command. The engine also appeared in Constelations so there are loads of spares in Arizona and Nevada (I'm given to understand).
18 cyclinder Radial, a smidgin under 54ltrs. 2850hp.
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Black Granny on June 20, 2008, 09:53:32 pm
OK Jerry
What is Paul going to do with it? Power a new line of dry cleaning establishments?
What is Paul going to do with it? Power a new line of dry cleaning establishments?
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Leftie on June 20, 2008, 10:25:41 pm
OK Jerry
What is Paul going to do with it? Power a new line of dry cleaning establishments?
What is Paul going to do with it? Power a new line of dry cleaning establishments?
It's the new Spin Dryer Rick.
[Edit] Emsworth breads a few eccentrics now and then!!!.[/Edit]
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Leftie on June 20, 2008, 10:30:21 pm
the exhaust collector rings are going to be a bugger to source, they were difficult to get in the late seventies when I use to work on two Sea Furies at that time.
Side valve trickerie, all very Blitish. I've got some section drawings still somewhere from the war showing how it all worked.
Side valve trickerie, all very Blitish. I've got some section drawings still somewhere from the war showing how it all worked.
Peter,
If you could lay your hands on them, I'm sure Paul would like to look at them.
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: nopanic - neil on June 20, 2008, 10:46:05 pm
Would he not be better off buying a running unit?
I remember when some one bought (long story) brought a jet engine they payed a couple a grand for it and it was a running unit.
But I can't wait till he starts it up for the first time, and even better, You can't moan about the noice as you helped him to move it in
Like the way he used the rolled system to move it in, very Egyptian roller system/ Used that when I had to move an old phone box. Simple but effective.
Tell him good luck
I remember when some one bought (long story) brought a jet engine they payed a couple a grand for it and it was a running unit.
But I can't wait till he starts it up for the first time, and even better, You can't moan about the noice as you helped him to move it in
Like the way he used the rolled system to move it in, very Egyptian roller system/ Used that when I had to move an old phone box. Simple but effective.
Tell him good luck
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Leftie on June 20, 2008, 11:11:09 pm
Neil,
He can't fit it in his garage and work on it, can't do it in the garden because of 'pikies' Oooops, non PC travelling vagrants with HIABS. So it will be going into his workshop down the road. No residents there >:D ;D ;D ;D
He can't fit it in his garage and work on it, can't do it in the garden because of 'pikies' Oooops, non PC travelling vagrants with HIABS. So it will be going into his workshop down the road. No residents there >:D ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Perdu on June 20, 2008, 11:19:54 pm
They were a wonderful engine, the Centaurus, but honestly I think he will have a devil >:D of a job with the collector rings....
How many of you can tell I'm jealous that he has one to play with then? :'(
The big problem is the air racing lads will have scoured the desert looking for Centaurus bits, I think they were the most powerful piston engine ever put in a single seater fighter weren't they (F.S?) and racing Sea Furies are amongst the best there have been.
How many of you can tell I'm jealous that he has one to play with then? :'(
The big problem is the air racing lads will have scoured the desert looking for Centaurus bits, I think they were the most powerful piston engine ever put in a single seater fighter weren't they (F.S?) and racing Sea Furies are amongst the best there have been.
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Robbo SPS on June 21, 2008, 12:38:23 am
EMSWORTH.....
Blomin eck.
Where's his workshop. I'd be interested in a nose.. Crime prevention advise and all that... or just community work stuff.....
Thats really going to piss the neighbours off when it gets going.
Blomin eck.
Where's his workshop. I'd be interested in a nose.. Crime prevention advise and all that... or just community work stuff.....
Thats really going to piss the neighbours off when it gets going.
Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: Lord Pig-Pen on June 21, 2008, 10:41:36 pm
That puts Rex's air raid siren to shame.
Gauntlet laid... Next year we need a plane engine on a stand, or a jet powered Cavalier!Title: Re: Not LM but.................
Post by: nickliv on June 21, 2008, 11:06:46 pm
That puts Rex's air raid siren to shame.
Gauntlet laid... Next year we need a plane engine on a stand, or a jet powered Cavalier!Fling a turbo on it. The compression's low enough for the valves not to trouble the pistons.
There is a way to turn a scrap turbo into an even more scrap turbo by turning it into a jet engine of sorts. IIRC much propane required (But my Sodium Chlorate experiments at the beginning of the weekend indicates my amateur status, both as a chemist and an engineer.)
That's one hell of a rebuild project. I'll bet he spends a LOT of time on ebay. And avoiding his wife.
