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THE STATIONARY ENGINE (Previously known as The Stationary Engine Advertiser) THE MONTHLY JOURNAL AND ADVERTISER OF THE STATIONARY ENGINE COLLECTOR Stover 8 h.p. Built in 1909 by Stover Engine Works of Freeport, Illinois, U.S.A. Restored by John Toom of El Cajon, California. Photograph by courtesy of Dick Hamp. ENGINE HISTORY FOR SALE AND WANTED SECTIONS SPARE PARTS LOCATION SERVICE ENGINE IDENTITY DIARY AND NEWS Issue 39 PETTER TRANSFERS. Sorry, not yet, but they really THE should be here by next month. Also available should be Lister Reverse-Rotation Arrows. ****************** STATIONARY WOLSELEY ARTICLE. I hope to make a good start on this during the Easter holiday and complete the first part for the July magazine. It will be in two parts, commencing with the early style petrol and paraffin engines, then the WD series to date. Editor: David W. Edgington. ****************** Assistant: Doreen M. J. Edgington. Editorial Address: Several of you have written to ask where to buy the Lodge Wood Farm, Hawkeridge, Westbury, Wiltshire. AMANCO combined repairs list and parts catalogue reprint. This booklet is still available and is obtainable from, C. L. Date of publication approximately 1st of each month. Cawood, Styring House, Pocklington, Yorks YO4/2TS. 75p Advertising rate 2p per word. post paid. Advert closing date 10th each month. ****************** Subscription rate £2.50 for six issues (six months). We would like to thank everyone who kindly took the trouble to write and offer advice concerning the magazine Transfers LISTER— two types now available, both pro- name change. It is very satisfying to know that so many of duced from Lister patterns. One set covers the you are willing to take such an interest. A,B,J,L and larger engines, price 75p post paid. ****************** The other set is for the D type, price 60p post paid. RALLY REPORTS. Most of you seem to think that only AMANCO- 50p per pair, post paid. one or two at the most should appear in each issue, and INTERNATIONAL - 45p per pair, post paid. only the illustrated ones. Everyone seems to agree that the WOLSELEY - 45p per pair, post paid. title 'Gas Up' should NEVER be used, so here I will oblige. PETTER— Available hopefully next month. Normally I handle the rally reports of Dodington, Stour- paine &THE NATIONAL STATIONARY ENGINE RALLY, Wall charts CROSSLEY— shows working instructions and however I would be pleased to be relieved of the last two, if parts list for 1030, 1040 & 1050 enclosed crank anyone is willing? engines. Two charts are required, price 60p per ************** pair, post paid. Finally. Any clubs interested in the proposed NSEA con- PETTER— engine room instruction chart for tact Brian Johnson as soon as possible IF they have not Petter Universal M type engines, sizes, 114, 2, 3, done so already. 4, 5, 6, h.p. Deals with starting, timing, fuel ****************** supply and complete with diagrams. Price 30p post paid. IS THERE A CLUB IN YOUR AREA Printed by: F.A. Slugg & Co., Court Street, Trowbridge, The Landovery and District Vintage Machinery Society. Wiltshire. Details, Nigel Lewis, Brodulais, Llanwrda, Dyfed. Meetings at. The White Hall, Llandovery. ****************** EDITORIAL The North Dorset Stationary Engine and Tractor Club. Details from, Chris Eyres, Birds Nest Farm, Hazelbury Welcome to THE STATIONARY ENGINE! Almost every- one was in favour of dropping the word ADVERTISER but Bryan, Sturminster Newton, Dorset. Meetings at, the Ante- lope, Hazelbury Bryan. retaining the rest of the title. Various other names were ****************** suggested but I feel it would be a retrograde step to deviate completely from the original title. Possibly the only snag with the new title arises during conversation when the 'SE' FORTHCOMING EVENTS does not sound as good as the SEA', however the new shorter name should not need any abbreviation. Lincolnshire Oil Engine Club, 'Oil Engine Rally' Middle (Any mention of SEA in this issue is because press date Rasen, Lines. Sunday 22nd May. Details from, Mrs. E. Lee, came before I re-designed the front cover). 