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Forum: Mess Deck 13th February 2022, 04:00
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sailed on a boat with a Kelvin 3&1/2 Hp...

sailed on a boat with a Kelvin 3&1/2 Hp petrol/paraffin . Engine originally installed in 1923 , instruction manual said adjust tappet with the thickness of a business card. Tried using feeler gauges...
Forum: The Engine Room 11th September 2021, 06:23
Replies: 7
Views: 2,243
Posted By wazeyes
oil in condensate

why not use a hot well and filter clothe worked ok at sea every steam engine I sailed with had cylinder lubrication including recip pumps
Forum: The Engine Room 24th December 2020, 08:25
Replies: 14
Views: 12,541
Posted By wazeyes
Steam engines

Been a very long time since worked on triples but with Stephenson gear on the wiper shaft was a link the allowed small adjustment to the position of the link motion so adjusting the cut off and hence...
Forum: Say Hello 18th November 2020, 20:02
Replies: 9
Views: 2,133
Posted By wazeyes
Hello

Just signed on hopefully an enjoyable trip.
22 years at sea in the engine room and another 22 as a hydro powerstation operator.
now retired and doing my own things
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