1949 Dennis F1 Fire Truck Restoration

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Gudday M8

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Thanks for all the advice on the Lucas Replacement Smoke ... I've now got Swishy's certficate hanging in the workshop! :

Dennis was originally a Darwin fire truck, but later was transferred to Alice Springs. With the colder climate in Alice, a sump oil heater was installed through the side of the sump, which had obviously leaked a bit of oil over time. This was a 240V thingy which was wired to a plug at the rear of the truck, which was in turn plugged into the power outlet at the fire station.



Recently I have been cleaning down the engine, and painting it up with Killrust Epoxy Gloss Enamel in

A heater in the sump ??

Just how cold does it get in Alice ?? :

Or did they use bitumen for lubrication.

The motor stays plugged in at the station so when a call comes it is already up to running temperature and can go flat chat (for a Dennis) straight away.

They normally do that by having a heater in the cooling system (which keeps the whole block warm), not in the sump.

This one might have been on special!

Beaver - Don't worry, Alice Springs, like all inland places, can get bitterly cold. On the 12th July 1976, Alice Springs recorded a temperature of -7.5C

I scrubbed up the sump today, and removed the oil heater to check the sealing of the heater pipework. Once removed, it didn

(are you out there Beaver?)

Yes I am here Lou.

There are timing marks on the magneto coupling, I think I can see them in the close up shot. There should be a single mark on the flywheel side. Just put a couple of blobs of white paint on each side and match them up later.

Normally a magneto drive has a vernier coupling in between those two, it has 20 teeth on one side and 19 on the other. But you wouldn't get the match if it was needed in your case.

Retiming the maggy is the same as retiming the dissy, take off the end caps and set the breaker (small cap) to open at TDC #1 with the rotor (big cap) pointing to the No 1 cyl connection.

Not sure about the Light 4, but the Ace has a centrifugal advance device inside the flywheel housing, it drives off the camshaft gear.

Thanks Beaver, much appreciated. Tomorrows task then!