16 Hawthorn Avenue, Cherry Willingham, Lincoln. Incidentally some of you may have noticed the new type ****************** of paper which we introduced last month. This change has 4th Dodington Steam & Vintage Fair, 14th & 15th May. been made to enable our printer to use a new type of Over 130 engines on show in 1976. This year a bigger and machine which should improve the quality of the photo- even better display is promised with more owners bringing graphs (yes this IS possible). The new machine will come items of machinery for their engines to drive. One engine into use next month. will be powering a steam pottery. ****************** Several of you have written asking for more articles on the Norfolk Internal Combustion Engine Society (NICE). 15th common makes of engine, however the problem of finding May, Gressenhall, Norfolk Rural Life Museum. 2 day the information to produce such articles is not easy. As I Jubilee Rally with Norwich Amenities, Earlham Park, mentioned last month in my LITERATURE APPEAL, Norwich, June 11 & 12th. Unusual Royal Norfolk Show most of the information and articles backing comes from Stand, June 29/30th. Olde Tymes — at Tunstead, Septem- either Charles Hudson's literature or from my own library ber 10th & 11th. (Apologies for not using this information and unfortunately both of us have tended to concentrate last month but I had no space left. I duly received a 'NICE on the more unusual makes of engine. So once again, if any telling off'! Ed.). of you have any catalogues or information which you are ****************** prepared either to donate or long term loan, then please help the Stationary Engine Movement and send them to Whitsun Fayre (June 4/5th) in aid of Market Lavington F.C. me. I am prepared to give up my time to devote to 'engine Held on the football field at M.L. Near Devizes. 30 to 50 research', all you need do, is to provide me with more engines and organised by 'Garden Rally Expert' John Kyte. material. 10 High Street. ****************** A Pelaphone Diesel Engine t Hun d Davi y b This diesel engine was purchased in a seized condition at an After grinding in the valves and unfreeing the fuel pump auction at Pilto- cyl ne neath o r int Shepto r wate t n Malletho e som t ind Septembepoure I d r 1975seize o .als s wa h whic It was knocked down to me for £28.00 and included was the inder jacket and belted the engine up to a Lister 5 hp and in s wa h whic x bo r silence n iro n a d an k tan g coolin n gallo 0 10 of d clou a h wit e lif o int burst e engin e th s second w fe a nothing to do with the engine whatsoever. As I loaded the smoke, it then started jumping about like mad and I nearly d commente d an d stoppe e peopl l severa r traile y m n o e engin y ver t star t didn' l stil e engin e th s A . drive y m n dow t i t los on what mako e Aut it e wath , s as therSalisbury e n i was s no Taplin braso int ss name injector plat e eth k too I l wel giving manufacturery The . sarea namey m n i . s Many thoughspecialist r t it injecto wa l sfue ad fairlan l y Electrica d an common Petter, but on close inspection one could just were very helpful, the fitter poked about in a bottom drawer n inspectio e th n o d painte e Pelapon e nam e th t ou e mak and pulled out a rather grubby looking book which gave all cover. the injector settings for the pre war diesel engines. There The engine was manufactured in Dewsbury, Yorkshire, were makes there I have never come across — a Newbury it is serial number 6147 and was built approximately in dieselfros mwa t ?I thi s book tha I tfoun t tha Pelae dou th t - 1935? It has external push rods and rockers, CAV Bosch pone with a 4½ bore ran at 1000 rpm and was rated 7 hp, fuel injection equipment the injector incorporating a feeler so if anyone wants injectors settings for the older diesels, n i s i d an n sectio s cros n i r circula s i d ro g connectin e Th . pin Taplins, Southampton Road, Salisbury are the people to the shape of an inverted T this being bolted to the big end get in touch with. The Pelapone is still not a very good bearing. The figure 4½ is cast at the base of the cylinder this starter unless I fill the cooling system with hot water. 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