18 December 2005.

Aircooled Petter genset (of military origin)

I acquired my first Petter on this trip. It is an aircooled military style 32 volt (35volt) genset.
On arriving home I cleaned the carburettor and made new carb gaskets and she started and ran pretty well if a bit rough. I need to strip the carb again as well as do a cleanup job on this engine and I'm sure it will run perfectly.

The electrical board and guages are not original - there should be a tool box in that position. The guage etc. is quite nice so I think I will make a new toolbox and put the electrical stuff somewhere else. Also the tubing framework has been a bit butchered but I'll fix that up. The exhaust manifold is a bit damaged but can be fixed and the silencer is missing - does anyone have a pic of the correct silencer?

Unfortunately the spec plates are all missing and I could do with some help in identifying the model. The generator spec plate has a date of 1943.

Can anyone tell me the model and anything interesting about this set. It was obviously for the War Department and made 2 years before the end of WW2. Could it have been war surplus?



Anyone who can identify the Model please reply.



Click on one of these links to go to pages relating to some of the other engines we picked up last week. Thanks for reading this far.

Bradford

Wolseley R

Petter (4 Engines)

Alco Featherweight

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