Hi folks,

I am repairing an electric motor for a friend. The centrifugal switch is 
  broken. It needs a replacement felt washer as the original has worn 
down. It needs to be a hard felt washer (not the kind which is rubber 
mixed with felt) with dimensions 1/2" (hole) by 1" (overall diameter) by 
1/8" (thickness). Anyone know of a source?

Many thanks,

Chris Tidy

Before I sling it out on EvilBay does anyone want to buy my Petter . 
Pictures here http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa84/malwhite/petter/

I think it's a P2 is it or a universal petrol engine as it says on the name 
plate. I've cleaned all the muck out of the carb and the fuel tank but 
there's no spark at the plugs. I just haven't got the time to deal with it 
now. It comes complete with a little truck to wheel it around on but without 
a starting handle.

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Malc

malc wrote:
> Before I sling it out on EvilBay does anyone want to buy my Petter .

Silly me, I forgot to say that I'm in Gloucester and no sensible offer 
refused on the engine. If you look back in the newsgroup records you'll find 
that I paid £56 for it.

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Malc
R1100RS old and tatty

You laugh at me because I am different
I laugh at you because you are all the same

Erm, this looks to me more like a PU8 than a P4. What do others think?

No spark will inhibit the price as magnetos cost around £50 for a working 
example. You could just try cleaning the points off the engine & seeing what 
you get then.

regards,

Kim Siddorn

"malc" <> wrote in message 
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> Before I sling it out on EvilBay does anyone want to buy my Petter . 
> Pictures here http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa84/malwhite/petter/
>
> I think it's a P2 is it or a universal petrol engine as it says on the 
> name plate. I've cleaned all the muck out of the carb and the fuel tank 
> but there's no spark at the plugs. I just haven't got the time to deal 
> with it now. It comes complete with a little truck to wheel it around on 
> but without a starting handle.
>
> Remove the unspam from the header to reply
>
> -- 
> Malc
>

As usual you are on the button Kim, a PU8 is what it is.

Martin P

"Kim Siddorn"  wrote in message 
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> Erm, this looks to me more like a PU8 than a P4. What do others think?
>
> No spark will inhibit the price as magnetos cost around £50 for a working 
> example. You could just try cleaning the points off the engine & seeing 
> what you get then.
>
> regards,
>
> Kim Siddorn
>
> "malc" <> wrote in message 
> news:YiKAk.60027$E41.12669@text.news.virginmedia.com...
>> Before I sling it out on EvilBay does anyone want to buy my Petter . 
>> Pictures here http://s199.photobucket.com/albums/aa84/malwhite/petter/
>>
>> I think it's a P2 is it or a universal petrol engine as it says on the 
>> name plate. I've cleaned all the muck out of the carb and the fuel tank 
>> but there's no spark at the plugs. I just haven't got the time to deal 
>> with it now. It comes complete with a little truck to wheel it around on 
>> but without a starting handle.
>>
>> Remove the unspam from the header to reply
>>
>> -- 
>> Malc
>>
>
>

Kim Siddorn wrote:
> Erm, this looks to me more like a PU8 than a P4. What do others think?
>
I bow to your greater knowledge

> No spark will inhibit the price as magnetos cost around £50 for a
> working example. You could just try cleaning the points off the
> engine & seeing what you get then.
>
Like I said I really don't have the time (or the space or a workshop with a 
light). I have cleaned the points but I suspect it's down to the connection 
between the magneto and the spark plug leads.


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Malc
R1100RS old and tatty

You laugh at me because I am different
I laugh at you because you are all the same

Well, you  see, the PU2 (the flat air cooled single) & its brother the PU4 
(which is a flat twin) are mid thirties, fairly frugal & fetch about £150 in 
good order. The later PU8 was made in some numbers in the war, have had a 
pretty good survival rate - there was a batch of bran new old stock ones for 
sale this year! - have a deserved reputation for being thirsty brutes and 
fetch around fifty quid in the order that yours is in.

It's surprising how many PU8's there are about. I bet there are several 
lurking on this list - indeed,  I have one in running order but as it saw 
off five gallons of unleaded on the one day I took it for a walk to an 
event, it's never been out the door since!

None of this is much comfort to you I'm afraid Malc, but if you can get a 
spark at the plug, Ebay will probably move it into someone else's workshop 
for you.

regards,

Kim Siddorn
XBR500 etc, etc.

Too bad you are in Gloucester or I would be interested in the engine -
I like flat twins. However with todays high petrol cost it would cost
me £30 in petrol to collect. That is something that needs to be taken
into account these days. I recently found a Lister engine that I
really liked but again the cost to collect was out of proportion with
the value of the engine. Nice engines hardly ever turn up close to
where I live (near Luton).