i hear the oil cooled doxfords were tolerable.............unfortunately I only worked on water cooled ones. When the seals on the telescopics went it was inside into the heat
By opposed pistoned engine, i mean like those Fairbanks-Morse type engine with two pistons per cylinder, two crankshafts joined by a gear and no heads or valvetrain, and the inlet/exhaust is done by slots in the cylinder liner..
I believe the Anson engine museum in Poynton are trying to aquire this enginefor their collection , chuck a few pounds to help their way to help them , i have .
Also give them a visit , some real nice engines there & no I am not involved with them , I just enjoy what they have done
i hear the oil cooled doxfords were tolerable.............unfortunately I only worked on water cooled ones. When the seals on the telescopics went it was inside into the heat
veterannz 9 months ago
Quite a bitch to do maintenance on i hear.
By opposed pistoned engine, i mean like those Fairbanks-Morse type engine with two pistons per cylinder, two crankshafts joined by a gear and no heads or valvetrain, and the inlet/exhaust is done by slots in the cylinder liner..
Mitsugejl 2 years ago
Exhaust piston, or upper piston, whichever name you like.
And wot does an opposed piston engine look like to you?
Trust me, that's an opposed piston engine, and if you're unfamiliar with it, you're VERY lucky.
herbgarratt 2 years ago
I believe the Anson engine museum in Poynton are trying to aquire this enginefor their collection , chuck a few pounds to help their way to help them , i have .
Also give them a visit , some real nice engines there & no I am not involved with them , I just enjoy what they have done
sprinter160bhp 2 years ago
I believe this engine was installed at South Tyneside College but has now been moved to a museum so the college can demolish the building.
choongmoovideo 3 years ago
What a pity - another of the last vestiges of the great iron-industrial age gone forever. So much human endeavor reduced to so much pig iron scrap.
szapira 3 years ago
"Mak'in Money, Mak'in Money" was the old Ford ore boat chant....(Doxford powered)
choirboyfromhell 3 years ago
"Exhaustpiston" LOL
j0h2ns1 3 years ago
Isn't it the exhaustpiston you see? Doesn't look like a opposed piston engine to me...
Mitsugejl 3 years ago
Thankyou russellkeb for responses, enjoyed your Seahorse clip (rare bit of footage!)Pity it all eventually went belly up when Doxfords finished.
born2roam 3 years ago