Blackstone Large Spring Injection Oil Engine

Exhibit ID: JM0138
Category: Engines

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Air start, Skid Mounted complete with fuel tank, air receiver, water cooling tank.
Also fitted with a Ruston Hornsby 6PS single cylinder/compressor engine starter pack.
Carter’s Spring Injection was introduced in 1924. It is a simple principle, fuel is delivered to the injection chamber at low pressure 15 PSI and is then injected into the cylinder at 1,000 PSI by the release of a spring operated by the timing mechanism.
Remounted on purpose made skid, as previous trailer and mountings were grossly inadequate and unsafe.
Weight 10.5 tonnes.

Sourced from near M1/ M25 junction, mid 1990’s

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