<div dir="auto">British version of a "Flux Capacitor" ;-)</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Feb 19, 2017 6:36 PM,  <<a href="mailto:michael.salter@gmail.com">michael.salter@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white">"To protect the blower from backfires? Just a WAG"<br>
Sounds reasonable...BUT... I wouldn't be too happy about an air/fuel mixture blowing out there, particularly with an uninsulated spark plug wire next to it..... YIKES!!!<br>
There isn't even a spark gauze.<br>
What would Health and Safety have to say about that.<br>
Michael S<br></p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white">From: Roland Wilhelmy<br>
Sent: Monday, February 20, 2:03 PM<br>
Subject: Re: [Healeys] Non Healey Question...Blower Bentley<br>
To: Michael Salter<br></p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white">To protect the blower from backfires? Just a WAG</p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white">-Roland<br></p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white">Sent from my BlackBerry 10 <wbr>smartphone.</p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white"><b><table><td rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tr><table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px"><td>From: </td></table></tr></td></table></b><table><td rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tr><table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px"><td>Michael Salter</td></table></tr></td></table></p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white"><table><td rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tr><table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px"><td><b>Sent: </b></td></table></tr></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tr><table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px"><td>Sunday, February 19, 2017 3:36 PM</td></table></tr></td></table></p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white"><table><td rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tr><table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px"><td><b>To: </b></td></table></tr></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tr><table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px"><td><a href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net" target="_blank">healeys@autox.team.net</a></td></table></tr></td></table></p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white"><table><td rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tr><table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px"><td><b>Subject: </b></td></table></tr></td><td rowspan="1" colspan="2" style="font-size:initial;text-align:initial;background-color:rgb(255,255,255)"><tr><table width="100%" style="background-color:white;border-spacing:0px"><td>[Healeys] Non Healey Question...Blower Bentley</td></table></tr></td><td><br></td></table></p>
<div class="elided-text"><p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white">​I was at the Ellerslie Intermarque Concours ​in Auckland last weekend and had the opportunity to take a close look at a "1931 Blower Bentley".</p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white">There is a part of the engine that I cannot figure out and was wondering if anyone on the list who can shed some light on this.</p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white"><img alt="Inline image 1"></p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white">Where the carburetors would be mounted on a non supercharged engine there are these very complicated devices.</p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white"><img alt="Inline image 2"></p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white">I would guess that they are some sort of relief valve but, as the carbs are on the blower inlet I don't think that is very likely.</p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white">Anyone know?</p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white">Michael S</p>
<p dir="auto" style="text-align:left;margin-top:25px;margin-bottom:25px;font-family:sans-serif;font-size:11pt;color:black;background-color:white">BN1 #174<br><br><br><br></p>
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