[SEL] Attention Aussies - Austral Question

[Edd Payne]

Arnie.I have still got the original coil in the start chamber.Do you have a 
owners book for the engine.If you have it tells you some ways to keep engine 
hot on light loads.ie increase compression by adding various thickness 
plates at rod end,(increased compression generates more heat)Also advancing 
the timing valve to open earlier.
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 8:13 AM
Subject: Re: [SEL] Attention Aussies - Austral Question


> G'day Edd,
>
> Thanks!!  That's pretty much how Dave & I start & run the engine.  We're
> using a propane burner rather than one of the original lamps.  I think
> we'll try running the cylinder a bit hotter as you describe.
>
> Are you doing anything by way of a starting coil in the lower chamber?
>
> BTW I might need to get one of these engines myself someday.  They sure
> are sweet running crowd pleasers!!
>
> See ya,  Arnie
>
> On Mon, 12 Mar 2007, Edd Payne wrote:
>
>> 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.
>
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