[SEL] Attention Aussies - Austral Question

[Edd Payne]

I was wondering if my reply would still be relevant,I posted it 3days ago 
and kept getting undeliverable messages.Now back to the question.Yes Arnie I 
am talking sheet steel and in the centre chamber.I have made my coil the 
same dimensions and # of coils as the original and used what material I had 
on hand which was a piece of galvanised tin .I did this several years ago 
and it is still working great.Several blokes I know use a local product 
called termimesh,This is a stainless steel mesh used under concrete house 
slabs to stop termites.Those that use it swear by it.
Now here is a rundown of my starting /running procedure .Light up original 2 
burner Austral lamp and heat vaporiser till kero flashes when a small amount 
is dropped on the hot surface .Then do the normal bounce start procedure.I 
have the water flow full open.When the water flows through the tower I shut 
it of completely until the cylinder is hot so you can just bear to lay your 
hand on it then just crack open the water enough to maintain this 
temperature.I leave the heating lamp on all this time or for at least 30min 
after start up.I then remove lamp and put in heat retaining slide where the 
lamp was and also the top cover or close the vent holes depending on model 
of engine.I also run the engine about 150rpm or a little faster till all 
this is achieved then slow it down to about 120rpm.This works great for me 
and a lot of it is getting used to your engine and what works best for you.
EDD PAYNE
PO Box 364 Gulgong N.S.W
Australia
2852
Phone:0263742387
edsengns at optusnet.com.au
edsengns
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Arnie Fero" <fero_ah at city-net.com>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, March 12, 2007 7:27 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Attention Aussies - Austral Question


> G'day Edd,
>
> I'm keenly interested in the Austral experience that you relate below and
> I'd like to do some experimenting with Dave's 11 hp Austral.  Assuming
> that is that I can bring him around to our government's philosophy "If it
> ain't broken, keep fixing it till it is."  8-))
>
> If I'm understanding correctly, the main ignition coil goes in the center
> chamber and a starting coil goes into the lower chamber.  Is that correct?
>
> When you are referring to 22g and 8g steel, I'm assuming that you're
> referring to sheet metal gage; i.e. 22ga = 0.031" thk and
> 8ga = 0.168" thk.  Is that correct?  Have you seen any significant
> difference between using ordinary carbon steel and stainless steel?
>
> When you refer to using stainless steel mesh, what are you using that for?
> And is it something like a chunk of pot scrubber?
>
> Would you share the "design" of your Austral ignition and starting coils?
> Overall dimensions, number of turns, etc.  Are you using the stock coil
> housing?
>
> Thanks mate!!  As it sits, Dave's 11 hp Austral will run for about 30
> minutes when the lamp is turned off so I'm guessing that it wouldn't take
> much to improve things to "all day running."
>
> BTW, what hp is your Austral; 5 hp?
>
> See ya,  Arnie
>
> Arnie Fero
> Pittsburgh, PA USA
> fero_ah at city-net.com
>
> On Fri, 9 Mar 2007, Edd Payne wrote:
>
>> OK.So When I replaced my ign coil in my Austral to a 22g one from the
>> original and it will now run all day without a lamp under it and before 
>> it
>> wouldn't and all of us Ozies that do the same or use stainless steel mesh
>> are having our selves on.I also did the same to my 8HP Blackstone and it
>> also ran all day without external heat.Also try getting a piece of 22g 
>> steel
>> and apply heat.Then get a piece of 8g steel and apply heat.See which gets
>> hot faster.Also the Austral is generating heat all the time by 
>> compression
>> and this aids in keeping the ign area hot on idle strokes.They don't
>> decompress on idle strokes like a normal hit miss they do it by the fuel
>> valve not opening and letting in fuel.
>
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