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Post by bargemast on Nov 4, 2018 11:40:12 GMT
I like old engines, but I don't think I could cope with a semi diesel. Why do you say that the "Seffle" i had in my boat was Glowplug heating ,Airstarting , had a reverse gearbox it was a much bettr/easier stater in winter than the 2pot National that was in the boat when bought more reliable also Another bonus, which is a very useful one, now that the fuel is getting so very expensive is that when they're hot, you can run them on almost anything, they wouldn't have the slightest problem running nicely on old frying oil etc. Peter.
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Post by Albion on Nov 4, 2018 13:41:31 GMT
Hi Peter, Lovely sounding engine and Charles' boat coming out of the lock off the River Seine at St Jean de Losne, into the basin and turning left to where H2O's workshops are, from memory of when I used to do that lock. Roger Hi Roger, I know you've been away from France for a while now, but Saint Jean de Losne and river Seine doesn't fit very well here . For them that are familiar with the area, it's clear that Roger wanted to write river SaΓ΄ne here instead of Seine. Peter. Oops, sorry, yes the SaΓ΄ne not the Seine. I could blame the spell checker but that wouldn't be honest and wouldn't excuse my stupidity. Roger
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Post by bargemast on Nov 4, 2018 17:01:06 GMT
Hi Roger, I know you've been away from France for a while now, but Saint Jean de Losne and river Seine doesn't fit very well here . For them that are familiar with the area, it's clear that Roger wanted to write river SaΓ΄ne here instead of Seine. Peter. Oops, sorry, yes the SaΓ΄ne not the Seine. I could blame the spell checker but that wouldn't be honest and wouldn't excuse my stupidity. Roger Little mistakes like that are of very little- to no importance at all, and don't need another reason to blame it on, honesty is a good thing that will always work. At least in your case, you couldn't blame it on old age, well you could of course, but then it wouldn't be honest anymore . Peter.
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Post by 46700 on Nov 4, 2018 20:14:50 GMT
There appears an air start tank ? on the leftin the video if it is I wonder why she"Handrrulics"but I suppose theease with which she brings it to life it"s probably just as easy Nothing wrong with your eyes, I see . I suppose that she just wanted to successfully show how easy it is (for her) to start by hand, which is always good, as what would she do otherwise the day there was no (or not enough) air left in the tank to start her engine ? Peter. I guess she's in luck if the Lump was a bugger to start she'd make sure the air start container was charged ,& it would probably revolve in the correct direction with a puff of diesel flavoured air/compression
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Post by 46700 on Nov 4, 2018 20:29:21 GMT
Why do you say that the "Seffle" i had in my boat was Glowplug heating ,Airstarting , had a reverse gearbox it was a much bettr/easier stater in winter than the 2pot National that was in the boat when bought more reliable also Another bonus, which is a very useful one, now that the fuel is getting so very expensive is that when they're hot, you can run them on almost anything, they wouldn't have the slightest problem running nicely on old frying oil etc. Peter. Very true on a couple of occasions I was given 50 or so gallons of time ex hydraulic oil (ex oil rig) mixed 1part heating oil to 2parts hydraulic the old gal thought she was a F1 race engine Never tried as back in the day most fish & ships were fried in the white block lard ,before oil was popular ,& our local fry up was a coal fired range in a wooden shed I reckon elfin/safety would have thrown a wobbler
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Post by bargemast on Nov 4, 2018 22:39:35 GMT
Nothing wrong with your eyes, I see . I suppose that she just wanted to successfully show how easy it is (for her) to start by hand, which is always good, as what would she do otherwise the day there was no (or not enough) air left in the tank to start her engine ? Peter. I guess she's in luck if the Lump was a bugger to start she'd make sure the air start container was charged ,& it would probably revolve in the correct direction with a puff of diesel flavoured air/compressionThat sounds like a very logical conclusion, another one would have been that the engine had been running for a while already before she only re-started the already hot engine, which of course would have made it a much easier task. But whatever the reason, I still like this girl, whithout knowing her in person, but because she seems to like old engines (and maybe even old man ? ) Peter.
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Post by bargemast on Nov 4, 2018 22:43:03 GMT
Another bonus, which is a very useful one, now that the fuel is getting so very expensive is that when they're hot, you can run them on almost anything, they wouldn't have the slightest problem running nicely on old frying oil etc. Peter. Very true on a couple of occasions I was given 50 or so gallons of time ex hydraulic oil (ex oil rig) mixed 1part heating oil to 2parts hydraulic the old gal thought she was a F1 race engine Never tried as back in the day most fish & ships were fried in the white block lard ,before oil was popular ,& our local fry up was a coal fired range in a wooden shed I reckon elfin/safety would have thrown a wobblerThey probably did exist in these days, but if they did, I wouldn't mind them having thrown a wobbler, as long as my engine was running all the rest wouldn't matter (to me). Peter.
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