Info Required Coventry Climax Genset

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

An acquaintance of mine has an operating generator powered by a Coventry Climax 4 cylinder air-cooled engine. He uses this as an auxilliary power supply in the event of bushfires. Unfortunately he doesn't possess any manuals for either the engine or generator. Anyone out there who can help?

The data plate for the engine has the following - SR/240/3026.

Data for the generator:

The generator is a GEC single phase made in England. 6kva 0.85 PF 50 cycles.
230v 26.1amps.
300 rpm - Cat No. XC/GEC/1386
SR SM 41328
187 TPL

Another plate lists:
Cat No. X2/XB 18150
Generating Sets AC
240v single phase
50 cycles

No. 1MK 1/??
WD B/32/cc/34
Unit No. SR 240/1/1419

I wouldn't have a clue what most of that means but there has to be an expert out there somewhere.

Bob

[Richard Farrant]

Originally posted by Bob Moseley
An acquaintance of mine has an operating generator powered by a Coventry Climax 4 cylinder air-cooled engine. He uses this as an auxilliary power supply in the event of bushfires. Unfortunately he doesn't possess any manuals for either the engine or generator. Anyone out there who can help?

Bob,
This is a 6kva gen set made for the British Army in the '50's. The generator is mounted above the engine if memory serves me? They were mostly fitted in 1/2 ton trailers with pannier fuel tanks. Remember working on them many years ago until they were replaced by Onan gennies.
Will have a look to see if I have a book, if so will copy it, don,t hold your breath though!

Richard

[Bob Moseley (RIP)]

Just to further assist with this matter.

Bob

[Richard Farrant]

Sorry Bob,
Memory is bad, engine over the generator, I got it the wrong way round......this is the one made for the British Army. Will try to locate a book, although am not sure now if the manual was for an air or water cooled one.
Will get back if I find it.
Richard

[ruumar]

Hello Bob.

I see that your topic is from 2003, i hope you don't mind i put my questions here also, because i have the same one but then on the trailer.



If you whant to see more of it, you can go to here.

http://www.ya126.nl/forum/viewtopic.php?t=196

The questions i have, is there allready found a manuel for it ?

If not, can somebody please tell me the distance for the contactpoints and the sparkplugs.

At the back of the flywheel i found a arrow, it's for adjusting the time i guess.

If so, where has the arrow to line up with, can't find anything on the engine.

I hope you guy's know what i mean, my englisch is not so good and technical english is not good at al.

With greetings.

Ruud (Netherlands)

[Col Tigwell]

In the back of my mind, I have feeling that the engine was from the Hillman Imp.

Anyone clarify that

Thanks

Col

[Noel Burgess]

I believe the Imp engine was a de-rated Coventry Climax (fire)pump engine - dont know if it was also used on gensets.
Noel

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Col Tigwell

In the back of my mind, I have feeling that the engine was from the Hillman Imp.

Anyone clarify that

Col,

The Climax engine that the Imp engine was based on was used in firepumps, but not in this particular gen set. This one is an air cooled four cyl. engine and I think the cylinders were horizontal. Still looking for a manual, know I have a Cov Climax one somewhere not sure which type though.

[ruumar]

Hi.

This is indeed the engine with the cylinders horizontal.

For those who want to know, this is wat i have done today.

The starterengine and the teeth on the flywheel are not so good anymore, it's going and starting, but i don't like it.

So what have i done.

This is the starter that's normal on the engine.



I have taken a starter from a toyota pickuptruck.



In one of the montingholes i made a sleeve, because the mountingholes where further away then the bracket where it is going on.



Then i made the braket of the starter a 5 mm thinner, so it goes in further of the mountingbraket.



Fits just fine.





When is starts it completly runs on the flywheel.



This starter graps in the flywheel from the other site, so as you can see, i now have better teeths again, it's not perfect, but it's better, look at the site where the otherone grabbed in.



I know, it's not original, but i can use it again for a long long time, and if i whant it, i can put back the old starter.



Greetings.

Ruud

[Richard Farrant]

Originally Posted by Richard Farrant

Still looking for a manual, know I have a Cov Climax one somewhere not sure which type though.

Found the Climax gen set manual, but it is the wrong one , it is the wartime one with water cooled engine, sorry.

[electricme]

@ All,
An Impossible Question.


I need a circuit for a GEC single Phase Altinator 6KVA 0.86 DF 3000 RPM unit, the same as the one which started off this thread here.

I was searching the net and came across this excellent forum, I see someone has posted a link about the mechanical side of things but I need access to the circuit.

I picked up a very old transformer coil, wound with square primary copper wire, the secondary was with flat copper wire, all wrappen in cotton insulation.
I got it from a farmer who said it was with the above gen set, but it was too badly damaged to figure out the interconnections, so a circuit is paramount.

There is another web site posted here, but it's in a language I carn't understand.

I have tried to track back through two previous owners of this gen set but have hit a brick wall. EG I got this info (coil) from a Farmer in Chinchilla (Qld), he got it from a farmer outside of Chinchilla on a property several years ago, that farmer bought it from another farmer 30 years ago outside of Brisbane.
Where he got it from is unknown, but reading the posts, it must have been shipped in from England.

The cotton insulated coil tells me it is from the 1920's vintage.

Can anyone help please?

Jim