Adjustment guide, valve
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- OBJECT TYPE
- dial
- DATE
- Unknown
- ARTIFACT NUMBER
- 1996.0934.001
- MANUFACTURER
- United Aircraft Corp., Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Div.
- MODEL
- Twin Wasp
- LOCATION
- East Hartford, Connecticut, United States of America
More Information
General Information
- Serial #
- N/A
- Part Number
- 1
- Total Parts
- 1
- AKA
- adjusting guide
- Patents
- N/A
- General Description
- Off-white celluloid [?] dial-style calculator had silver metal hub; red, white, blue, black & white text and graphics.
Dimensions
Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.
- Length
- N/A
- Width
- N/A
- Height
- N/A
- Thickness
- N/A
- Weight
- N/A
- Diameter
- 7.9 cm
- Volume
- N/A
Lexicon
- Group
- Aviation
- Category
- Servicing
- Sub-Category
- N/A
Manufacturer
- AKA
- Pratt Whitney
- Country
- United States of America
- State/Province
- Connecticut
- City
- East Hartford
Context
- Country
- Unknown
- State/Province
- Unknown
- Period
- Unknown
- Canada
-
Unknown - Function
-
Used to calculate valve clearances of Twin Wasp aero engine. - Technical
-
Unknown - Area Notes
-
Unknown
Details
- Markings
- "T.C." , "TWIN WASP/ VALVE ADJUSTING GUIDE", "ADJUST/ INTAKE/ .020", "TOP/ COMPRESSION/ STROKE", "ADJUST/ EXHAUST/ .020", "NEXT PISTON TO BE SET ON", "DISTRIBUTOR/ BLOCK NO.", "DEPRESS/ EXHAUST" and "DEPRESS/ INTAKE" printed on dial front. Valve arrangement on diagram numbered "1" through "14". "INSTRUCTIONS/ (1.) Align white pointer/ with T.C. line of No. 1 cylinder./ (2.) Depress valves indicated by/ pointers and release slowly. (3) Adjust/ valve clearances indicated by pointers./ (4.) Align white pointer with T.C. line of/ cylinder indicated in upper window. (5.) Re-/ peat procedure until all clearances are ad-/ justed. (6.) Lower window gives the distributor/ block number for cylinder to/ which white arrow is pointing./ TWIN WASP/ VALVE ADJUSTING GUIDE/ [logo]/ PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT/ DIVISION OF/ UNITED AIRCRAFT CORPORATION/ EAST HARTFORD, CONN., U.S.A./ WHITEHEAD - HOAG, NEWARK, N.J." printed on reverse.
- Missing
- Appears complete.
- Finish
- Off-white celluloid [?] dial-style calculator had silver metal hub; red, white, blue, black & white text and graphics.
- Decoration
- Dial front bears detailed illustration of 14 valve arrangement of rotary engine.
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United Aircraft Corp., Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Div., Adjustment guide, valve, Unknown Date, Artifact no. 1996.0934, Ingenium – Canada’s Museums of Science and Innovation, http://collection.ingeniumcanada.org/en/id/1996.0934.001/
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