About ten years ago, my mate Tim gave me an ex Telecom pump. The power unit is modern (ish) BSA SV single and it direct-drives a 2" Lee Howl centrifugal pump. It had no spark and needed a bloody good clean, so I stripped it down into big bits - and then circumstances changed, so it never got re-assembled.
I had a big tidy in the bench area last week (P T-E will tell you it certainly needed it!) and resolved to fix it as we could do with it to pump water at our Saxon site. I found all the bits without much trouble - even the nuts, bolts and washers - and having faced off the points and got a spark, have reassembled it.
So far so good, but two problems have stopped me.
- It is a gas engine and whilst I could have re-assembled a petrol carburettor blindfold in a Force Eight, the way the gas carb is operated eludes me as I have never run a gas engine in my life. The carb. is complete and bolted onto the block, but I cannot see how the various levers and bits control it. Like most pumps, it isn't governed. Anyone here got one of these that could take a photo for me would be blessed ;o))
A manual with drawings would be better still!
- The recoil starter was seized solid, but I stripped it down, cleaned it and now it's fine.
There is a pressed steel rope starter cup on the side of the flywheel and the recoil starter has two arms which throw out and engage in grooves inside it. It's a neat idea, but it does not sit deeply enough inside the cup and I cannot for the life of me see any way of getting it further in as it bolts to the outside of the fan case which is a very close fit around both fins and fan. The steel cup is definitely designed to be fitted to the flywheel face without a spacer because there is a locating screw set in a hole cut to accommodate it. Spacing out the cup moves it away from the screw.
Any assistance would be most gratefully received.
Regards,
Kim Siddorn,