Mannnnnnn! 

No Blood. 

No Guts. 

Not very much compression either.

Run Away?  This seemed more like a fast walk or a slow jog.  How far away do you suppose this thing was from flight?

LowGear

It should be pretty much down hill once you get the "cut and paste" concept down.

LowGear

Air in the cooling system usually means exhaust gases getting into the water jacket.  I think a cracked something-a-rather is far worse than a offending gasket.  Unfortunately, I have to show my ignorance here - Does the head have a water jacket - OK, I'm still a wannabe Lister person.

When I looked at your wonderful photo I wondered at what part of the space shuttle I was looking.  Remember; many of these Lister units have ran fairly regularly for decades with just a cooling tank and thermal dynamics.  My oil fired Becket burner takes a few hours to get rid of the residual air and then settles out for an annual air bleeding.  I replaced it this summer and the brand new used system which had an auto-bleeder built in worked like a charm during re-charging.  Keep It Simple Smarty.

Casey

I couldn't watch it all the way through.  What are those people thinking about?  Now we know why we need OSHA.

LowGear

Gentlemen!  Please!

Stop holding back.  Let us know what you really think.

LowGear

We're getting off subject.  Wait a minute.  What was this thread about three days ago? Anyway, I guess some of us prefer to be in compliance with regulations when monopolistic powers are involved.

The dog.  When you play games that involve illegal or contrary to regulation practices you’re at the mercy of everyone that knows.  I once got a very nice side sewer job because someone had turned my client in for adding a bedroom without a permit.  The permit process required that he connect to the public sewer – hence his reluctance to get the permit.  He couldn’t figure out who complained to code enforcement.  He was also pissed at the neighbor for expecting my client to pay the emergency room fees his son incurred when he had to get some stitches from this client’s dog biting the boy.  Daahh!  I thought he was lucky the neighbor didn’t ask for the title to his home including all bedrooms permitted or not.

The dead guy on the pole.  Did I mention anything about it actually being your fault or responsibility?  (The neighbor kids had found an early radar oven, hooked it up to a Dish Network antenna, plugged it into 240, aimed it at the cat in the window which also lined up with the lineman and his pace maker.  The rest is conjecture.)  If I did I was wrong.  I meant to imply that the attorney’s fees and looking for a new insurance company could be costly.  And being off the grid until the utility and governing agency could schedule a very thorough inspect at your expense might be quite inconvenient as well.  All worst case of course.

But hey!  This is all outhouse something a rather and I’ve become obedient to the law.  It's nice to welcome all comers onto my property and into my home.

Does anyone have a good guess as to what this Witte engine and single phase generator on factory stand are worth?

Casey

Hi Tom,

Well, actually I am practicing share crop farming but Waste Vegetable Oil qualifies as biomass according to the Hawaiian Electric Company.  I've checked with the National Resource Conservation Service for any grants that might be available for solar-biomass hybrid programs.  If any of you know of such a program please let me know.  My Bruiser (spelling corrected) should do well doing a tank of mostly non-petro oil most evenings.

Casey

This is a very nicely done history of a very special engine.  If you're not goofy about the CS family I'm not sure I'd recommend it but regardless of your fetish it is nice enough for any coffee table and can lead to a discussion about the dream.  I think the British build much of the neatest machinery on the planet and this book is absolutely complimentary.

Casey