Name the part - obscure, but fairly simple

"RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht" (ramblininexile)
10/16/2014 at 14:10 • Filed to: None

Car part, for a given value of "car". Yes, it's British. I edited the time frame on this to give others room, but three people already posted, and private view wasn't accessible to bring it back. Thanks, Kinja!

DISCUSSION (20)

For Sweden > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2014 at 14:00

wut

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2014 at 14:00

That is clearly a Lucas wiring smoke generator.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2014 at 14:01

It's a rusty box with a level and pulley on it.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > For Sweden
10/16/2014 at 14:12

i dno m8

For Sweden > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2014 at 14:13

srsly bro wat issit. I ain't never seen an accessory with a lever like dat.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
10/16/2014 at 14:14

Yes, but we're looking for more clarity. IOW, what does it do, other than sit around and serve as a handy object for crushing heads and giving tetanus?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2014 at 14:15

Engine governor from a Land Rover. right?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > For Sweden
10/16/2014 at 14:16

It's a gizmo, gimcrack, or wheeze, depending on where in the Isles one is.

Hint: it's used on fire truck versions of this car, sometimes.

ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable) > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2014 at 14:17

You asked what it was, not what it does.

Alternatively, I could have said "Steve." as you asked what the part's name was.

For Sweden > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2014 at 14:17

Accessory water pump?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
10/16/2014 at 14:17

Damn straight. Not mine though, it's one of the toys we don't have one of around. Don't have the water pump, the hydraulic version PTO, the reel winch, or the belt drive either.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2014 at 14:19

Oh.. you wanted to know what it DOES as well.. Well.. You see, it makes the thingamabob run at a constant speed, so that the power out take gummymathing kan power stuff at a constant powerkindamabob.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > For Sweden
10/16/2014 at 14:19

LAMcB got it - it's an engine governor. Runs off the belt, hooks to the throttle linkage. Land Rover. For when you want to park it and run a generator or other accessory at constant speed, or if you have it registered as a farm only vehicle that can't do over 45.

Tohru > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2014 at 14:20

belt-driven power takeoff? air compressor?

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ADabOfOppo; Gone Plaid (Instructables Can Be Confusable)
10/16/2014 at 14:21

Nonsense, you could *not* have just said Steve. His name is Bertram Eldegard Fotherwick.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2014 at 14:21

It's a part from an old Landy.. I don't care if you've got this or that, it's bloody fantastic anyhow :)

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Tohru
10/16/2014 at 14:23

LAMcB got it. It's actually kind of stupid. You see how the lever on top moves a cam? That the other arm then stops against? It's a speed governor. Pulley spins up, causes the arm to choke back and close the carb until it hits the cam anytime it starts to speed. Engine speed falls, lever moves to open the carb.

Tohru > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2014 at 14:30

I thought British cars already had a speed governor in the form of a hit-or-miss ignition system. Not that it was intentional, mind you - Lucas said "it's not a bug, it's a feature."

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > Tohru
10/16/2014 at 14:31

They needed a mechanical alternative so it could fail twice as often, operate with double the unpredictability, and half the consistency.

Tohru > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht
10/16/2014 at 14:35

Surprised they didn't run IMRC units and a computerized carb then.