[SEL] Famous Running

[David Nicolson]

hi patrick nice pic of rons famous, i have a 6hp hit'n'miss screen cooled 
famous, they seem to be more common down this way as lindsays and one other 
are the only two throttle governed ones i have seen down here. cheers dave


>From: "Patrick M Livingstone" <pml1 at bigpond.net.au>
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>Subject: [SEL] Famous Running
>Date: Tue, 8 Jun 2004 11:26:01 +1000
>
>Sunday I went out to Ron's to play engines. We decided that it was time to
>have another go at Ron's 6hp Famous as it had been about 11 months since we
>had last put any effort into it. Ron had cleaned the carby up since we had
>last run the engine so it was bolted back on and the engine oiled up. The
>engine started easily (which was great as last time I had sore arms for
>days) but was running a little quick. After stopping the engine we removed
>one of the governor springs and fired the engine up again. It was now
>running a lot slower. The engine has a lot of blowby but a bit of running
>will probably help.
>http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/ronsengines/03072702.JPG
>The engine is a little unusual in Oz being a hit and miss as most of the
>larger Famous engines in Oz seem to be throttlers. This engine had
>originally been fitted with a Webster but it was long gone. It has an Edd
>Payne built ignitor fitted which works perfectly (as Edd's ignitors do).
>
>Patrick M Livingstone
>Leichhardt NSW
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