FiatFire1108
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I am a newbie on here and also a newbie to fiats in general.
I posted a similar query earlier in the technical section and was informed that the Uno section would be a better place to ask... so here goes...
I am wanting to use a 0.9l engine from a sciecento to drive a generator, saw bench, oat roller, threshing machine and some other bits of kit. The engine will be running on wood gas created by partially burning chunks of wood. The engine will be started on petrol through an old SU carb but will be switched over to running on the wood gas once the gassifier has got going.
I am wanting to use the Sciecento engine as it is a simple little thing, small and light and readily available quite cheaply.
The one thing I want to do is to install a distributor for the ignition side of things. It seems the hole in the block is there ready to take it. The head is a bit different but I can machine a bracket to mimick the piece of the head that holds the distributor. I will fit an old pointsless system with a crank trigger so just need a distributor to send the spark to the right place.
As far as I can tell I need a distributor and the oil pump drive shaft, with a spline on the top, from an earlier vehicle.
I don't know the fiat development history of this engine. It seems there are a few variations with some rotating the opposite way and maybe other variations I don't know about.
I am not sure if the distributor and oil pump drive shaft I want would come from an early uno?
Can anyone cast any light this?
Kind Regards
Rob
I posted a similar query earlier in the technical section and was informed that the Uno section would be a better place to ask... so here goes...
I am wanting to use a 0.9l engine from a sciecento to drive a generator, saw bench, oat roller, threshing machine and some other bits of kit. The engine will be running on wood gas created by partially burning chunks of wood. The engine will be started on petrol through an old SU carb but will be switched over to running on the wood gas once the gassifier has got going.
I am wanting to use the Sciecento engine as it is a simple little thing, small and light and readily available quite cheaply.
The one thing I want to do is to install a distributor for the ignition side of things. It seems the hole in the block is there ready to take it. The head is a bit different but I can machine a bracket to mimick the piece of the head that holds the distributor. I will fit an old pointsless system with a crank trigger so just need a distributor to send the spark to the right place.
As far as I can tell I need a distributor and the oil pump drive shaft, with a spline on the top, from an earlier vehicle.
I don't know the fiat development history of this engine. It seems there are a few variations with some rotating the opposite way and maybe other variations I don't know about.
I am not sure if the distributor and oil pump drive shaft I want would come from an early uno?
Can anyone cast any light this?
Kind Regards
Rob