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Identification of Gen-set needed
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I have just acquired this generator set, but I need some help identifying the manufacturer and age ? The large data plate on the flywheel housing is too rusted to give any answers If possible where do I find a manual and parts, maybe a carburettor and definitely condensators
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1941 Chevrolet, Cab 12 CGT, 7A2 body 1944 Ariel W/NG 1944 Scammell Pioneer SV/2S x 2 1955 Austin Champ, 04BF45 |
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I am not a generator knowledgeable person but this thread might help you
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=12391
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It looks like the standard British "Charging Set 300 Watt, ED" that someone has painted white.
Could be either 15 volt or 30 volt output, depending on age. (WW2 up to 1970s). Chris. |
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could be Chris, I took the cage of yesterday and the bolts where Whitworth, and the brass plate says WD serial no
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1941 Chevrolet, Cab 12 CGT, 7A2 body 1944 Ariel W/NG 1944 Scammell Pioneer SV/2S x 2 1955 Austin Champ, 04BF45 |
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I'm guessing Johnson chore horse?
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I'm with luke on this one...but there are a few wee changes..
a thing of rare beauty, regardless
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could be a British BSA version as well
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See photos below. I have a 1958 Canadian Army manual for a generator set that looks to be a match to your unit. The cover is a bit dirty, but otherwise the manual is in great condition (38 pages). Let me know if you are interested in more details.
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I think it is a post war BSA unit, if you look at the picture of the chore horse then you can see that the box with the Amp meter is slightly smaller on the Canadian unit .There is a extra bit added on the lift side of the white one,
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The clues to it being a BSA set are there in the picture, a Joe Lucas ammeter and the little plate on generator cover with 'WD Serial no' and generator makers initials on it.
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Thanks all for the help.
So it seems to be a wartime BSA I had a look the busted condenser's and they are date June 44.
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1941 Chevrolet, Cab 12 CGT, 7A2 body 1944 Ariel W/NG 1944 Scammell Pioneer SV/2S x 2 1955 Austin Champ, 04BF45 Last edited by Niels V; 26-02-18 at 09:44. |
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The earliest reference found so far to war-time manufactured BSA Chorehorses is an exhibition presumably immeadiately post war where a Chorehorse is visiable in a photogragh. The assumption is that BSA manufacture started very late or post-war so if yours is definitly war-time dated you have a very rare example. Can you show the dates on the components which may of course be use of components still in storage.
Canadian models also have aluminum fuel tanks up to steel on british ones. |
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Hi Neil
I think mine is a iron fuel tank but will check, here is the best picture I could get of one of the dates compnents. The original paint i can find is a bit lighter and more dull than the post was sets I have seen Cheers
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Odd the way things happen around this site...Never saw a Genny like this before, and now another shows up in Belguim.
http://www.mapleleafup.net/forums/sh...ad.php?t=28643
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The one on this thread is another Canadian model. British ones are very common in the UK as manufacture continued presumably into the 1960's but Canadian examples are rare. I loaded a skip full Canadian Chorehorses a few years ago which feature on a thread on this site, but they were all past saving and incomplete.
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I have a Canadian example, given to me many years ago by a friend of my father who had it on his boat. He couldn't get it to start so threw it out as a lost cause. He had a good spark so cleaned the carb , making a new flange gasket when refitting it.
Having forgotten to cut the centre hole in the gasket, he was certainly making it hard for himself......
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I have few of these , 2 BSA ones and presumably post war and two war time Canadian chore horses .
There is one of the chore horses at a friend his place that I need to pick up. Last edited by guy labbe; 05-03-18 at 15:54. |
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The actual design is pre-war so purchased basically off the shelf.
Makes you wonder what agreement BSA had with Johnsons to manufacture. https://www.yumpu.com/no/document/vi...uc-enterprises |
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Chore horse ID
I have a UK built Chore Horse (going by the BSF and BA fixings).
Can anyone tell me the manufacturer? The identification plate has the logo "LsE". I am in the process of stripping it down and found the petrol tank full of a rusty fibrous material. I realised after a while that a previous owner had made the engine block/petrol tank gasket without removing the middle. This had collapsed and was returning to its maker. Alastair F60S LAAT Lynx I MkIII* |
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One warning: the gasket is asbestos, so bag it up safely and dispose of it properly. Chris. |
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