petter a 1943

i've just bought a 1943 petter a, it spent its working life in a milking shed in the dales.
pics to follow.
richard.

Another one
Nice find and local too.

i bought it from a bloke in low laithe. not far from you.
richard.

Low Laithe, wow. Dangerously near. You should have stopped by for tea and buns hehe.

the engine does have a petrol tank, its in the shed. just started to uncover the bodges i will have to overcome, firstly someone has tried to araldite the fuel line into the carb, more to follow as i find them.
richard.

with tank.
richard.

Petter man strikes again, we're do you keep finding them Richard
Looks al complete shame about the exhaust broken they always look nice with the propper one.
Good luck keep us posted.
Thanks for posting photos
Jonesey

time to see if it will run.

I see you've sorted the fuel problem, have you found anything else yet?

I was just thinking about you Richard "the Petter man" as I've just won a Petter of ebay only got it because it was cheap.

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/170813937186?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649#ht_500wt_1413

Stu.

its good when you find them close to home, the cost of collecting them is something you have to think about these days. this engine came from a place called low laithe in nidderdale and only about 15 minutes from my house. what are your plans for you latest purchase.
richard.

Not sure yet what I'm going to do with it yet Richard as it was just a stupid bid I put in. I'll see if it's running as the seller states it's not been run for a few years, see what it needs to tidy it up, if it's a lot I'll just leave it for now as I have other engines to do first.
Like you say it's good when there not to far to collect this ones about 20 miles from me, but things never turn out easy bet it's out in the sticks miles from anywhere

Richard does it look bigger then the 1.5hp or is it just me

Stu

it looks like a 1.5hp or a 3hp. my 5hp has an inbuilt oil pump with oil lines on the outside of the engine, i can't see any oil lines on the picture.
richard

Thanks for that Richard I'll just have to wait and see as I can't make out the engine plate.

Stu.

i got the engine running this afternoon, fresh petrol, new plug and the repair of several bodges. the engine fires up a runs well then dips in power and nearly stalls then runs back up to power again. now that i know the engine is a runner i can strip it down and give it a proper rebuild.
more pictures to follow.
richard.

Nice one Richard It's always a good feeling to get them running. Looking forward to the pictures.

Stu.

took the head of today, everything seems ok. the carb now has a gasket (why do people take them out and not replace them)

more pictures to follow
richard.

ordered two new petrol taps today, the old one was leaky, i don't like leaky taps so a new one it is.
richard.

well if the tap leeks it money down the field or garage floor
and with my petter A`s, it still holds about 2ltrs of fuel in the tank when theres none getting to the carbs
well it keeps the crap out of the fuel tap filter and fillerbowl longer lol lol
kev

Glad you found nothing amiss Richard, so what next, strip and paint or rebuild?

A leaky tap can also get you into trouble on the rally field if the marshall spots it and after all, we want a peaceful day at the rally so we can relax in the sunshine.

Stu.

a few more jobs done today, the new tap arrived and has been fitted to the carb, the threads being damaged from the araldite meant re cutting them at 1/4bsp so that the tap would fit and the carb top would not be wasted, a leaky tank followed so has been sealed, (i will have to keep an eye out for a spare). with the valves re-cut and a new head gasket made it now runs very well. at sometime in the past the engine has been repainted, so i think a repaint will be on the jobs to do list.
richard.

Richard I managed to collect the Petter A1 I won on ebay yesterday. I haven't looked at it properly but I think it's a 5hp but can't make the plate out very well, so I need to see if I can clean it up and get it in a good light to check it properly and get the engine number.
As far as I can see the only damage is a big dent in the petrol tank so that will need replacing. I am happy with it as it came with a starting handle and a flat belt pulley so them alone are worth what I paid for the engine.

Stu.

I believe that the 5HP models had the same bottom end as the PAZ1 diesels Stu, they had an oil pump and external oil pipework.

Pete.

the bottom end is the same as a paz1. the pipework is on the outside of the engine.
richard.

richard.

Thanks for the info guys I'll have a look and see if it has the external pipes. Are the 5hp very common or did most people go for the diesel Petter when it was the bigger hp? I'd like to find out some history on this engine as the area I picked it up is agricultural yet it also a small but busy fishing town 2 miles away so it might have some interesting history.

Stu.