W.S.E.C. Mince pie crank up 2008

Thanks Mike, your pics of local crank-ups are always a welcome reminder of the attractions of these smaller events.

NHH

Singer sowing machine hand crank, I see Father Christmas enjoying his first day off with a Norman :-))

Martin P

My usually clock-like ST flat twin was very odd in the cold & was inclined to refuse its duty to begin with. However, after I'd richened up the mixture by one click it ran quite reliably if erratically. Eight stroking because of the rich mixture, it would slow & go down on one. Couple of time I caught it on the governor & it picked up as the air velocity increased through the long, cold, copper inlet tracts. But it could do it by itself, thank you & thereafter, it went from eight stroking to misfiring, picking up and then four stroking for a while & so revert to eight stroking again.

Did it several times.

Then the low sun rose through the trees & shone on it & it reliably four stroked thereafter. There was no visible ice on carb or tract though.

Good day out & I picked up a line on an interesting device upon which I'll report back in due course. ;o))

Anyone go to the jumble at Easter Compton? What was it - and the traffic - like.

Regards,

Kim.

campingstoveman wrote (snip):

I have one each from a Singer and a Frister (local skip finds) destined for similar projects if I ever accumulate a sufficiency of round tuits.

NHH

I have a whole stack of Round Tuits you can have as I am beginning to think I wont use them.

Had you said you didn't think you'd get round to using them, then I might suspect you of having a little joke. But if you genuinely do have some spare round tuits, I would certainly be interested.

NHH

c> I have a whole stack of Round Tuits you can have as I am beginning to c> think I wont use them.

c> Martin P

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Nick,

Now I am confused, what round tuits are you looking for.

Any sort would do Martin - I'd just like to know there were some on the shelf for when I get a.................oh bugger!

NHH

camp> Nick,

Trying to select an engine for our own club winter crank-up (which will make the Wessex and Bristol events look like the 1000 engine rally!), I thought about a fairly recently acquired Villiers WX11. But I hit a problem - not only am I short of round tuits, but the the engine shed so damned stuffed with junk that I can't get a tit!

NHH