Starting a Petter PH1 single cylinder Diesel engine

[topchippyles]

54 minutes ago, Baldbloke said:

It’s what attracted me to this basic thing too. No electrics, no hydraulics and totally mechanical, until I discovered its foibles🤣

2 ways to go here now and you have done the first asking the previous owner to show you. Other option is to see if it will bump start 

[PeteB]

My old log bench was a twin cylinder, it would start reasonably easy without the decompression a8d if you had the knack! Some cold winter months we would put a fire underneath it to warm her up a tad....

[muttley9050]

You looking for one ? i have one coming up for sale, 

No I'm not. Was just interested in the price they are making these days. I spent 2k about 8 years ago on a 1 tonne thwaites skip loading dumper and haven't looked back.
Far more complicated than the one the op has and will probably never last as long, but a joy to use and paid for itself many times over.

[muttley9050]

Bit more than I sold mine for but everything is high at the moment and it will go on and on. Assuming you can't start it. [emoji6]Awesome machine for gravel. Not so much for sticky clay.

[muttley9050]

Yes it does. However, after studying the manual Khriss discovered, it looks like the plate it bears on is missing. I did wonder about the reason of that weird loose pivoting section on the bar that goes through the pump. I’ll either have to remake/replace the missing part or Jerry rig something.

Just hold it up with your spare hand until you have to knock compression back on?

[Khriss]

11 hours ago, Paddy1000111 said:

Starting to make me wonder if I shut mine down with the priming lever... I haven't started it in about 3 years now as the alternator gave up and I never had much use for it anyway! It would probably look beautiful if it was dragged out and restored but it weighs about 900 tonnes so I never tried 

I'll have it 😉 K

[Khriss]

1 hour ago, muttley9050 said:

No I'm not. Was just interested in the price they are making these days. I spent 2k about 8 years ago on a 1 tonne thwaites skip loading dumper and haven't looked back.
Far more complicated than the one the op has and will probably never last as long, but a joy to use and paid for itself many times over.

First Low Impact machine they are ☺️ run on bugger all and as simple as chips. K

[muttley9050]

First Low Impact machine they are [emoji5] run on bugger all and as simple as chips. K

They're great. Unfortunately they are just not very good at tipping.

[topchippyles]

1 hour ago, muttley9050 said:

3 hours ago, Khriss said:

First Low Impact machine they are run on bugger all and as simple as chips. K

They're great. Unfortunately they are just not very good at tipping.

Your great chris 🤙 Stubbs is no1 though 

Edited May 6, 2021 by topchippyles

[Khriss]

1 minute ago, topchippyles said:

Your great chris 🤙 Stubbs is no1 though 

Thankyou Chippy - I would never aspire to the Throne Of Stubby    K