That's the luxury model for wusses. When I first worked on Auxiliary Sailing Barge Pudge, she had a 3 cylinder version of this (66HP). with no electric start, you had to crank it by hand to get it running on petrol. But we did have the proper brass jar of petrol to pour into the carb and the brass "flit spray" to blow petrol into the aux combustion chambers. The way Brian applies some choke by putting his hand over the carb to get it going properly on petrol before switching to diesel with the large black knob is exactly as I remember getting Pudge's Kelvin to start. Having room to stand up next to the engine is a real luxury, especially when you have to hand crank a 4.5 litre machine! The barge had a more modern diesel fitted some years ago and is now undergoing a major rebuild in Maldon, ready to celebrate her centenary next year. Find her story on the wbsite of the Thames Sailing Barge Trust. Peter.
Utter rubbish. K Kelvins are indirect injection, started on petrol, with 9 inch stroke. Gardner's are direct injection with 7.75 inch stroke or 6 inch stroke for L3 and LW engines respectfully.
that may be the case but it's rubbish!!! take a look at either a kelvin or a gardner and look at the design of them they are the the same but re engineered- so point made!!!!!
It's rubbish. When Bergius (founder of Kelvin) found that his sleeve valve diesels suffered too much wear in the valve system, he engaged the great Sir Harry Ricardo as consultant to help him design a good replacement and this was it - single, twin, three, four or six at 22 HP per cylinder. In no way is this unique design derived from the great Gardners, let alone be a rebadged version of it.
@@cidertom5140 So which Gardner design starts on petrol using an auxiliary combustion chamber with a spark plug? Later Kelvins may have been much closer to Gardners, but all those designed by Bergius were unique.
That's the luxury model for wusses. When I first worked on Auxiliary Sailing Barge Pudge, she had a 3 cylinder version of this (66HP). with no electric start, you had to crank it by hand to get it running on petrol. But we did have the proper brass jar of petrol to pour into the carb and the brass "flit spray" to blow petrol into the aux combustion chambers. The way Brian applies some choke by putting his hand over the carb to get it going properly on petrol before switching to diesel with the large black knob is exactly as I remember getting Pudge's Kelvin to start.
Having room to stand up next to the engine is a real luxury, especially when you have to hand crank a 4.5 litre machine!
The barge had a more modern diesel fitted some years ago and is now undergoing a major rebuild in Maldon, ready to celebrate her centenary next year. Find her story on the wbsite of the Thames Sailing Barge Trust.
Peter.
I remember getting shown the ropes by Brian at LEF when I was an apprentice.
They would be a 44hp at 750 rpm in marine use, but I think they ran a bit slower at 650rpm in fog horn work. Thanks for posting.
Were all the old kelvins started on petrol first??
The J and K series.
I think the tickover was 180rpm on the rev counter in wheelhouse many years ago.
According to the Kelvin manual, it should be 160 rpm with max 750 rpm.
@@Peterwright99 aye, you're correct.
وش الفايده منها ممكن احد يعلمنا ويترجم !!!! ؟؟؟؟؟
kelvin is a re badged gardner
Utter rubbish. K Kelvins are indirect injection, started on petrol, with 9 inch stroke. Gardner's are direct injection with 7.75 inch stroke or 6 inch stroke for L3 and LW engines respectfully.
that may be the case but it's rubbish!!! take a look at either a kelvin or a gardner and look at the design of them they are the the same but re engineered- so point made!!!!!
It's rubbish. When Bergius (founder of Kelvin) found that his sleeve valve diesels suffered too much wear in the valve system, he engaged the great Sir Harry Ricardo as consultant to help him design a good replacement and this was it - single, twin, three, four or six at 22 HP per cylinder. In no way is this unique design derived from the great Gardners, let alone be a rebadged version of it.
@@cidertom5140 So which Gardner design starts on petrol using an auxiliary combustion chamber with a spark plug? Later Kelvins may have been much closer to Gardners, but all those designed by Bergius were unique.
@@Peterwright99 Gardner Bcr petrol/paraffin engine