[SEL] Factory Hot Tube Ignition

[Russell Gilbert]

Arnie it a way off at this point. Still trying to un-seize the 
piston. The next national is about 15 months away.
Russell
PS: will send pics direct.

At 03:59 PM 9/12/2007, you wrote:
>G'day Russell,
>
>Damn, that sounds like an engine designer's sick joke.  8-))
>Do you have any close-ups of the flyball governor & pendulum area?
>I'm having trouble trying to picture how it all would work together.
>
>How far away is completion of this project on your "list"; you mentioned the
>next National?
>
>See ya,  Arnie
>
>Arnie Fero
>Pittsburgh, PA
>fero_ah at city-net.com
>
>Quoting Russell Gilbert <russell at ncable.com.au>:
>
> > Rob they really are a great looking engine. the top shaft is a side
> > shaft running the flyball governor only. The movement of the flyball
> > works the pendulum engaging the push rod to work the rocker arm. I
> > have not seen one running and will be fun getting this one restored.
> > It would seem that the engine will be a hand full to set up with fuel
> > flow needing to be spot on, the flyball govenor tension right, and
> > then the adjustment of the weight of the pendulum. All that while
> > learing about constant flame hot tube ignition.
> >
> > At 04:39 PM 8/12/2007, you wrote:
> > >Man, that's a beautiful hunk of iron, Russell.  I can't quite tell
> > >from the picture, but is your Campbell governed off a pendulum on the
> > >bottom pushrod, or a flyball off the upper shaft?
> > >
> > >On Dec 7, 2007, at 9:14 PM, Russell Gilbert wrote:
> > > > Arnie I have a 6hp Campbell that has hot tube ignition, roughly
> > > > about 1909??
> > > > http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2469500470036399874CPItML
> > > > I must get some better pics of it up at some point. I will be putting
> > > > great effort into getting this one restored for the next Aussie
> > > > National rally.
>
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Russell Gilbert
Sunny Sunraysia
russell at ncable.com.au
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