[SEL] Witte Diesel followed me home !!

[Robert L. Holtzer]

My Witte has an automotive type fuel pump that runs off an ecentric 
on the crankshaft.  The two bolts in the picture mount the pump.  A 
rod (?) comes up through the top of the casting (the bolt or whatever 
-- I can't tell from the picture).  At any rate it is connected to 
the fuel pump arm and allows manual priming of the fuel system - a 
real essential for bleeding the injector system!  The injector pump 
sits more or less over the crank just in front of the fuel pump and 
runs off the cam drive -- the drive gear can be seen in the "big end" 
close up of Jerry's pictures.

I don't see a tank -- there is an oil filter.  It is automotive 
size.  Oil is pressure fed to the valves and main bearings.  On my 
engine there is an external oil pump on the  side of the engine in 
front of the crank.  I think there is a pump on Jerry's engine -- 
barely visible in the "big end" picture.

Bob Holtzer, Sacramento

At 09:56 AM 11/29/2007, you wrote:
>Hi Jerry
>
>I am guessing that the tank is a diesel tank, and that the missing pump is
>part of the injection gear, just going on the 'look' of things.  I'm sorry,
>but I don't know these engines at all.
>
>All the best
>
>      Pete
>--
>Peter Scales
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com
> > [mailto:sel-bounces at lists.stationary-engine.com] On Behalf Of
> > Jerry Evans
> > Sent: 29 November 2007 17:26
> > To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> > Subject: [SEL] Witte Diesel followed me home !!
> >
> > Hi All,
> >          A new lump of rust followed me home yesterday - it's
> > a lot bigger
> > and heavier than the rusty things I usually collect but it
> > was given to me
> > and at that price I decided to keep it.
> >
> >          It's a 12 H.P. Witte Horizontal Diesel. I'm not sure of the
> > manufacturing date (or even the "Type") and would appreciate
> > some help.
> >
> >          I've put some pics here if you would care to look:
> >
> > <www.oldengine.org/members/evans/witte/>
> >
> > Keep the revs up (or down)
> > Jerry Evans
> > Near Johannesburg in Sunny South Africa.
> > (Winners of the 2007 Rugby World cup).
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