what is this....can you help.....

HI ALL...
A mate of mine dropped this round last week,he wants me to get it going for him....
I've not been well,so I've only taken photos today of the engine..
theres no markings/numbers anywhere on the engine....it used to belong to a friend of his that past away.....
if you can shed any light please can you let me know,so i can pass it on to him...
there is a faint tickle from the ht lead,so don't think it will need to much..







many thanks....regards...mike d...

stretch of the neck suggests bernard, possibly a WO or something like that? i'm not clued up on bernards.

tasty engines though, the WO was sometimes known as "the engine in the box" as it had a casing fitted.

Cheers.

Paul

Lucky so in so, yes it is a Bernard w0, well could be a conord f0 but at that time Bernard owned the conord company. There about 1 1/2hp and were fitted to pumps among many other things, and they are one of my faves, a advert in sem didn't even find me a complete one! They are on my to buy list lol

Do a search for moteur Bernard and that should bring up some hits, and Google translate should be able to help with the French forums!

Cheers Steve

Good pic of one here



Cheers Steve

Paul_sterling wrote:stretch of the neck suggests bernard, possibly a WO or something like that? I'm not clued up on bernards.

tasty engines though, the WO was sometimes known as "the engine in the box" as it had a casing fitted.

Cheers.

Paul

thanks for that Paul,i was of that impression as well,as a friend in Sussex has one,a lot larger than this one though....

thanks again...regards...mike d...

Skankin_giant wrote:Lucky so in so, yes it is a Bernard w0, well could be a conord f0 but at that time Bernard owned the conord company. There about 1 1/2hp and were fitted to pumps among many other things, and they are one of my faves, a advert in sem didn't even find me a complete one! They are on my to buy list lol

Do a search for moteur Bernard and that should bring up some hits, and Google translate should be able to help with the French forums!

Cheers Steve

thanks for that Steve,like i said i thought the same,but needed to clarify it,as don't know a lot about them,have got a cracking spark now so should be a runner soon...if he wants to sell it do you want me to let you know????

regards..mike d....

yea if he is interested in selling I might be interested in buying, depending on price, shame its missing its cowling.

Cheers Steve

The W1/2/3 are quite a lot bigger then the W0, the bigger ones with the cast exhaust dont half thump away nicely though!

W1



W2 + 3






Cheers

that's the type my friend has,hes had a few of them now...

i need to bolt the engine onto a trolley as it locks up on the bench,Ive not got enough swing in me to get it to fire...

its got a lot of compression for a small engine....

regards...mike d...

Skankin_giant wrote:yea if he is interested in selling I might be interested in buying, depending on price, shame its missing its cowling.

Cheers Steve

STEVE...the cowling is there,i took it off so you could see what was underneath....
i will see if i can sort it out,if i get a phone number for you,you can sort it yourself....

regards...mike d...

Oh thats good then, if he is interesting in selling I might be able to front so cash, I don't think I can afford what I put adverts in sem for now, clutch is going on the car!

Il drop you a pm in a sec, in the middle of moving just now.

Cheers Steve

STEVE.....

pm sent....have fun moving...were you moving to now????

regards...mike d....

mike d wrote:STEVE....

pm sent....have fun moving...were you moving to now????

regards...mike d....

Paul?

Im moving Northwood, just down from Watford not good for a country boy!

Cheers Steve

your rite there STEVE....not good at all...

good luck with the move..

regards...mike d...

mike d wrote:your rite there STEVE....not good at all...

good luck with the move..

regards...mike d...

......Steve.

Cheers Steve