New Toy, Bamford tulip top

ryan wrote:its a pain in my ass really as didnt really want another trailer, but got to really now, dont look nothing to look at , then you try and lift it, good god its heavy

Would a turnable trolly not do the job?

Cheers Steve

Bamfords are known for it, the SD4's were hugely heavy! lead crankcase sticks in my mind, god they were always extremely heavy engines were bamfords.

Paul

but i have a combo van, its quite high and i dont wanna risk the ramps slipping out underneeth could be fatel

ryan wrote:but i have a combo van, its quite high and i dont wanna risk the ramps slipping out underneeth could be fatel

dont worry about that, the trick is to design a locking device so the ramps cant slide out from underneath, and fit a winch to the from of the load bay to haul the engine up the ramp, easy!11

Paul

ryan wrote:but i have a combo van, its quite high and i dont wanna risk the ramps slipping out underneeth could be fatel

Fair one i remember someone who had a Astramax van had two holes drilled into the floor so that the ramps could be pinned in place.

Cheers Steve

i gotta say though, my van is superb when it comes to weight, both adam and john will confirm that, but the bamford was alot for it, id like to know what they weigh

ryan wrote:i gotta say though, my van is superb when it comes to weight, both adam and john will confirm that, but the bamford was alot for it, id like to know what they weigh

your van should probably carry about 550kgs in the boot, maybe more, but that would be being a bit ott, the bamford wont weight more than 400kg at the absolute max, bear in mind my CS weights 440, and the rustons 450, and they are huge engines, so surely this cant be more than 350-400 tops

Paul

Lovely engine Ryan. I have a soft spot for the early open crank engines. The bamfords are a realy nice engine, we currently have 5 of the open crank models in our collection, with the possibility of a sixth coming in the enxt few months.

The mag has packed up, but im not fussed about that as the engine was cheap anyway, we got her fired on battery and coil, she nearly took my arm off which was quite funny, but she doesnt seem to be sucking fuel up that well, so may have to play a little more

ryan wrote:The mag has packed up, but im not fussed about that as the engine was cheap anyway, we got her fired on battery and coil, she nearly took my arm off which was quite funny, but she doesnt seem to be sucking fuel up that well, so may have to play a little more

hmmm could the fuel suction problem be not enough air getting into the tank? causing a vacuum? or is the another method of drawing the fuel up?

Paul

im finding it very difficult to understand how this engine works, as John as seen it now he may be able to answer for me later i hope lol

Dosnt the piston withdrawing pull fuel up into the bowl of the carburettor then the another withdrawal pulls it into the cylinder? my granddads backfired and the fuel in the bowl caught on fire, got rid of it quite quick.

Cheers, Steve

Skankin_giant wrote:Dosnt the piston withdrawing pull fuel up into the bowl of the carburettor then the another withdrawal pulls it into the cylinder? my granddads backfired and the fuel in the bowl caught on fire, got rid of it quite quick.

Cheers, Steve

its getting it up to the cylinder thats the probelm, i could imagine that fuel bowl catching fire, that side of things wasnt a very good design, but they probely didnt expect that to happen, did they change later models???????

could just be a good strip and a clean then mate.

Cheers Steve

when we removed the mag/ignitor set up and sprayed fuel directly into the chamber. will have to take closer look tommorow