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David

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  • Birthday 27/02/1944

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  1. Hi Moved house see my Kelvin post, came across this, hope the attachments work, gave up with Photobucket after more freezing and crashes (took ages to get pic on Kelvin post, rant over. Its Borg Warner Velvet Drive Reduction box service manual if the pic's work all the info can be seen. I had it well over 30 years ago so must fall in the "vintage cat". It's free just postage to anyone who would like it hence not in the for sale forum and I want the old engine boys to have first chance. regards david I see the pic's are OK
  2. Hi Moved house and found some of the above mag's, (Kevin Whittle) which for the cost of postage (or welcome to collect) say £2 someone might like. Made a list of the issues but lost it and they are now again boxed up in garage as I write, from memory issue 114 116 then from about 130 to 143. Maybe a few more hiding around in still unopened boxes, but most went to the new owner of MisterB anyone interested give me a shout David .
  3. Hi Had a 2.2 would you believe I bought it fit but none running in a 35ft Handcock and Lane in 1979. Got it going and used it for several years till swapped for a 1.8. being a bit more realistic size for a smaller boat Anyway a couple of hard learnt points. after running it don't just drain down water assuming you will use just plain water if it will get frost/frozen, there is a water trap area in the block casting that can and will crack add a good drop of anti freeze (never got the weld repair to completely stay water tight unless also coated will a plastic metal sealer). You mention heater plugs you need a resister inline before the first plug in case none is fitted otherwise after a while the first one blows/end melts off as it gets too hot and it cannot stand the combustion pressure. Found that out the (expensive) hard way to. If the first plug fails it cuts the supply to the other 3 because of the way they are linked so you soon know cos it won't start or get v,hard to. Got a land rover resister from local scrappy looked like a coiled spring, never needed another plug. The solenoid that pulls the starter motor in gets dirty and the starter justs "clunks" like you get with a flat battery. The big copper contactor gets that greeny stuff you get on copper from the damp atmosphere down in the engine compartment I expect, giving it a wire wool clean fixes it. To get done and reassemble it's easiest to remove the starter and do it in comfort on the bench(kitchen table) Of course to get the starter of means swinging the oil filter out of the way, loosen the adapter bolts take one out and pivot the adaptor and filter pot a bit gives enough room to pull the starter motor back and off and just a few drops of oil escape. If you drop the filter out of the pot you get the pot full of oil everywhere as well. Don't forget to retighten the filter after you put starter back, but that's another story!!! And that reminds me, some of the old drilled and tapped holes in the block used for mounting the engine into the vehicle originally go right through the casing and need blanking of to be on the safe side It ran via a Borg Warner Velvet drive and 2.1 reduction which gave good service and traded in for PRM for the 1.8. The upside is the 2.2 was the old black taxi cab engine almost impossible to break took loads of abuse and ours ran for hours after dropping all the oil with no after effects. david
  4. David

    My Kelvin J parts

    Hi Peter/ Maureen I hope to let them go as one lot, so will have to wait to see how it goes, thanks to Nigel for your reply too, as he says he can help if you want, off hand I don't recall what Nigel had them made to, I will dig out the caliper at some point in case this is asked again (unless Nigel posts the thickness !). david
  5. David

    My Kelvin J parts

    Hi all As promised some time ago I now have time to deal with getting the stuff I put together for the long term when we had MisterB into the hands of someone who can use them or put them by for the future. I will next week post on the for sale section, but as a heads up there are 3 liners Seaward old new stock Kelvin not imports, 3sets valve guides Seaward stock, refurbished push rods (new solid drawn 9/16 tube ends re-soldiered on) spare lengths of tube, 3 head gaskets (from Nigel aka BEngo), injector pump labelled new when I outbid I think Anlwick, brass tube gismo which fits onto the pump, original diesel filter the bag type, a kit for converting the crank water pump drive to chain drive inc stainless chain, links half links several cogs to fit a pump to give different speed ratio, and a 2mt length of 2inch wet exhaust hose unused (from mastervolt originally left over from the generator. That's all the pics I have for now I will sort more out for the sale post and for anyone who wants to contact me, incidentally I have to inform all that the liners and guides cost north of £1000 so I am hoping for sensible offers when I list everything plus what's here David edited to make sense
  6. Hi I see one poster has mention "the volume will be large so you will need a good sized compressor", having had access to all the equipment via a grit blast equipment manufacturers near Chester who hired out kits and sold grits and a compressors via my brother who was sufficiently high up in H++++n Hire to "lose a compressor" for a week or two I have blasted our old boats 6 times in 30 years of boating, admitted the last time was about 1994 anyway the compressor I used was usually about a 600 cfm (cubic foot per min) with a 3/8" or 7/16" nozzle and 1/8" slag grit. Cost in 1994 £120 for the kit and protective helmet with air feed and 10 mask lenses, £5 per half cwt bag of grit (needed between 15 and 20 bags) nil for compressor but would have been about £300 per week and also nil for diesel (45 gallon drum came with comp') but it used most of that. Below are some figures from a site I have linked, the second table indicates why proper equipment is a must for safety, scary speeds will remove flesh to the bone and eyes gone instantly. Production Compressor size required nozzle rate at 100 psi rate nozzle size compressor size 1/4" 185 cfm 40-50 h.p. 5/16" 250 cfm 60-75 h.p. 3/8" 375 cfm 75-100 h.p. 7/16" 450 cfm 125 h.p. 1/2" 600 cfm 150 h.p. Blast Nozzle Pressure Estimated Abrasive Velocity 140 psi 588 mph 125 psi 525 mph 110 psi 462 mph 100 psi 420 mph 95 psi 400 mph 90 psi 365 mph 85 psi 330 mph 80 psi 270 mph 75 psi 210 mph 70 psi 190 mph Link http://www.dawson-macdonald.com/media/parts-and-accessories/BorideNozzleCatalog.pdf
  7. Hi Just to say the books are spoken for now, no idea what has happened to the for sale post I sent in as so far it has not appeared on the for sale forum so I cannot inform on there that they are off the table. Regards David
  8. Hi Have posted here on Other to give a heads up until the moderator posts my for sale post as much of the stuff offered might be of interest to my friends who hang around this forum. The old photo's are maybe of interest or more so the High Speed Diesel volumes set everything but everything about diesel engines from pre 1949 (date published) Gardner, Dorman Gleniffer Leyland Ruston Perkins etc etc etc when I say everything it means fuel and pumps timing and gear filters such like pistons and con rods cranks and cooling. Road applications marine applications industrial application. Just interesting reading David http://s210.photobucket.com/user/kelvinj3/library/Canal%20Books
  9. Hi As it's the time of year we are up here in the Highlands I take to looking at property and pipe dreaming, anyway came across this. http://www.zoopla.co.uk/for-sale/details/27172203?search_identifier=cb489e0e66c57b49fe0b0a524c7d45a2 Regards to all David
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