Quote from: ajaffa1 on September 04, 2019, 10:31:14 AM

Hi Guys, I am a little concerned about using either of those water cooled engines in an environment where the temperatures can drop down to minus eighty centigrade in winter. I would be looking for an air cooled engine maybe a Lister ST or SR, more economical and very reliable in very cold conditions. They run at 1500 or 1800 RPM to meet your local generating requirements (50/60 HZ).

Bob

What environment is that? Antarctica? Lol the lowest temperature ever recorded on earth is close to that.

Lister/Petter used to test their air-cooled engines in Antarctica winters... dramatic extremes. We have supported them for decades in Alaska as well. Air-cooled does not make for easy startup, but they will start and run if you can warm up the lube oil plus intake manifold. Glow plugs and pre-heat plugs are a must.

There are a number of different governor and linkage configurations for the HR.

If rack is hitting overload, then either the settings are wrong or the engine is not developing power to match that load.

Which engine model and what is your load?

probably a fair amount of corrosion between iron cylinder and aluminum head.

Presumably you already have manifolds, fuel injector pipes removed plus external oil lines and cooling baffles removed.

Patience, heat, solvent, rubber mallet, start by removing the studs completely and lay the engine on its side, soak well with penetrating solvent (inside and out if possible through your ports), apply heat externally to the heads to cause expansion, whack them good with soft hammer plus wooden blocks. Usually what happens is the cylinders will pull off the pistons along with the heads. Then you can work them from inside and outside the bores.

PJ1 and PJ2 ring end gap  .029 to .037 inch
bump clearance .036 to .042
bore 3.8175 to 3.8185 inch

dieselgman

Hi all, thanks again. still looking. I due have to give  apologies to Gary. I must of had him confussed with some one Els. he got right back to me . we talked "a lot"  just can't get to my budget of 2K. I will check out the aussi. problem with that if I go there I won't come back. they have the best gold and opals on the planet.... I am a miner/ prospector.
still looking for a Cs at this time and winter is coming.

peace to all

As far as I know, we already let you know you could get to your target price by local pickup. Best of luck on that hunt!

dieselgman

Interesting that the Indians have been able to produce such large single cylinder engines, personally I would have thought it easier, and cheaper, to build a smaller twin cylinder unit. All very well increasing the bore and stroke, have they increased the size of the crankshaft, bearings and housings to cope with this extra power output? How big a man and starting handle do you need to swing an 22/1 into life? Unless they get the balancing right it will quickly destroy itself, alternatively it will destroy the foundation it`s sat on before exiting the building and laying waste to the neighborhood. 

Bob

As with all decent builds, you must address proper balancing. Starting is very comparable to any of the smaller displacement units. You have a little more reciprocating mass, but you spin that portion up to speed with compression released and then just let the rotating mass carry it through the first starting impulses when you close the exhaust valve. It has heavier flywheels to help make it happen.

dieselgman

thank you all for the responses. been looking on the net for 2 years, no luck. I due have a full private shop. I have never had any luck contacting Gary, sent several emails in the far past. will try again.
thank you all . ill keep watching

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