Due to Nick Highfield's kindness, I have two more or less complete Edgar Westbury 80 watt generators & another in bits. I had a few hours yesterday, so fished out a magneto & discovered that it worked! Thus enthused, I cleaned the points & fitted it to the gaping crankcase, the mag being driven by a disk with a slot in its edge which fits over an extension of the crankpin, it being an overhung crank design. An HT lead was found, the plug cleaned & a squirt of Gypsy's breath in the plug hole proved that it will fire and run.
Now, there are not enough bits to make it into an original unit, so I'm now thinking about what to do with it. The engine/genny unit is complete (needs an exhaust) with mag, carb and alternator. The latter shows an output when it is spun over with the pull cord, so I suppose that the addition of a modern rectifier would return it to duty and at 15cc it should neither break the bank or deafen the neighbours. Looking at some notes, I see that it produces current of quite high frequency and that it becomes inductively saturated well below the designed speed. Therefore, the output is flat. Not so useful, I note that the carb actually isn't & that the main jet is located in the fuel tank normally fitted as the base. The one I have is full of holes & resembles rusty lace! Where can I get a carb suitable for a 15cc engine, preferably free! ;o))
Lateral thinking shouts to me that the pull cord pulley is flat & broad enough for a narrow belt as well as the cord, so I am casting about me for ideas, one of which involves a Stuart Turner compressor, the one based upon the "Sirius" high speed hydroplane unit. I'll mock it up this afternoon & see how it looks.
regards,
Kim Siddorn