[SEL] Giving the engines a run

David Rotigel rotigel at me.com
Sun Aug 11 06:01:44 PDT 2013


OK, That was my "fix" for the day. Just hearing an Austral run speeds by heartbeat by 15 PPM and seeing it run kicks it by at least 25! THANKS Patrick!
	Dave
PS, That Bartram sure looks like a 3.5 Austral, does it not? (So much so that the same guy made the same comment!)

On Aug 11, 2013, at 7:36 AM, Patrick Livingstone <patrick.livingstone at gmail.com> wrote:

> It is the middle of winter here (another freezing 20c day here todayŠ) but I
> have been able to run some engines. Over the last three weekends I have
> given three of the larger engines a run.
> Today it was my Bartram which had a run after sitting silent for some time:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=186E-d1sZ5o
> It started first pull through compression.
> 
> Last weekend (and even yesterday as well) I gave the 1908 Austral a couple
> of good long runs:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SeCSsGezlw
> 
> And the previous weekend I fired up the 1917 3.5hp Austral which had been
> neglected for a while:
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=186E-d1sZ5o
> 
> Only a month until the Sydney rally so I had better start cleaning the
> engines :)
> Patrick
> 
> Patrick M Livingstone
> 0418 692013
> Earlwood NSW
> http://www.oldengine.org/members/pml/Index.html
> 
> 
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