⚙ Stationary Engines - UK

Carbon generator brushes.

Having spotted condensation on the casing of one of my gennies in the garage recently, and remembering that last spring...

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posted by no1djc

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Inquiries about Australian connections.

Hi all.I have been a lurker for many years,not doing anything anymore as I am a very old codger.A so called pioneer vil...

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posted by ler61038

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Whitworth impact sockets

I'm looking for some Whitworth impact sockets. Does anyone have a source, or have any they would like to sell me? We're...

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posted by duttondock

11 comments posted 17yrs posted by duttondock

OT - Sound familier?

http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=CRTP0z4jvtw Regards, Kim Siddorn

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posted by kim.siddorn

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O/T Is this real?

If it's fake, it's a good one. If it's real, it's frightening. http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=522_1201198049 I felt quit...

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posted by johnmanders

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New toy

Gentlemen, Collected this this morning http://picasaweb.google.co.uk/campingstoveman/BSAGenerator#5271858852194722210 ,...

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posted by martin.perman

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Freeing Piston Rings

Favourite methods for freeing piston rings? These are stuck through water corrosion and not 'just' carbon. We will be b...

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posted by diesel

7 comments posted 17yrs posted by diesel

Onan W3S-19 #4

As Martin P can testify, the latest Onan looks quite twee with its maroon paintwork and lining, too bad it was left out...

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posted by diesel

11 comments posted 17yrs posted by diesel

Rare earth magnets - an idea

It occurred to me the other day that one might improve the ability of elderly magnetos to produce a spark by the use of...

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posted by kim.siddorn

9 comments posted 17yrs posted by kim.siddorn

free antivirus (OT)

Helen has just got a new laptop (under £200 ex display - ie nicely burnt in - at Currys!) to replace her venerable old...

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posted by n_highfield

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OT Did this really happen?

See http://tinyurl.com/6qbdqp This seems impossible to me so I was wondering if anyone knows if it did happen or is it c...

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posted by dave.croft

5 comments posted 17yrs posted by dave.croft

BSA Genset Head Gaskets

We have a cylinder head with Gaskets-To-Go in Thailand, and John Baker is preparing a quotation for us for a batch of 1...

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posted by peterforbes

10 comments posted 17yrs posted by peterforbes

Slightly OT

Gentlemen, Aldi Stores some of you maybe aware do specials every Thursday and Sunday, this week they advertised a MP4 P...

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posted by martin.perman

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Doing a Dan, well sort of :-))

Gentlemen, I'm or should that be have run out of storage space so I am going to build a shed from what I have about me...

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posted by martin.perman

3 comments posted 17yrs posted by martin.perman

engines @ Gazes auction in Diss, tomorrow

I know little of make, model, and am not qualified to judge condition in detail. They look like typical "old engines st...

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posted by bugbear

9 comments posted 17yrs posted by bugbear