[SEL] Farm Pumper help

Brian Watts briwatt at optusnet.com.au
Tue Dec 8 22:56:32 PST 2009


Hi Graham,
I will have to catch with you about the casting patterns, maybe over xmas.
also started to put videos of our blackstone engines on utube
Brian Watts
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> Gday Andy
>
> Looks like you still need more info on your pumper. I've got one of these 
> and a few other Buzacotts. This's my .02.
>
> The 2 pumpers that I'm aware of that also had Wico EK's fitted are 
> Buzacott and Southern Cross. The SC's look top have the EK on the RHS as 
> looking at the flywheel (Kindschi, Vol 1 pg 115), Buzacotts on the left 
> (like mine). Don't think a F&J ever had an EK fitted. Could be wrong --  
> never seen one but. So you've prob. got a Buzacott.
>
> Now the serial Nos. My several Buzacotts/rosebery's of various models seem 
> to follow a simple sequence irrespective of the model type. I'm not in my 
> shed, but my pumper is 9xxx so would put it about 1930, rotary mag 2A at 
> 5xxx so 1925, 2HP and 5HP V verts at 10xxx so 1933, a wico EK model 2A at 
> 10xxx so 1930's, 4HP W vert 129xx at about 1936 etc.
>
> So your flywheel you found at S/N 4121 is good and at about 1924 fits in 
> well with 1923 the beginning of the EK mags. FYI, my Buzza has a small 
> oval plate on the flywheel with I think (need to check) S/N in the arrow 
> AND the crank hole cover in the side is made of sheetmetal NOT a casting. 
> Might be a good guide. Hit me with your email direct and I can take some 
> pics for you. Mine has the flywheel off at present due to crank bearings 
> repair. I'm doing this by pressing out the whitemetal bearing (they're not 
> poured in rough cast), machining in lathe then press in a bronze insert. 
> Saves re-pouring whitemetal and having to line bore the crankcase (yuk) to 
> keep it true.
>
> Hope this helps , Graham in Melb.
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