Good morning to all
I am a french citizen leaving in Normandy, in a small village named Hondouville
55 years old, grey haired grandfather, working in aluminium industries, in different countries including UK, in Kitts Green next to Birmingham.
I have a passion for old mechanical stuff, cars, tractor, fixed engine, and more over watermills..
In my village thera are 5 of them, different types of technology of wheels, producting electricity or still able to mill corn, wheat, barley.
I visited one of them yesterday and I made a discovery that I did not expect to do in such a mill.
To compensate the variations of the water flow, and in order to guarantee a "smooth" production of about 300kg/hour, the mill has been equipped with a diesel engine from Robson in Shipley, Yorshire. It is a single piston that is full and not blocked, I turned it by hand until reaching the high compression. So I think that restarting will not be a big issue.
I would like to know if there is some technical information available somewhere that can help in restarting the beast.
Here attached is a picture of the engine
with my very best regards