Hello everyone,
My father was given this recently by a friend, and while it’s on loan to me, I’d like to know more about it.
I think he said that it was a sectioned hydraulic pump for the rear turret but that could be wrong. It’s got several numbers stamped into it and lots of intricate moving parts.
Any info would be great!!
By: Peter - 9th April 2012 at 00:10
Pete, I was thinking meteor engin due to in part the paint color and also if it was something to do with hydraulic drive motor or something…?
By: MerlinPete - 8th April 2012 at 23:26
Most likely as you said a hydraulic pump or motor, but could also be a small gas turbine fuel pump, it doesn’t t look particularly aviation, but there are American-made electric fuel pumps, whose name I forget, which have that same paint. What made you think of a Meteor engine Peter?
Pete
By: Peter - 8th April 2012 at 23:03
Not a lanc part but could it be something from a RR Meteor engine??
By: SimonR - 8th April 2012 at 22:34
Cheers for the replies chaps.
That’s a surprise because it came from a pretty knowledgeable source, at least my father had no reason to doubt its svalidity. It’s very possible that the allen bolts and Hammerite were later additions, around the time it was sectioned, but if nobody’s seen anything like it then I guess it’s not a Lanc part!
All the best….
By: Arabella-Cox - 8th April 2012 at 21:59
Lanc bit?
Also, the Hammerite finish might suggest it is not an aircraft part, more something from a workshop.
It is a (high pressure) fluid pump of some sort though.
Anon.
By: Bruce - 8th April 2012 at 21:56
Not, I think Lancaster. The Allen headed bolts suggest it is not a wartime part.
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