| Allen FOE 2-Stroke Semidiesel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Object ID | 1614 |  | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date | 1926-01-01 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Works No | K1/55901 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Accession No | IF:2006:005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status | On Display | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Category | Engine | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Collection ID | W.H. Allen Heritage | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Made By | W. H. Allen Sons and Co. Ltd | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Made In | Queens Engineering Works, Bedford | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description | Two-stroke vertical hotbulb oil engine originally installed at Conington Fen Pumping Station, Hunts.
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| Location | Hall 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Condition | Running | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Multimedia | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5JplIDvSdM | Running at the 2009 Easter Crankup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=widl5mYbODk First full run at the End of Season event, October 2007 History | 2006-08-26 Engine collected from Seaton Junction. Present on-site for collection were Roland Craven, Keith Farley and donor Alan Hutchins. 2006-08-27 Engine arrived at the museum at 10:00 a.m. Unloaded in the main yard and placed in storage awaiting installation 2007-09-18 Fired up for the first time. Successful run on single cylinder first then 3 minute run on both cylinders. Fuel pumps leaking. 2007-10-14 The first public run was made at 11:30 in the morning. Short run due to fuel leak on pump end sprayer. Second run in the afternoon at 2:30 Conservation/ Maintenance History | Paul Evans - Internal Fire Museum of Power 2006-10-11 Engine partly stripped. Spent a number of years in a seized condition with many parts missing. Large number of new replacement parts with the engine. Estimate 95% complete Head Repair Flywheel end is frost damaged around the skull. Head removed and crack ends drilled, welded and sealed with Belzona. Timing end head removed and inspected. Replacement head gaskets made in Klingersil as the originals were not useable. Sprayers One new sprayer fabricated to match the original as the two new sprayers that came with the engine had problems with the ball seat in the sprayer. Improvement but 20 thou nozzles blocked quickly on both sprayers due to the lack of inline filters to the pumps. Governor Strip Noise from the governor area when running - governor stripped and checked but no obvious wear found. The pump drive eccentric strap had witness marks showing it had been hitting the main bearing cap. The eccentric was moved to give clearance. General Maintenance Big ends checked, No 1 clearance tight so stripped and found to have picked up slightly.
Big End Clearances
Injection timing checked, settings on full fuel/advance:-
Injection
Related Objects | Alan Hutchins (8 records found) - Generate printable document for all related objects Allen FOE 2-Stroke Semidiesel | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
