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Puma / Dorman 6LE / MacFarlane B46B / 110 kVA Generator Resurrection
awemawson:
This morning I managed to fit the upper diesel plumbing from the pump to the tank using what I had to hand. Time was when I had loads of gas barrel, but that vertical bit (which needed extending two inches) was what was originally on the machine when it came, and despite searching high and low I couldn't find a longer bit. The plumbing 'odds and sods' box provided the solution.
The original pump must have been an odd (taller) shape, and of course this one is 'side stepped' half an inch being wider.
Of course I don't actually know if this one works, nor for certain which way up it's supposed to mount - I put it with the cast in model number letters upright so it's probably right :scratch:
Bushing and ball valve on order for the lower pipe that will go to a Jerry Can.
It was too darn cold this morning to do any more with the shutter controller wiring, so I came in, lit a log fire and chatted with the dogs :clap:
PekkaNF:
You know - I saw this most peculiar thing one day: One man was talking to a cat!
I returned home, told what I had seen to border collie and we both had a good laugh.
awemawson:
So I braved the minus 3 degrees Centigrade this morning and finished off the shutter controller wiring. Amazingly I was able to pull a 0V return cable through the existing convoluted conduit that snakes from the alternator, across the front of the engine and up to the ammeter panel - surprising as it already has quite a bit in it - I used a nylon conduit pull cable which managed to traverse the not inconsiderable bends.
This allowed me to source the 24 volt feed to the controller from the ammeter panel, for which I ran another length of 20 mm convoluted conduit.
I'm amazed how well this Dorman diesel engine starts in cold weather - very impressive :thumbup:
russ57:
And if you get that induction furnace connected and loaded up, you might raise the temperature a bit....
Russ
John Rudd:
Does the engine have any glo plugs to aid cold start?
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