Netherfield
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I can feel a full refurb coming on. No point messing about only to have something else fail and more damage occur. That is unless the crank has already been taken down to minimum diameter. I know a bloke with a metal spraying set up, but don't know if he can do centreless.
If it was my own tractor I'd just do it, but doing it for friends is a bit more complicated regarding costs.
Foden fd series engines drove many machines , from trucks to fast training boats. They were "staybolt" engines, two stroke and scavenge blown. The largest I worked on were the 12 cyl`s fitted as manoeuvring engines in the fast training boats at Portland navy base. These were two six cyl units on a common sump, driving into a transfer box, then down to a "Z" drive on the prop shafts. There were two of them, and the main engines were Proteus gas turbines, these we were not allowed to run in harbour, the exhausts( 14" blow torches if a wet start had taken place) did funny things to other boats if they got a bit too close!Very sweet, proper truck engines ............
Plenty of gears so that had to help, you probably had to keep them reved to get any power.
Indeed they did, as did the commer.@Ley253 Those FD6 2 strokes did sound sweet though on full song
I dont think "Little" is a word that can be used to describe any Gardner! Short or long maybe, but the bits in between varied only in the number! 2, 4,6, cyls! Good engines if a bit dated. I won several tots when in HMS Protector being able to start the 6LW generator engines on the starting handle.We are/were limited in our 2 stroke experiences, but the flat TS3 in the old Commers did sound well, even the younger Detroit Diesels in the Bedfords, weren't bad sound wise.
What had those little 4 cylinder Gardner's fitted, that got grafted into the Massey's?