[SEL] DELCO LIGHT PLANT HELP NEEDED

cgandree at mchsi.com cgandree at mchsi.com
Mon Sep 13 03:41:17 PDT 2010


Dave,
I am not sure where that felt pad is supposed to go.  When I take out that plug it has a screen fastened to the bottom with no evidence of a pad. Can you send me a detailed pic of the felt pad and where it goes please.
thanks,
Curt



----- Original Message -----
From: "David Carter" <no1djc at hotmail.com>
To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
Sent: Sunday, September 12, 2010 3:35:35 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central
Subject: Re: [SEL] DELCO LIGHT PLANT HELP NEEDED


Curt,
   No check valve is needed.  Vacuum, engine side of the rotating mixer slide, draws fuel up through the pipe and through a pre-drilled jet in the mixer casting. Check the slide is the correct way round. Closed at 10 o'clock, fully open at 2 o'clock, rotationally speaking.
Engine side of the slide, the mixer casting has a jet drilled in the bottom of the circular "reservoir". 
 
http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2494317430054098493CNqulm

 This should have a felt pad in it. To start the engine, flood the felt pad with petrol, move the slide to start, and crank the engine.
The pad supplies fuel to the engine until fuel is drawn up the pipe from the tank. With petrol in the fuel tank the engine should run set at "1", and as it warms up move the slide clockwise to increase the intake of air increased revs. You may have to keep squirting petrol on to the pad several times until the engine warms up if you are using paraffin (Kerosine?) in the fuel tank.
To stop the engine, fully open the slide clockwise. When the engine stops, the fuel drains back to the tank. 

 

Fuel won't be drawn up if the slide is too far open. 

After a few starts you will get the hang of it.

 

Enjoy!

 

 

Regards, DJC 
 
 
 
 
 
> Date: Sun, 12 Sep 2010 07:49:46 -0500
> From: cgandree at mchsi.com
> To: sel at lists.stationary-engine.com
> Subject: Re: [SEL] DELCO LIGHT PLANT HELP NEEDED
> 
> Alan,
> If yours is a Model 850 could you please take a look at the fuel line going into the tank and see if there is supposed to be some sort of check valve. Or any one else that has that model.
> thanks,
> Curt Andree

 		 	   		  
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