[SEL] Famous Running

Edd Payne edsingns at winsoft.net.au
Tue Jun 8 05:19:38 PDT 2004


Great pic Patrick.My 4,6,8 and 10 HP Famous engines are all throttlers.Only
my 1HP Titan and Tom thumb and 2.5 HP are hit and miss as this was the only
way they were made.
EDD PAYNE
PO BOX 364 GULGONG
New South Wales  AUSTRALIA 2852
0263742387
edsingns at winsoft.net.au
----- Original Message -----
From: "Patrick M Livingstone" <pml1 at bigpond.net.au>
To: "Stationary Engine ATIS List" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>;
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Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 2004 11:26
Subject: [SEL] Famous Running


> 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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