[SEL] Muncie engine

[Richard Strobel]

I was wondering what the lever was for...J.B.  Is the injector by itself 
fairly commplicated and do you think one could be manufactured?

Would you explain this statement a little more in depth.

"there's a relief valve that dumps the fuel at the end of the stroke"

Rick


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>
>
> >
> >   The starting air valves are different, but it's just nice to know that 
> > I
> > don't have to rack my brain for the "bar over."
> >
> >
> On the 100hp Buckeye, there's s ball valve for starting, goes to a check 
> valve and into the top of the cylinder. You have to bar the engine to just 
> past top center, a stripe on the flywheel indicates this spot. You have to 
> time the air blast by watching the stripe come up, easy to get the hang of 
> it. I did some work on the fuel injection, there's a relief valve that 
> dumps the fuel at the end of the stroke. The governor slides a wedge in 
> and out between the valve and the rod. This allows injection to start at 
> tdc every time, when compression is max, cutting off the fuel at the end 
> to limit speed. When the governor is working right the engine runs clean. 
> There's a manual lever that limits the injection, delays the start of 
> injection. When speed is limited this way, lots of white smoke, incomplete 
> combustion.
> J.B. Castagnos
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