Baz, Dave & Ian stacked some more sleepers, and tidied up a bit. Kay continued with beautification of the 165 DE. After a tea break the second Geismar-Stumec rail saw was given a quick check over, with the starter cord being removed and retensioned, A mix of WD40 and diesel was squirted into the cylinder and the saw crank was disconnected and the engine barred over a few times, the plug was cleaned up and reinserted, and after a few false fire, the engine started and ran okay. The saw crank was refitted and the whole unit seems to work okay – we now just need to check how to clamp it too rail and then we will perform a test cut
31 May 2008