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Stuart Engine and water pump
« on: August 14, 2019, 06:23:02 am »
This is a bronze cylinder Stuart No7 driving an early Stuart centrifugal water pump.
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Re: Stuart Engine and water pump
« Reply #1 on: August 14, 2019, 06:55:07 am »
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Re: Stuart Engine and water pump
« Reply #2 on: August 14, 2019, 02:18:30 pm »
Great to see it working hard, such a shame Stuart no longer offer these centrifugal pumps in their range.

I'd love MSM to offer a water pump accessory for their Mildura engine.   ;D
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Re: Stuart Engine and water pump
« Reply #3 on: August 14, 2019, 03:39:27 pm »
I've read the specs on these pumps and they will certainly move some water. I love your setup to circulate the water, it falls along the same lines I was thinking. Very cool.
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« Reply #4 on: August 14, 2019, 04:53:16 pm »
Thanks guys, they can pump some water.
With the direct drive the pump is only ticking over, it would really fly on a pulley setup.
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Re: Stuart Engine and water pump
« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2020, 09:42:01 pm »
Nice setup Dave and even better to see the Stuart running on steam. That pump really does move the water  8)
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Re: Stuart Engine and water pump
« Reply #6 on: January 17, 2020, 01:39:27 am »
Bonjour Dave,
You are lucky with your pump, mine does not work well because a leak at the lower bawl level. The D10 is steam consumer and needs a pump:

I have to go to a friend workshop to try to solve the problem.
Besides this, I am not sure it is a Stuart pump, a friend installed one from Stuart castings on one of my other D10:
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« Reply #7 on: January 17, 2020, 02:42:44 pm »
Can anyone guess what the coupling between pump and engine is??
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Re: Stuart Engine and water pump
« Reply #8 on: January 29, 2020, 09:03:33 am »
I just bought a stuart centrifugal pump casting kit at cabin fever. I didnt need any more build projects, but at $20.,i couldnt resist. Nice to see yours in action.
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Re: Stuart Engine and water pump
« Reply #9 on: January 30, 2020, 01:42:48 am »
Bonjour Doug,
If you refer to my D10, replacing the initial on too toght, the coupling system is now what we call "TOC" in France, acronym I do not know furthermore.
One part is male and the second female, the first has 2 plugs, the second 2 slots at 180 °.
the clearance in the adjustment allows a small offset between the machine and the propeller shaft.
I hope you see it better there :
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Re: Stuart Engine and water pump
« Reply #10 on: January 30, 2020, 08:44:22 am »
That's a great combination Dave - that pump really works well. I have a couple of those as I'm a sucker for Stuart but never really tried them out - I just may copy your nice setup.
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