Help me with my Allison

V1710

Hi derro, we have a V1710 model 39 serial no 336 which we have striped and reassembled ( took nine mouths to get three pistons out and about 1400 hours of whot you have just started ) and have mounted it on a trailer and take it around airshows ect. It starts and runs well but blows a little smoke oweing to the three bad cylinders. Sorry that I can not be of any help to you except that I hope this may help you to continue on with the good work. Will try and put a photo on. Can not figure how to do it so will email it.
kind regards Laurie.

It,s a small world…

Hiya Mate,long time no hear…
PM means “Private Message” and is like a secret Squirrel message you can send to guys on the forum.
Sir Bill is a bit crook with a tummy bug at the moment so it,s knocked him pretty bad.Yeah he is a godsend in regards to parts etc and has helped us out immensely with our little project.
Email on the way..:cool:

Hey QldSpitty, how do I contact you? I am not sure what “pm” means. However, I see in your link some pix of a absolute champ by the name of Mr B. Martin. He has already helped us out with rocker covers, supercharger, valves, crankshaft and some other bits and pieces. I suspect I may have had a yarn with you a few months ago -my name is Terry. Could you contact me at [email]derro74@hotmail.com[/email]? I am just down the hill from you. Thanks mate.

Again, thank you all. Here we go then…
As you can see, the old girl needs a lot of TLC, and lots of bits! At the moment my mate and I are just scrubbing off rust and cleaning stuff up. This is a big job that involves sore arms and knocked-about hands – heaps of projecting pieces of metal. However, we are working in a nice sheltered garage with fans and a radio. Boggles the mind how RAAF fitters did the same thing on some stinking hot tropical strip with no shade or beer!

http://www.greenmonster.de/english/indexe.htm

You may want to try these guys too, while they are more into running puller engines, no doubt they may have something suitable to a static rebuild.

Good luck,
I have been looking for a non airworthy, yet probably potentially so, Allison V1710 for
( aircraft enthusiasts cringe!)

a vintage Unlimited Hydroplane

Derro,

open your digital photos with MS “Paint”, select Image on the menu and set “Stretch-Skew” to 50% for vertical and horizontal, and then – most importantly – save it with a different name by using “save as” so that you dont overwrite your original pic.

If they are still over 300kB just repeat the process with a smaller % value.

regards

Mark Pilkington

Hey, thanks a lot everyone. My god that is some quick work. I already have the service instruction manual but that link to ww2aircraft is an extended version with flight instructions. Great stuff. I will contact QldSpitty and Mark soon. Excellent. Thanks again. I have worked out how to attach pix now, but the photos I have taken with me digital camera are over 1 meg each and the limit is 300KB. Can anyone tell me if I can somehow reduce the size of the pix?
Ta very much – cheers!

G’day all,
I am trying to restore an old Allison V1710-115 to static standard for a museum in Queensland, Australia. I was wondering if anybody out there might have parts or overhaul/repair manuals that I could purchase or borrow? It is a mighty endeavour to undertake and there is a certain paucity of stuff in my corner of the world. If I had the faintest idea how to post pix on this site I would, ‘cos she’s a real beauty and I am hopelessly proud of her. I know the old Allison v Merlin performance argument has been played out many times, and the Merlin was turbocharged and better at altitude blah blah blah, but no-one ever seems to mention that the Allison is far and away the better looking of the two. Must stop ranting now or my partner will ban me from the internet again… Thanks in advance if you are able to help.

Go on try and put some pics up of it, are group tried last year to get an Allison out of a bog but the digger couldnt quite reach it. it should be in good nick if it does come out. im interested to see what it would look like! 🙂

Try this link, you need to register before opening the pdf files

http://www.ww2aircraft.net/forum/engines/allison-1710f-engine-manual-8944.html

hope that will help,

Cheers,

Olivier

Huzzah!!!

Hey another Queenslander….Even though I,m originally from N.S.W..:diablo:
Nothing wrong with the old Allison below 15,000 feet.:D Have got some bit and pieces of Alli stuff out at the Museum if you would like to Pm me…:D

Hi Derro,

We dont have any parts or manuals for sale, but can possibly arrange to have our manuals copied for you and sent up at your cost, alternatively you can order copies of manuals directly from ESSCO in the USA:

http://www.esscoaircraft.com/SearchResults.asp?Search=allison+V1710

regards

Mark Pilkington
Secretary
Australian National Aviation Museum – Moorabbin Vic

email [email]info@aarg.com.au[/email]