Norms Restoration - 31 Seater Projects & Leyland DT 5 Project

1939 Leyland TD5 [1635 DD]

2020

Electrical March

Norman Julian 31 Mar
This being the starter, I thought I would take the top off and get some of the dents out and give it a paint.
I have to say the armature is in good condition.
You can't help but admire the workmanship.
I did the same with the AEC.
A quality product that was made to last.
The dustpan by the way has all the dirt I got off the starter.




Gregor Neil Robertson
As you say, what fine piece of engineering is that motor.
Really made to last and so sad most of them have been scrapped long ago.
As a society we are unforgivable - we don’t value good workmanship.
Now suddenly in the time of the pandemic our values may change, folk may wise up to what is essential and really important.
Robert Stevenson
That is a work of engineering art.
Brings back memories.
I can remember having to replace carbon brushes as an apprentice.
I was given the motor, and a block of carbon and spent my time cutting the carbon to size, then filing it to fit nicely, then bedding in the brush face to the commutator.
Not a 5 minute job.
Are you going to trim the commutator and undercut it?
Norman Julian
Robert Stevenson if it still works fine which it is then I'm not touching it.
Robert Stevenson
Just reminded me of what I used to do.
Another skill that isnt taught these days during trade training.
A thing of the past.
Carle Gregory
use to watch my father do that kind of work on car starters not too mention the generators as well
Rob Miller
Those starter motors were beautifully made .
When I was an apprentice auto- electrician in the 1960’s we got a few of those CAV co-axial starters to overhaul.
Most had burnt solenoid contacts from people trying to start engines with bad batteries.
None were worn out.
BS5 and BS6 were CAV models from memory.
Simms made one too.
The later CAV starter , CA45 , fitted to Perkins diesels gave trouble though.
Norman Julian
Rob Miller that's interesting buddy.
The collective knowledge you guys have burried inside your heads from years gone passed is amazing.
Robert Stevenson
Norman Julian not sure if I have already mentioned it, but a friend of my father was an electrician, then decided to become a teacher.
He paid his way through teachers college rewinding windscreen wiper motors for the Sydney buses.
Im guessing that it would have been mid to late 50s that he was doing it.
He said he had a never ending supply of the things to do.
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April 2020
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