[SEL] Need Stover Help!

[Paul Maples]

Thanks Patrick, more great shots and these go a long way into understanding
the setup. I think I am now on my way to making this thing work.

Paul

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Patrick M Livingstone" <pml1 at bigpond.net.au>
To: "'The SEL email discussion list'" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Saturday, July 17, 2004 3:50 AM
Subject: RE: [SEL] Need Stover Help!


> I took some more pictures today to more clearly show the fuel savers on
> Stovers. I have added these to the pictures that were already on my Stover
> pages.
> This photo shows the head of Ron's YB with everything in place (ignore the
> lifting lugs on the head bolts):
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/myengines/Stover/0902yb7.jpg
> This is a rather naked view of the head of my YB:
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/myengines/Stover/0902yb8.jpg
> Here are two views of the fuel saver on Ron's YB with the rocker removed:
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/myengines/Stover/04071701.JPG
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/myengines/Stover/04071702.JPG
>
> I am not 100% sure of the workings of the fuel saver but if you consider
> that the exhaust valve is already held open so there is not a huge amount
of
> vacuum left to suck open the intake valve. All the fuel saver needs to do
is
> to add a little tension to the intake valve spring and the valve will not
> open.
> A slightly different style of Stover fuel saver can be seen on my DX (6hp)
> horizontal.
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/myengines/Stover/04071703.JPG
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/myengines/Stover/04071704.JPG
>
> The YB and YC fuel savers are identical and the YA engines were not fitted
> with fuel savers. The horizontal and vertical engine fuel savers seem to
be
> identical in operating principle but are just pivoted differently due to
the
> different layout of the rocker and valves.
> My YC does not have a fuel saver as it is a throttle governed engine so
the
> exhaust valve is never latched out.
>
> Patrick M Livingstone
> Leichhardt NSW
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