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Diesel engine to steam conversion

Rick... (The other Rick)

09-11-2008

Re: Diesel engine to steam conversion

david.burrage

09-14-2008

Posted by Rick... (The other Rick) on September 11, 2008, 6:36 am

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Hi,
I have read on http://people.linux-gull.ch/rossen/solar/wcengine.html that it is
possible to convert
a diesel engine to steam,

While I am waiting for the Australians to get back to me, I wondered if any of
you guys know of any
web sites or publications that give the process in further detail.

I have searched the net without any success.

Thanks in advance.

Rick... (The other Rick)

Science and sound engineering will always prevail in the end
"for nature cannot be fooled" [Feynman]

Posted by on September 14, 2008, 3:13 pm

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wrote:

> Hi,
> I have read onhttp://people.linux-gull.ch/rossen/solar/wcengine.htmlthat it is

possible to convert

> a diesel engine to steam,
>
> While I am waiting for the Australians to get back to me, I wondered if any of

you guys know of any

> web sites or publications that give the process in further detail.
>
> I have searched the net without any success.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Rick... (The other Rick)
>
> Science and sound engineering will always prevail in the end
> "for nature cannot be fooled" [Feynman]

I think there was an article in the Model Engineer many years ago.
"Converting an IC engine to steam". I think it used the bottom of the
engine and attached the steam cylinders to where the head would have
been. The old IC pistons then became the crossheads. Long time ago
though. The ME index shows the articles in Vol 131.

regards

Dave Burrage

Posted by Andrew Mawson on September 14, 2008, 5:33 pm

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> wrote:

> > Hi,
> > I have read

onhttp://people.linux-gull.ch/rossen/solar/wcengine.htmlthat it is
possible to convert

> > a diesel engine to steam,
> >
> > While I am waiting for the Australians to get back to me, I

wondered if any of you guys know of any

> > web sites or publications that give the process in further detail.
> >
> > I have searched the net without any success.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Rick... (The other Rick)
> >
> > Science and sound engineering will always prevail in the end
> > "for nature cannot be fooled" [Feynman]

>
> I think there was an article in the Model Engineer many years ago.
> "Converting an IC engine to steam". I think it used the bottom of

the

> engine and attached the steam cylinders to where the head would have
> been. The old IC pistons then became the crossheads. Long time ago
> though. The ME index shows the articles in Vol 131.
>
> regards
>
> Dave Burrage
>

I seem to remember it was a BMC 'A' series bottom half in a Morris
Minor - but I'm at the stage where more grey cells are dying than
being created so this may just be ramblings <G>

AWEM

Posted by Don Young on September 14, 2008, 10:09 pm

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>
> I seem to remember it was a BMC 'A' series bottom half in a Morris
> Minor - but I'm at the stage where more grey cells are dying than
> being created so this may just be ramblings <G>
>
> AWEM
>

I am surprised that everyone does not know that memory impairment is
actually caused by all available brain space already being in use to store
vast amounts of knowledge acquired over many years. In order to make room
for any new knowledge, something has to be erased. Younger people do not
experience this because there is not much knowledge in there to begin with
and thereby plenty of empty space. :>)

Don Young (USA)

Posted by David Littlewood on September 17, 2008, 2:44 pm

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>>
>> I think there was an article in the Model Engineer many years ago.
>> "Converting an IC engine to steam". I think it used the bottom of

>the

>> engine and attached the steam cylinders to where the head would have
>> been. The old IC pistons then became the crossheads. Long time ago
>> though. The ME index shows the articles in Vol 131.
>>
>> regards
>>
>> Dave Burrage
>>

>
>I seem to remember it was a BMC 'A' series bottom half in a Morris
>Minor - but I'm at the stage where more grey cells are dying than
>being created so this may just be ramblings <G>
>
>AWEM
>

IIRC, you don't create any more brain cells after some very early stage
- may be birth or two years old, can't remember exactly (which is I
suppose a somewhat self-referential thought!) and we all lose them at an
alarming rate thereafter. So I guess we're all in the same boat.

David
--
David Littlewood

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